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Lucretia Mott forms Female Antislavery Society
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World Anti Slavery Convention
This is the convention where Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. It marked the beginning of their fight for equal rights with men. -
1st Seneca Falls Convention
A convention with over 300 men and women in attendance that fought for equal rights. -
Marie Curie wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
The first woman in history to win a Nobel Prize. -
Jeannette Rankin 1st Women Elected to Congress
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Women Earn Voting Right
Along with the UK, The United States granted women the right to vote. -
League of Women Voters Founded
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Amelia Earhart is the first woman to make a nonstop Transcontinental Flight
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Rosa Parks Takes a Stand
The famous civil disobedience act that sparked a revolution performed by a powerful woman, Rosa Sparks. -
Equal Pay Act passed by Congress
In this year women were declared by law to earn the same amount as men indiscriminately.