Womens Rights

  • Womens Suffrage

    National American Woman Suffrage Association founded to work toward securing voting rights.
  • Colorado Vote

    Colorado Vote
    Colorado grants women the right to vote.
  • Congress woman

    Congress woman
    Jeanette Rankin becomes first woman elected into Congress.
  • Women Vote

    Women Vote
    20th amenement grants women the right to vote.
  • Cable Act

    Cable act guarantees a women's nationality independent of her husbands.
  • Fair labor standards act

    Upholds minimum wage regardless of sex.
  • Woman in the army

    Woman in the army
    Women's branched established in the military.
  • Women Jurers

    Women Jurers
    Supreme court rules that women may serve on juries.
  • Ms. Rosa Parks

    Ms. Rosa Parks
    Refuses to vacate a "white only" bus seat, prompts black and white women to join together to fight segregation.
  • NOW

    National organization for Woman founded