women history month

By Folashade

  • New Jersey grants women the rights to vote

    New Jersey grants women the vote in its state constitution.

  • Susan B. Anthony's birthday

    Susan B. Anthony's birthday is on the fifteenth of Febuary and the year of 1820.

  • Amy Post, Sarah D. Fish, Sarah C. Owen and Mary H. Hallowell convene a women's rights convention in Rochester New York.

    Amy Post, Sarah D. Fish, Sarah C. Owen and Mary H. Hallowell convene a women's rights convention in Rochester New York. Abigail Bush chairs the public meeting a first for American women.

  • The Woman's Journal debuts, edited

    The Woman's Journal debuts, edited by Lucy Stone, Henry Blackwell, and Mary Livermore

  • The largest suffrage parade to date marches down Fifth Avenue in New York City.

    The largest suffrage parade to date marches down Fifth Avenue in New York City. 10,000 people, including perhaps some men, paraded past 150–500,000 onlookers.

  • Jeannette Rankin of Montana is seated in the U.S house of Representatives

    Jeannette Rankin of Montana is seated in the U.S house of Representatives as the first woman elected to Congress.

  • President Wilson argues for women sufferage

    President Wilson addresses the Senate personally, arguing for woman suffrage at the war's end.

  • The 19th Amendment is quietly signed into law

    The 19th Amendment is signed into law by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby giving women the right to vote. Suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt summarized the effort involved in securing passage of the 19th Amendment:

  • Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is inaugurated

    Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is inaugurated as the first woman governor in the United States.

  • Frances Perkins is sworn in as Secretary of Labor, as well as the first woman

    Frances Perkins is sworn in as Secretary of Labor, as well as the first woman in the U.S. cabinet.

  • Babe Didrikson pitches a full inning for the Philadelphia Athletics

    Babe Didrikson pitches a full inning for the Philadelphia Athletics

  • Rosa Parks is arrested

    Rosa Parks is arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the American civil rights movement.

  • The Equal Rights Amendment is passed by Congress

    The Equal Rights Amendment is passed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification.

  • Victoria Woodhull becomes a Presidential candidate on her own ticket.

    Victoria Woodhull becomes a Presidential candidate on her own ticket. In 1872, Woodhull was the first female candidate for President of the United States.

  • The League of Women Voters is founded as a mighty experiment.

    The League of Women Voters is founded as a mighty experiment at the Victory Convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in Chicago, Illinois.