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Mar 17, 1000
Native American Women
Women had key roles in the Native American culture, even though they stayed home unlike the males who hunted, they gathered berries in the nearby forested areas they lived in. Collecting these berries for additional food and back up food for when hunting didnt do well. Women were treated as goddess and important part of life since they were the ones who gave birth, they were seen as symbols of life care nature and love. -
Jan 1, 1400
European women
Early century's in European countries women were treated differently they were seen as objects to own and marry off to become mothers and house wife's. They were also seen as delicate, weak, fragile people. Women would also be covered up all the way for it was indecent for a women to show skin other than face and hands. In certain religions they were also portrayed as distractions for men or bad obstacles of seduction and sexual thoughts. -
Pocahontas: An American Hero?
Pocahontas was native born sometime this year, and is said to have saved the life of an English settler by the name of John Smith. While this stort is often refuted, there is no doubt that this "savage" woman was paraded around Europe as a sign of hope for the new world. She set a precedent that women of years to come would follow, by doing what she thought was best. -
Anne Hutchinson
Anne Hutchinson was a women from the colonial times who challenged the rules of the church. She was a religiously educated women who believed that people should be able to not have to forcefully attend church on Sundays and be able to have a connection with God at home. She was looked down upon by many of the men in church who wanted to keep the power of the church strong. -
Salem Witch Trials
Throughout the period between February 1692 and May 1693 there were a serious of trials that took place in colonial Massachusetts in which people mostly women were accused of practicing witchcraft or black magic. Many women were trilled on false accusation or because they would fight against the strict traditional roles of women.(such as being educated or talking back standing up for themselves.) -
Remember The Ladies- Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams was the wife of John Adams who served as a big important figure behind John helping him and advising him on many matters. She is important in women history because of her letter to her husband and the men of the Continental Congress, " Remember The Ladies" in which she urged them to not forget about the women who also sustain the great nation of America against great Britain and include them in the rights for all people. -
The Extraordinary Life of Susan B. Anthony
On this date an amazing abolitionist, suffragette, and all around revolutionary woman was born. She led petitions and gave speeches to challenge the American norm in hopes of creating a better world. She did not only pursue the interests of white women but all people. -
Seneca Falls Convention
The day in which women meet at a Seneca Falls Convention in New York to discuss women's social, religious, and civil rights, whcih lasted more then three days. This convention lead to the singing of the Declaration of Sentiments by 68 women and 32 men. This stated all the reasons and right women were going to fight for. The convention was organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton 2 abolitionist against slavery. -
United States Sanitary Commission
The civil war opened a lot of chances for women during the 1800's. Women began to join the war by either cross dressing and joining the real battle or helping the injured and opening up organizations such as the United States Sanitary Commission which allowed women to help supply soldiers in the war with necessary tools. Women also acted as spies to pass on messages behind British soldiers backs. -
Clarissa Harlowe Barton and Red Cross
Clarissa Harlowe Barton or better known as Clara was a very well known nurse during the civil war. Her contribution to the war was big, she was the one responsible for the opening of the Red Cross emergency organization which we know to date. -
Hull House and Jane Addams
Jane Addams was a pioneer American, activist world peace believer and a leader in women's suffrage as well as a co-founder for the ACLU. She helped largely in during the progressive era, especially when it came to mothers, and women in general giving help with children, local public health etc.. She is largely known for opening the Hull House which helped recently arriving European immigrants in America. -
Ida Tarbell and “The History of Standard Oil Company"
Tarbell was a woman of many hats including... Prohibitionist, journalist, teacher, and suffragette. She exposed the dirty deeds being committed by John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company, in a book entitled "The History of Standard Oil Company". The book shed a light on something that was relatively hid from the public's eye, and earned her the title of being a muckraker. -
Alice Paul
Alice Paul was a women's right activist and feminist who was the leader of the National Women's Party. She is highly known for her act of starving in prison then being forced feed, after being imprisoned for protesting in front of the white house for president Woodrow Wilson to act on for the women's rights to vote. -
World War I
Women's role expanded during the years following the beginning of World War I, they helped sale war bonds, conserve food, and send supplies to soldiers fighting in the war. Another organization was opened being the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense organized by Dr. Anna Howard, women's work also changed a lot more ladies were accepted into the navy and marines as well as in war machine jobs. -
19th Amendment
August of 1920 the 19th ammendment was ratified giving women the right to vote thanks to women like Alice Paul, Susan B. Anthony, and Ida Tarbell! -
The Women of the 20's
1920's America saw a plethora of changes but one change that hardly anyone can even try to attempt ignore is the bold ways women were behaving. Women were sometimes called Flappers (after a style of a very popular dresses) and were throwing away the old ways of thinking. They traded in long skirts for short dresses, long hair for short bobs, and actually went around unescorted by men and enjoyed many parties with jazz and plenty of alcohol. -
Women and Rosie the Riveter in World 2
The years of and surrounding World War 2 were an amazing time for women! Women began rationing in order to send food and other supplies overseas for the deployed. Women were also put to work for the first time in such large numbers, and no longer were subjected to the typical domestic lifestyle. “Rosie the Riveter" was a character that encouraged women to work hard in any place of employment so they too could help the war effort. -
Rosa Parks
In Montgomery, Alabama on December 1,1955 Rosa Parks, who was an African American women, refused to give up her seat for a white male on a segregated bus. This boycott was a big important part of the civil rights movement , it had a great impact on history. Although Rosa wasnt't the first women of color to not give up her seat she is one of the most well known figures to this day another well known figure was Claudette Colvin. -
The 2016 Presidential Election
Hillary Clinton is running in this years presidential race, and just being able to write that sentence shows just how far women have come in US history. Women are being seen more and more as equals and can proudly walk around with pants on and accomplish anything a man can. We owe this privilege to women who lived centuries before us and everything, no matter how small, they did in ways of women's empowerment and women's suffrage. However, things are not finished, and we must continue the fight.
