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Womens Right Timeline
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First Women's Right Convention
(19th & 20th of July) A group of passionate activists gathered at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York. There was around 300 people who showed up. On the 19th, only women were allowed in, on the 20th, they had opened it up to men. The event started with a speech that declared their right to be free, to have representation in government, and to challenge unjust laws that allowed men to mistreat their wives, and seize their earnings/property. -
Start of AERA Organization
American Equal Rights Association (AERA), an organization that, from 1866 to 1869, worked to enforce equal rights to all American citizens, especially the right of suffrage, irrespective of race, color, or sex. -
15 Women Arrested for Voting
Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women cast their ballots in the presidential race between Ulysses S. Grant and Horace Greeley. They were all fully aware that their actions were technically illegal at the time. They were later singled out, and arrested, charged with voting unlawfully. -
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment legally guarantees American women the right to vote. -
The Equal Pay Act
President Kennedy signed The Equal Pay Act. This act was passed as a labor law that prohibits gender-based wage discrimination in the United States. -
First Female Justice on The U.S. Supreme Court
Sandra Day O’Connor served on the U.S. Supreme Court, from 1981 to 2006. Before serving, she worked as a lawyer for several years. Then served in the Arizona state senate before winning a judicial position on Maricopa County Superior Court. -
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
President Barack Obama passed a law that clarifies discrimination based on age, religion, national origin, race, sex, and disability will “accrue” every time the employee receives a paycheck that is deemed discriminatory.