Topic: Women's Rights

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

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

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

Jul 13,

1940

Equal Rights Amendment Divides Women at Democratic Party Convention

Jan 31,

1944

Eleanor Roosevelt Supports Equality for Women, But Not the ERA

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

May 17,

1954

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

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

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

Jan 21,

1975

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

Jan 18,

1977

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

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

Jul 1,

1985

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

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

Jan 29,

2009

President Obama Signs Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into Law

Sep 7,

2016

Woman WW II Veteran Wins Right to Burial at Arlington Cemetary

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