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Abby Kelley
Abby Kelley Foster was an abolitionist (someone opposed to slavery) and an early women's rights advocate. Devoting her life to creating a more equitable society, she used her skills as a lecturer and educator to advocate for the rights of African Americans and women. Kelley continued her efforts as a lecturer and fundraiser throughout the North until 1850, when declining health forced her to reduce traveling. She carried on an active correspondence and local meetings to work for the cause. -
Seneca falls convention
The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention. It advertised itself as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman". Held in the Wesleyan Chapel of the town of Seneca Falls, New York, it spanned two days over July 19–20, 1848. -
Sarah Grimke
Sarah Moore Grimké was the author of the first developed public argument for women's equality. She worked to rid the United States of slavery, Christian churches which had become "unchristian," and prejudice against African Americans and women. She once stated,"I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks. I know nothing of man's rights, or woman's rights; human rights are all that I recognise." -
Matilda Josyln Gage
Matilda Joslyn Gage was a pioneering suffragist, abolitionist, and Native American rights advocate. One of the foremost theorists of the women's rights movement in the mid-1800s, she criticized organized Christianity for its role in the oppression of women. She supported women's rights to divorce and reproductive autonomy while serving as president of the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) from 1875-1876 -
Susan B. Anthony
Champion of temperance, abolition, the rights of labor, and equal pay for equal work, Susan Brownell Anthony became one of the most visible leaders of the women’s suffrage movement. Along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, she traveled around the country delivering speeches in favor of women's suffrage. Anthony was good at strategy. Her discipline, energy, and ability to organize made her a strong and successful leader. -
Woman suffrage parade.
On March 3, 1913, 5,000 women marched up Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C, demanding the right to vote. Suffrage gave women a voice and greater ammunition with which to make a difference on local and and federal level. Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18,1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. -
Jeanette Rankin
Jeanette Rankin became the first Women elected to congress. She helped women in her home state of Montana win the vote and introduced what later became the 19th Amendment to secure suffrage for women nationwide. During her victory speech, she said "I am deeply conscious of the responsibility resting upon me" as the only woman in the nation with voting power in Congress." -
FDA approves birth control pill
On October 29, 1959, the pharmaceutical company G.D. Searle filed an application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to license their drug Enovid for use as an oral contraceptive. Less than a decade after birth control activist Margaret Sanger first told scientist Gregory Pincus about her hopes for a "magic pill," it appeared that success was imminent. -
First Black women elected in congress
Shirley Anita Chisholm became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress. She became the first black candidate for a major-party nomination for President of the United States and the first woman to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. Throughout her career she was known for taking a resolute stand against economic, social, and political injustices, as well as being a strong supporter of black civil rights and women's rights. -
Shirley Chisholm's Presidential Announcement Speech Transcript
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Picked as the democratic presidential nominee.
Hilary Clinton was the first (and so far, only) women nominated by a major party for president. Hillary believes that issues that affect women’s lives are family issues, economic issues, and crucial to our future competitiveness. She has been fighting for women and girls her entire career, and she’s just getting started. -
Testimony Before the Senate Hearings on the Equal Rights Amendment
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The Gendered History of Human Computers
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The True Story of ‘Mrs. America’
