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First Womens' Rights Convention
The first Womens' Rights convention is held in Seneca Falls, New York. A list of grievances of women is drafted, as well as a list of twelve list of resolutions to help women gain equality with men. 68 women and 32 men signed a Declaration of Sentiments, rallying for womens' rights and the equal treatment of American women. -
Colorado Amendment
Colorado is the first state to create an amendment to allow women the right to vote. Utah and Idaho followed three years later, with Washington, California, Oregon, Kansa, Arizona, Alaska, Illinois,Montana, Nevada, New York, Michigan, South Dakota, and Oklahoma following in that order in a span of 25 years. -
The Married Women's Property Act
This was an act passed by the Canadian government in the year 1900 that makes her responsible for her own wages, property and profits, as well as jointly responsible for financially supporting her children. Whereas before men were chiefly responsible for any property that involved himself and his wife, and was responsible for profits and wages, women were allowed in the year 1900 to be responsible for these aspects in their own right, rather than deterring finance to their husband. -
Military Voters' Act
The government of Canada and the UK extended federal enfranchisement to women serving the military and their close relatives. These women were allowed to vote in federal elections, as were their female relatives. This privilege was allowed to these women and their relatives until the end of the war. -
Womens Rights in Europe
Women are allowed to vote and to stand for election in Austria, Canada, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russian Federation, United Kingdom in the year 1918. I personally think this was a big step towards a more developed and tolerant world, as many European and North American countries and provinces had adopted the right of women to vote and to stand for election. Women were allowed to participate in public life, where they were limited before. -
The Nineteenth Amendment
The nineteenth amendment to the constitution is made. This granted suffrage to women; the right to vote they had awaited. This was signed into office by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby. This was a large movement for the United States and American women, and moved North America into an era of more developed human rights. -
The Persons Case
The Famous Five (Nellie McClung, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Louise McKinney, Emily Murphy and Irene Parlby) appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada, and eventually to the British Privy Council, to attempt to have women considered as persons under the law, and thus be able to be eligible for positions in the Senate. The British Privy Council concluded that women are persons, and thus women were able to be senators, and it gave them more opportunities to realize their goals, dreams and potential. -
Female Employees Equal Pay Act
The Canadian Parliament, in 1956, declared that women should be payed equal wages as men for similar work. This law made discrimination against sexes for wages illegal, and all people were to be paid equal wages for similar work. This law is still under debate to this day, as in some ways women are not payed equally to men in some fields for doing similar work. -
Royal Commission on the Status of Women
In 1967, the Canadian government launched a new commission to examine the status of Canadian women. This was made, under the direction of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, in order to ensure equal opportunities for women in all fields of life. Data was found that suggested after multiple legislative moves, women were still not treated equal to men in many areas. As a result, the commission was opened to public comment on the issue, and it recommended steps to make women in Canada equal to males. -
Womens' Rights in Kuwait
Womens' rights are recognized as valid in the small Middle-Eastern country of Kuwait in 2005. Many nations around Kuwait, such as Iraq, still struggle to institute womens' rights as men have always been considered dominant under religious pretenses. Kuwait and the areas around it have struggled for many years to gain womens' rights, and this small country finally hit an epiphany and officially recognized womens' rights
