Topic: Women's Equality

Jan 11,

1885

Alice Paul, Suffragist Leader, Equal Rights Advocate, is Born

Mar 2,

1907

Expatriation Act Strips Citizenship From Women Who Marry Foreigners

Nov 20,

1910

Pauli Murray, Civil Rights and Feminist Activist, is Born

Mar 24,

1912

Dorothy Height, Matriarch of the Civil Rights Movement, is Born

Mar 3,

1913

Suffragists March to Greet President Wilson

Mar 17,

1913

Suffragists Meet With President Wilson in White House

Apr 4,

1913

Racially Integrated Suffrage Conference Held in St. Louis

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 3,

1917

National Woman’s Party Formed

Mar 4,

1917

Jeannette Rankin Takes Seat as the First Woman in the U.S. Congress; Votes Against U.S. Entry in Both World Wars

Mar 4,

1917

Suffragists Picket President Wilson’s Second Inauguration

Aug 9,

1917

Suffragist Pickets Seek Exemption from Espionage Act Prosecution

Aug 11,

1917

“Kaiser Wilson” – Suffragists Picket White House

Jan 9,

1918

President Wilson Finally Supports Women’s Right to Vote

Aug 13,

1918

First Woman Enlists in U.S. Marines

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

Jun 5,

1920

Women’s Bureau is Created

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

Jan 15,

1929

Martin Luther King, Jr. is Born

Oct 2,

1929

Liberal Catholic Priest Opposes Equal Rights Amendment for Women

Oct 9,

1929

National Woman’s Party Begins Radio Series on NBC

Apr 6,

1937

Julia Sims First Woman Foreperson of a Federal Grand Jury

May 24,

1937

New York Law Allows Women as Jurors

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

Jul 7,

1948

First Six Enlisted Women Sworn into the U.S. Navy

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

Jun 23,

1958

Eisenhower Meets with Four Civil Rights Leaders in the White House – Nothing Results

Oct 27,

1960

Martin Luther King Released From Reidsville, Georgia Prison; RFK’s Phone Call Helped

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

Dec 14,

1961

President Kennedy Creates Commission on the Status of Women

Apr 12,

1963

Martin Luther King Arrested in Birmingham Demonstration: Writes Famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail”

Jun 10,

1963

President Kennedy Signs Equal Pay Act

Jun 22,

1963

President Kennedy Pressures Dr. Martin Luther King to Fire Alleged Communist Associates, Fails

Oct 10,

1963

AG Robert Kennedy Approves FBI Wiretaps on Martin Luther King

Jan 5,

1964

FBI Installs First “Bug” in Martin Luther King’s Hotel Room

Feb 8,

1964

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

Nov 6,

1964

Conflict Arises Over Role of Women in the Civil Rights Movement

Jan 15,

1965

LBJ Calls Martin Luther King – Plan Voting Rights Strategy

Jun 7,

1965

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

Aug 12,

1965

Dr. Martin Luther King Opposes Vietnam War

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

May 29,

1967

Cleveland Bar Association Criticizes Mayor for Not Meeting with Martin Luther King

Oct 13,

1967

LBJ, Under Pressure, Adds Women to Affirmative Action Order

Nov 8,

1967

President Johnson Ends Barriers to Promoting Women in Military

Dec 12,

1967

NOW Holds Demonstrations at EEOC Field Offices Across the Country

Jan 15,

1968

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

Apr 3,

1968

King’s Final Speech: “I Have Been to the Mountaintop”

Apr 4,

1968

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassinated

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!

Dec 15,

1969

“A Matter of Simple Justice” – Nixon Administration Report on Women’s Equity

Mar 23,

1970

Eleanor Holmes Norton Named Head of NYC Commission on Human Rights

Jun 11,

1970

Rep. Martha Griffiths Forces Proposed ERA Amendment Out of Committee

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

Nov 22,

1971

Breakthrough: Women Covered by Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment

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

Jun 23,

1972

Women’s Sports Boosted – Title IX Signed Into Law

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 21,

1973

Help Wanted: Sex-Segregated Want Ads Unconstitutional

Nov 12,

1973

Airline Stewardesses Win Sweeping Discrimination Suit

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

Mar 19,

1975

Supreme Court Strikes Down Sex Discrimination in Social Security Benefits

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

Jul 6,

1976

First Women Enroll at Annapolis

Jul 7,

1976

First Women Cadets Enroll at West Point

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 9,

1977

Alice Paul, Force Behind Women’s Suffrage Amendment and Author of the Equal Rights Amendment, Dies

Jul 14,

1977

House Creates Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Nov 23,

1977

WASPS, WWII Women Pilots, Get Retroactive Military Status

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

May 28,

1980

First Women Graduate From West Point

Jul 8,

1981

Women Golfers Unite! Women Challenge Ban on Mixed Foursomes on Long Island, NY

Sep 28,

1982

Congressional Caucus on Women’s Issues Protests Low Number of Women at IRS

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”

Apr 5,

1992

March for Women’s Lives in Washington

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

Aug 18,

1997

First Women Enroll at Virginia Military Institute (VMI)

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

Dec 31,

2014

Acclaimed Film “Selma” Provokes Controversy over President Johnson, Other Issues

May 2,

2015

Folk Singer Guy Carawan Dies; Taught “We Shall Overcome” to Sit-In Leaders

Sep 7,

2016

Woman WW II Veteran Wins Right to Burial at Arlington Cemetary

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