Women rights By cole.kiefer 1869 National Women’s Suffrage Movement formed 1916 Jeanette Rankin elected to Congress Oct 16, 1916 Margaret Sanger opens first birth control clinic in the United States Jun 4, 1919 19th Amendment of the United States Period: Jun 4, 1919 to Aug 18, 1920 Women’s Suffrage Feb 16, 1945 The Alaska Equal Rights Act signed into law 1955 Civil Rights Movement launched 1960 FDA Approves first birth control pill Period: 1960 to 1980 Women’s Liberation Movement Feb 19, 1963 The Feminine Mystique was written Jun 10, 1963 Equal Pay Act was signed into law Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act signed into law Jun 23, 1972 Title IX was passed into law Jan 22, 1973 Roe v. Wade Court Case Sep 20, 1973 “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match Sep 21, 1981 Sandra Day O’Connor sworn in to US Supreme Court