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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. This outlined grievances and sets the agenda for the women's rights movement. A set of twelve solutions was adopted and called for equal treatment of women and men under the law and voting rights for women. -
NWSA
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association. The primary goal of the organization is to achieve voting rights for women by means of a Congressional amendment to the Constitution. The NWSA now has one of its primary objectives promoting and supporting the production and dissemination of knowledge about women and gender through teaching, learning, research and service in academic and other settings. -
National Association of Colored Women
The National Association of Colored Women is formed. This brought together more than 100 black women's clubs. Leaders in the black women's club movement include Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Mary Church Terrell, and Anna Julia Cooper. -
WTUL
The National Women's Trade Union League (WTUL) is established to advocate for improved wages and working conditions for women. It supported the efforts of women to organize labor unions. It also had an important role in supporting the massive strikes in the first two decades of the twentieth century that established the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union and Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and in campaigning for women's suffrage among men. -
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. -
Birth Control Clinic
Margaret Sanger opens the first U.S. birth-control clinic in Brooklyn, N.Y. The clinic was shut down 10 days later and Sanger was arrested. She eventually wins support through the courts and opens another clinic in New York City in 1923. -
The Nineteenth Amendment
The federal woman suffrage amendment, originally written by Susan B. Anthony and introduced in Congress in 1878, is passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate. It is then sent to the states for ratification. Tennesse was the last state to have it ratified. -
National Council of Negro Women
Mary McLeod Bethune organizes the National Council of Negro Women. It is a coalition of black women's groups that lobbies against job discrimination, racism, and sexism. Since its founding in 1935, the National Council of Negro Women worked for civil rights, economic rights, self-help opportunities, and a stronger black family. -
Birth Control
The federal law prohibiting the dissemination of contraceptive information through the mail is modified. Birth control information is no longer classified as obscene. Throughout the 1940s and 50s, birth control advocates are engaged in numerous legal suits. -
The Daughters of Bilitis
The Daughters of Bilitis (DOB), the first lesbian organization in the United States, is founded. DOB is originated as a social group. It is later developed into a political organization to win basic acceptance for lesbians in the United States. -
The feminine Mystique
Betty Friedan publishes her highly influential book The Feminine Mystique. The book describes the dissatisfaction felt by middle-class American housewives with the narrow role imposed on them by society. The book becomes a best-seller and galvanizes the modern women's rights movement. -
Eleanor Roosevelt as Chairwoman
President John Kennedy establishes the President's Commission on the Status of Women and appoints Eleanor Roosevelt as chairwoman. The report issued by the Commission in 1963 documents substantial discrimination against women in the workplace. It also makes specific recommendations for improvement, including fair hiring practices, paid maternity leave, and affordable child care. -
The Equal Credit Opportunity Act
The Equal Credit Opportunity Act prohibits discrimination in consumer credit practices on the basis of sex, race, marital status, religion, national origin, age, or receipt of public assistance. In Corning Glass Works v. Brennan, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that employers cannot justify paying women lower wages because that is what they traditionally received under the "going market rate." A wage differential occurring "simply because men would not work at the low rates paid women" is not right -
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act bans employment discrimination against pregnant women. Under the Act, a woman cannot be fired or denied a job or a promotion because she is or may become pregnant. Aslo she cannot be forced to take a pregnancy leave if she is willing and able to work. -
Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act
President Obama signed the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, which allows victims of pay discrimination to file a complaint with the government against their employer within 180 days of their last paycheck. Previously, victims (most often women) were only allowed 180 days from the date of the first unfair paycheck. This Act is named after a former employee of Goodyear who alleged that she was paid 15–40% less than her male counterparts, which was later found to be accurate. Read more: Wo -
Summary
The journey of Women's rights for voting, abortion, working conditions and more has been contuining on from as early as the 1840's! Different issues keep getting accepted as we continue and we have many feminitis to thank for that. Source: Source
