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National Women’s Suffrage Movement formed
in 1869, Anothy and Elizabeth Cady station founded the National Women’s Suffrage Movement. The reason for this to be formed was that Women starting to fight back, demanding the right to vote, demanding suffrage. -
Jeanette Rankin elected to Congress
Jeanette Rankin was an American politician who was a women's rights advocate. She was elected in Montana in 1916, for one term and then was elected again in 1940. -
19th Amendment of the United States
With the 19th Amendment of the United States what followed was that was that Women were granted the right to vote. This took decades they got this through their determination and strength to not give up. -
Margaret Sanger opens first birth control clinic in the United States
On October 16, 1916, Margaret Sanger, Ethel Bryne, and activist Fania Mindell decided to start the first birth control in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Just 9 days into there operation the police raiding the clinic and decided to shut it down. -
The Alaska Equal Rights Act signed into law
On Feb 16, 1945, a law was passed where it set preventions from discrimination against individuals who were in public based on race. This came because of the Alaska Natives who fought the segregation. -
Civil Rights Movement launched
On December 1955, When the activist Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man, what followed was she was arrested and tooken down. But what they didn't know it that caused an outbreak and sparked a boycott that lasted 13 months. -
FDA Approves first birth control pill
On June 23, 1960, the FDA approved the sale of Birth control to be in use. It was manufactured by G.D Searle and also a company with decades of research into the product. -
Equal Pay Act was signed into law
In 1963 a law set where females and males in the same workplace were given the equal pay for the equal amount of work. -
The Feminine Mystique was written
The Feminine Mystique was a book about systemic sexism in the United States culture that was in the 1950s and 1960s. It was written by Betty Friedan who was a prominent female activist. -
Title IX was passed into law
in 1972 Title IX was passed, which made it so that no person could be excluded from participation. What was the reason for the law was to ensure that male and female students and employees in education are treated equally and fairly. -
Title IX was passed into law
in 1972 Title IX was passed, which made it so that no person could be excluded from participation. What was the reason for the law was to ensure that male and female students and employees in education are treated equally and fairly. -
“Battle of the Sexes” tennis match
This tennis match was top ranking women tennis player Billie jean King beat the former no 1. men's tennis player Bobby Riggs. -
Roe v. Wade Court Case
The Supreme Court decided that the right to privacy in the 14th Amendment protected abortion as a fundamental right.
the reason for it was because of the flaw that The Texas law invaded an individual right to "liberty" under the 14th amendment -
Sandra Day O’Connor sworn in to US Supreme Court
On September 25, 1981, replacing the prior judge JustIce Potter Stewart. She was the first woman sworn into the Us Supreme Court.