Topic: Post-Watergate

Mar 2,

1907

Expatriation Act Strips Citizenship From Women Who Marry Foreigners

Mar 3,

1913

Suffragists March to Greet President Wilson

Mar 17,

1913

Suffragists Meet With President Wilson in White House

Apr 24,

1913

Men Invited to Join Pro-Suffrage Parade in NYC

Oct 18,

1913

British Suffragist Emmeline Pankhurst Barred from U.S. – Later Admitted

Nov 18,

1913

Mass Suffrage Meeting In Washington Hears Noted British Suffragist

May 22,

1916

Margaret Sanger Speech Cancelled in St. Louis

Dec 5,

1916

Suffragists Protest at President Wilson’s Annual Message to Congress

Mar 4,

1917

Suffragists Picket President Wilson’s Second Inauguration

Aug 9,

1917

Suffragist Pickets Seek Exemption from Espionage Act Prosecution

Jan 9,

1918

President Wilson Finally Supports Women’s Right to Vote

Nov 5,

1918

“As Natural as Breathing” – Women Vote for First Time in a New York Election

Jan 1,

1919

Suffragists Stage First “Watch Fire” Demonstration in Front of White House

Feb 7,

1919

Society Women Oppose “Indecent” Evening Gowns

Mar 5,

1919

A. Mitchell Palmer Becomes Attorney General, Leads Notorious Palmer Raids

Feb 14,

1920

League of Women Voters Founded

Aug 18,

1920

Women Get the Vote – 19th Amendment Ratified

Nov 2,

1920

Women Vote For First Time in Federal Elections

Apr 6,

1921

President Harding Promises to Act on Women’s Equality

Feb 27,

1922

Supreme Court Upholds 19th Amendment Granting Women the Right to Vote

Sep 22,

1922

Cable Act Grants Women Citizenship Independent of Husband’s Status

Jul 21,

1923

Alice Paul Drafts and Introduces Equal Rights Amendment for Women

Apr 7,

1924

Harlan Fiske Stone Becomes Attorney General; Ends Justice Department Abuses

Jul 14,

1924

National Woman’s Party Announces Plan to Elect More Women to Congress

Nov 19,

1924

Women’s Groups Recommend Appointment of Women to NY State Board of Regents

Feb 4,

1925

Congress Holds First-Ever Hearings on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) for Women’s Rights

May 12,

1925

OK to Issue Passports in a Woman’s Maiden Name

Jan 19,

1926

National Woman’s Party Protests Exclusion From Conference on Protective Legislation for Women

Jan 13,

1927

First Woman Seated on New York Stock Exchange

Jul 8,

1928

Crystal Eastman, Civil Liberties Pioneer, Dies

Oct 2,

1929

Liberal Catholic Priest Opposes Equal Rights Amendment for Women

Oct 9,

1929

National Woman’s Party Begins Radio Series on NBC

Feb 2,

1939

Attorney General Frank Murphy Creates DOJ Civil Liberties Unit

May 21,

1940

FDR Okays Continued FBI Wiretapping

Jul 13,

1940

Equal Rights Amendment Divides Women at Democratic Party Convention

Feb 6,

1942

Attorney General Biddle Urges Lawyers to Defend Civil Liberties in Wartime

Jan 31,

1944

Eleanor Roosevelt Supports Equality for Women, But Not the ERA

Jul 17,

1946

President Truman Authorizes FBI Wiretapping

Jun 12,

1948

Women’s Armed Services Integration Act is Passed

Oct 21,

1949

President Truman Nominates Burnita Shelton Matthews as First Woman District Court Judge

Jan 25,

1950

Senate Approves Equal Rights Amendment for Women by Vote of 63-19

Apr 4,

1950

Burnita Matthews Confirmed as First Female U.S. District Court Judge

Jan 21,

1953

And When He was Good . . . . : Herbert Brownell, Jr., Becomes Attorney General

May 17,

1954

President Eisenhower: “Women: Where Are They Not Equal?”

May 20,

1954

Attorney General Brownell Advises FBI to Evade Supreme Court Decision on Eavesdropping

May 30,

1961

“We’ve Been ‘Cooling Off’ for 350 Years!” Civil Rights Leader Rebukes AG Kennedy’s Call for Halting the 1961 Freedom Ride

Oct 10,

1963

AG Robert Kennedy Approves FBI Wiretaps on Martin Luther King

Feb 8,

1964

House Debates Adding Sex Discrimination to Title VII of 1964 Civil Rights Act

Jun 7,

1965

A Constitutional Right to Privacy: “Griswold v. Connecticut”

Jan 20,

1966

Stewardess Judith Evenson Challenges Northwest Airlines’ “No Marriage” Policy

Jun 30,

1966

The National Organization for Women (NOW) is Founded

Oct 29,

1966

NOW Formally Chartered

Oct 13,

1967

LBJ, Under Pressure, Adds Women to Affirmative Action Order

Jan 15,

1968

“Sisterhood is Powerful”: Women’s March for Equality Led by 87-year old Jeannette Rankin

Sep 7,

1968

Feminists Protest Miss America Pageant – But Do NOT Burn Bras

Feb 14,

1969

NARAL, Abortion Rights Group, Founded

May 7,

1969

Women Picket White House – FBI Sees National Security Threat!

Aug 10,

1970

Rep. Shirley Chisholm Speaks Out For the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)

Aug 26,

1970

March Commemorates Women’s Suffrage

Jan 12,

1971

First Abortion Case Is Argued Before U.S. Supreme Court

Jan 15,

1971

National Press Club Admits Women Reporters

Jul 10,

1971

National Women’s Political Caucus Formed

Dec 4,

1971

ACLU Creates Pioneering Women’s Rights Project –With Ruth Bader Ginsburg as Director

Jan 27,

1972

Notorious GEMSTONE Meeting in Attorney General’s Office: Illegal Activities Planned

Mar 22,

1972

Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Goes to the States for Ratification

Jan 29,

1973

Emily Howell Warner: First Female Pilot for a Commercial Airline

Feb 4,

1973

“Women’s Lobby” Adjusts Lobbying Priorities in the Wake of “Roe”

Mar 10,

1973

Stewardesses for Women’s Rights Hold 2-Day Conference

Jun 4,

1974

“The List” is Ended: President Nixon Abolishes the Attorney General’s List of Subversive Organizations

Jan 14,

1975

Edward Levi Named Attorney General – Will Chart Independent Course

Jan 21,

1975

Women Cannot be Excluded From Jury Duty: “Taylor v. Louisiana”

Jan 27,

1975

Edward Levi Promises to be Independent U.S. Attorney General

Jan 27,

1975

Senate Creates Church Committee to Investigate Abuses by Intelligence Agencies

Feb 19,

1975

House Creates Pike Committee to Investigate Abuses by the CIA, other Agencies

Jun 8,

1975

Attorney General Levi: Presidents Have No Authority to Order Assassinations

Oct 29,

1975

First Time Ever: Head of National Security Agency (NSA) Testifies Before Congress

Jan 29,

1976

House Suppresses Pike Committee Report on CIA Abuses

Feb 18,

1976

Cover-up Ends: CIA Required to Report Criminal Actions By Agents to DOJ

Feb 18,

1976

President Ford Bans Assassinations by CIA

Feb 19,

1976

Daniel Schorr Faces Charges for Leaking Pike Committee Report

Sep 14,

1976

National Emergencies Act Limits Presidential Power

Jan 18,

1977

Indiana the Last State to Ratify the ERA for Women’s Rights

Jul 14,

1977

House Creates Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Aug 1,

1978

Midge Costanza, Carter Administration Rights Advocate, Resigns

Dec 18,

1979

UN Adopts Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

Feb 8,

1980

President Carter Recommends Women Register for Draft

Feb 25,

1985

Ed Meese Becomes Attorney General; Leads Assault on Civil Liberties

Jul 1,

1985

Pauli Murray, Civil Rights Pioneer, Feminist, Civil Libertarian, Dies

Jul 8,

1986

Attorney General Meese Releases Porn Commission Report

Sep 22,

1988

Attorney General Richard Thornburgh Attacks ACLU for “Political Agenda”

Mar 11,

1993

Janet Reno Confirmed as First Female Attorney General

Sep 13,

1994

Violence Against Women Act Passed

Sep 5,

1995

“Women’s Rights are Human Rights” – Hillary Clinton Speaks In Beijing

Jun 26,

1996

VMI Ordered to Admit Women

Feb 2,

2001

John Ashcroft, Hostile to Civil Liberties, Becomes Attorney General

Jan 29,

2009

President Obama Signs Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into Law

Feb 3,

2009

Eric Holder Becomes First African-American Attorney General

Sep 7,

2016

Woman WW II Veteran Wins Right to Burial at Arlington Cemetary

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