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The beginning of Anti-women Rights
All states pass laws which take away women's rights to vote.(History.Net) -
Seneca Falls Convention
The first women's right's convention was held in New York.(History.Net) -
Sojourner Truth's Speech
Sojourner Truth delivers her "Ain't I A Woman" speech at the women's right convention in Akron,Ohio.(History.Net) -
Roosevelt's thesis
Theodore Roosevelt wrote his senior thesis at Harvard about gender equality in the law.(Source 4,Line 2) -
Theodore Roosevelt's responds on Women's rights
Theodore Roosevelt states,"I am in favor of women suffrage,I am much more interested in the economic questions that affect the women than in those purely political".(Source 4,Line 6) -
Women+Elections
By 1912,there was a large group of women now working for the presidential election.(History.Net) -
First Women in House of Representatives
The first female member of congress,Jeanette Rankin,is elected to House of Representatives.(History.Net) -
The 19th Amendment's positive affect on women
The 19th Amendment to the constitution is signed into law,giving all women the right to vote.(History.Net) -
John F Kennedy's Positive affect on women
President John F Kennedy signs the Equal Pay Act into law.(History.Net) -
First black women in the House of Representatives
Shirley Chisholm,the first black women elected to the US House of Representatives.(History.Net) -
Equal Rights Amendment
Equal Rights Amendment passed by congress,and sent to the states for Ratification.(History.Net) -
First female in the Supreme Court
Sandra Day O'Conell is sworn in as the first female in the Supreme Court of justice.(History.Net) -
Dr.Condoleeza Rice
Dr.Condolezza Rice becomes the first African American U.S Secretary of State.(History.Net)
