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National Women's Rights Convention
The first National Women's Rights Convention takes place in Worcester, Mass. -
National Woman Suffrage Association
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton founded the National Womens Suffrage Association in New York. The point of the association was to oppose the fifteenth amendment unless it included women. The Fifteenth Amendment (Amendment XV) to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude. -
The Beginnings!
Colorado is the first state to adopt an amendment granting women the right to vote. Utah and Idaho follow suit in 1896, Washington State in 1910, California in 1911, Oregon, Kansas, and Arizona in 1912, Alaska and Illinois in 1913, Montana and Nevada in 1914, New York in 1917; Michigan, South Dakota, and Oklahoma in 1918. -
The National Association of Colored Women
The National Association of Colored Women was formed in Washington D.C. -
The National Women's Trade Union League
The National Women's Trade Union League was formed and fought for improved wages and working conditions for women. -
19th Amendment
The nineteenth amendment granting women the right to work is signed into law by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby. -
Equal Pay Act
Congress passes the Equal Pay Act, making it illegal for employers to pay a woman less than what a man would receive for the same job. -
Title IX of the Education Amendment
Title IX of the Education Amendments bans sex discrimination in schools. It states: "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal financial assistance." -
Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs
In Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs, the Supreme Court rules that states can be sued in federal court for violations of the Family Leave Medical Act. This is important to women because they could no longer be fired for taking maternity leave!
