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Olympe de Gouges
In 1791 an actress called Olympe de Gouges published the 'Declaration of the Rights of Women and Citizenesses'. This document was intended to extend the new freedoms to women. Olympe claimed that women should have the right to vote and be elected 'if they have the right to go to the scaffold'. When divisions among revolutionaries developed in bloody violence, she lost her head in 1793. -
Female Workers Riot
First Female Workers Riot occured at the Parramatta Female Factory over conditions and food deprivation. -
Oberlin College
Oberlin College was founded in Ohio, America in 1833. This college not only promised to educate men, but women as well. It was also one of the first American colleges to offer places to African-Americans. Other colleges were build in the years to come that were specifically for women. Girton College in England was among those founded in 1869. -
Women's Rights Convention
The first women's rights convention is held in Seneca Falls, New York. After 2 days of discussion and debate, 68 women and 32 men sign a Declaration of Sentiments, which outlines grievances and sets the agenda for the women's rights movement. A set of 12 resolutions is adopted calling for equal treatment of women and men under the law and voting rights for women. -
Mott and Cady
Mott and Cady Stanton organised the first woman's rights convention in July 1848. It was held in a small chapel in Seneca Falls, New York. The convention attracted between 100 and 300 people, including males. -
First National Women's Rights Convention
The first National Women's Rights Convention takes place in Worcester, Mass., attracting more than 1,000 participants. National conventions are held yearly (except for 1857) through 1860. -
Sojourner Truth
Sojouner Truth escaped from slavery and became one of the most inspiring speakers of the abolitionist movement. Her struggles in life led her to be an example for African-Americans and women in general. In one of her most famous speches at a women's rights convention in 1851, she named all the hardships she had been through. After each one, she cried, 'And ain't i a woman?'. The effect was electrifying. Sojourner demonstrated that woman can cope with life's troubles just as well as any man could -
Victorian Women's Suffrage Society
Henrietta Dugdale and Annie Lowe formed the Victorian Women’s Suffrage Society -
National Women's Sufferage Association
The National Women Suffrage Association and the American Women Suffrage Association merge to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). As the movement's mainstream organization, NAWSA wages state-by-state campaigns to obtain voting rights for women. -
Amendment Granting Women's Vote
Colorado is the first state to adopt an amendment granting women the right to vote. Utah and Idaho follow suit in 1896, Washington State in 1910, California in 1911, Oregon, Kansas, and Arizona in 1912, Alaska and Illinois in 1913, Montana and Nevada in 1914, New York in 1917; Michigan,South Dakota, and Oklahoma in 1918. -
Women vote for the first time
Women vote for the first time in an Australian election in South Australia.The proclamation of South Australia's Suffrage Act, assented to by Queen Victoria on 2 February, gave women an equal right with men to vote, and to stand for election to the Colony's House of Assembly.
Women with property could also vote in Legislative Council elections, but women could not stand for the upper House of the parliament until 1959. -
Women Win the Vote in WA
West Australian women win the vote in WA elections with Queen Victoria’s assent to the Bill passed by the WA parliament on 15 December 1899 -
National Women's Trade Union League
The National Women's Trade Union League (WTUL) is established to advocate for improved wages and working conditions for women. -
Women's Votes in Tasmania
Tasmanian women won an equal right with men to vote in elections for the House of Assembly. Women with property were eligible to vote for the Legislative Council and from 29 October 1920 those who served in the 1914-18 war were also eligible to vote for the upper House. An equal right to stand for election to both Houses was won two years later. -
Congressional Union
Alice Paul and Lucy Burns form the Congressional Union to work toward the passage of a federal amendment to give women the vote. The group is later renamed the National Women's Party. Members picket the White House and practice other forms of civil disobedience. -
Equal Pay
Equal pay determination by the Common-Wealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission introduces the principle of 'equal pay for work of equal values'. -
National Agenda for Women
Prime Minister if Asutralia launches the first Natioal Agenda for Women. This report provides an overview of the major initiatives taken in 1990-91, and the commitments announced in the 1991 Budget, to ensure that Australian women enjoy a say, a choice and a fair go. The implementation report is produced on an annual basis in terms of the undertaking given in The National Agenda for Women (published in February 1988).
