Events

Jan 11,

1885

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

Mar 2,

1907

Expatriation Act Strips Citizenship From Women Who Marry Foreigners

Dec 2,

1917

Dorothy Day, Seven Other Suffragists, to Sue for Treatment in Jail

Nov 2,

1920

Women Vote For First Time in Federal Elections

Apr 6,

1921

President Harding Promises to Act on Women’s Equality

Sep 22,

1922

Cable Act Grants Women Citizenship Independent of Husband’s Status

Nov 19,

1924

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

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

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

Jul 13,

1940

Equal Rights Amendment Divides Women at Democratic Party Convention

Jun 21,

1946

United Nations Establishes Commission on the Status of Women

Jun 12,

1948

Women’s Armed Services Integration Act is Passed

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?”

Dec 14,

1961

President Kennedy Creates Commission on the Status of Women

Jun 10,

1963

President Kennedy Signs Equal Pay Act

Jun 30,

1966

The National Organization for Women (NOW) is Founded

May 7,

1969

Women Picket White House – FBI Sees National Security Threat!

Mar 18,

1970

Feminists Stage Sit-In at “Ladies Home Journal,” Demand Liberation of Magazine

Apr 13,

1970

Nine Women’s Liberation Activists Arrested for Sit-in at Grove Press, Pioneering Anti-Censorship Publisher

Jan 15,

1971

National Press Club Admits Women Reporters

Jun 17,

1971

Jeanne M. Holm Promoted, First Woman Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force

Dec 4,

1971

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

Jun 23,

1972

Women’s Sports Boosted – Title IX Signed Into Law

Feb 4,

1973

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

Jun 21,

1973

Help Wanted: Sex-Segregated Want Ads Unconstitutional

Mar 19,

1975

Supreme Court Strikes Down Sex Discrimination in Social Security Benefits

Jul 1,

1985

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

Jun 19,

1986

Supreme Court Recognizes Sexual Harassment as Violation of Title VII

Apr 5,

1992

March for Women’s Lives in Washington

Jun 14,

1993

President Clinton Nominates Ruth Bader Ginsburg for Supreme Court

Jun 26,

1996

VMI Ordered to Admit Women

Jan 29,

2009

President Obama Signs Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into Law

Apr 29,

2010

Women Allowed to Serve on Navy Submarines

Sep 7,

2016

Index: Women's Rights

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

Expatriation Act Strips Citizenship From Women Who Marry Foreigners

Dorothy Day, Seven Other Suffragists, to Sue for Treatment in Jail

Women Vote For First Time in Federal Elections

President Harding Promises to Act on Women’s Equality

Cable Act Grants Women Citizenship Independent of Husband’s Status

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

OK to Issue Passports in a Woman’s Maiden Name

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

Liberal Catholic Priest Opposes Equal Rights Amendment for Women

National Woman’s Party Begins Radio Series on NBC

Julia Sims First Woman Foreperson of a Federal Grand Jury

Equal Rights Amendment Divides Women at Democratic Party Convention

United Nations Establishes Commission on the Status of Women

Women’s Armed Services Integration Act is Passed

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

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

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

President Kennedy Creates Commission on the Status of Women

President Kennedy Signs Equal Pay Act

The National Organization for Women (NOW) is Founded

Women Picket White House – FBI Sees National Security Threat!

Feminists Stage Sit-In at “Ladies Home Journal,” Demand Liberation of Magazine

Nine Women’s Liberation Activists Arrested for Sit-in at Grove Press, Pioneering Anti-Censorship Publisher

National Press Club Admits Women Reporters

Jeanne M. Holm Promoted, First Woman Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force

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

Women’s Sports Boosted – Title IX Signed Into Law

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

Help Wanted: Sex-Segregated Want Ads Unconstitutional

Supreme Court Strikes Down Sex Discrimination in Social Security Benefits

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

Supreme Court Recognizes Sexual Harassment as Violation of Title VII

March for Women’s Lives in Washington

President Clinton Nominates Ruth Bader Ginsburg for Supreme Court

VMI Ordered to Admit Women

President Obama Signs Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into Law

Women Allowed to Serve on Navy Submarines

Woman WW II Veteran Wins Right to Burial at Arlington Cemetary