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1405
Christine de Pizan infiltrates the Renaissance
In 1405, Christine de Pizan published The Book of the City of Ladies as well as The Treasure of the City of Ladies. The former describes the importance of women in history while the latter encourages female fulfillment. de Pizan is often considered the first feminist for her various works, which she published independently as a widow and single mother. -
Mary Wollstonecraft rebuts Rousseau
After Rousseau claimed that women belonged in a domestic sphere separate from men, Wollstonecraft published A Vindication of the Rights of Women. In this work, Wollstonecraft proposed equal access to education, work, and political rights as men. Her writings would go on to be very influential to Austen and the Brönte sisters, and her daughter Mary Shelley would become a literary idol as well. -
Seneca Falls Convention
The Seneca Falls Convention was the first conference of abolitionist feminists. At this convention, the Declaration of Sentiments was written and asserted the equal rights of women. -
NZ is the first country to grant women's suffrage
Although some independent states and provinces had already granted women's suffrage, New Zealand was the first sovereign state to grant suffrage to its entire female population. Australia followed the year after. -
19th Amendment grants white female suffrage
After the aid of women in the effort to win the Great War, the United States finally passed the 19th Amendment for universal female suffrage. Women of color, however, were often excluded due to racist laws and intimidation groups. -
United Nations Declaration of Human Rights
This document was to first to recognize “the dignity and worth of the human person and [the] equal rights of men and women.” -
Voting Rights Act grants BIPOC women suffrage
Legalized racism kept most BIPOC women from voting until this act criminalized Jim Crow voter laws. Ever since, Black women have been a deciding factor in major US elections. -
Roe v. Wade decision
Roe v. Wade asserted the constitutional right to safe and accessible abortions in the United States, which has saved thousands of lives. There are, however, many state laws that attempt to limit said access. -
Women's March on Washington
In response to the election of conservative womanizer Donald Trump, thousands of women gathered in Washington, D.C. to petition for the continued rights of all women. -
Kamala Harris becomes first female Vice President
As Vice President to Joe Biden, Harris is the first female, Black, and Asian-American person to hold the office.
