These are not accurate dates, the year is the more important for this resource.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized the first Women Right's Convention in Seneca Falls, NY where 68 women and 32 men sign the Declaration of Sentiment that set the agenda for the women rights movements to follow.
Black female slave declared property without the right to defense against rape by a master.
Connecticut is the first state to prohibit abortion before and after quickening
First organization in the US to advocate women's rights
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony founded NWSA with the goal to gain voting rights for women
Females 21 and older granted the right to vote
First time women served on jury in Wyoming territory
Charlotte E. Ray, Howard University law school graduate, becomes first African-American woman admitted to the US bar examination.
Belva Lockwood is the first woman to be selected candidate for presidency in the National Equal Rights Party.
For the first time the US Senate vote on women suffrage. It loses 34 to 16, 25 Senators do not participate.
Dickinson's Poem 435 reflects the idea that women must submit to the majority or be labeled rebellious or mad for nonconformity
Dickinson's poem 632 is reflective of women empowerment as they begin to share their voice and openly express their opinions. Women began to show the world that they are intelligent human beings, more than just domestic task handlers.
Dickinson's poem 1732 addresses the two lives closed to African American women at this time. First, their life is closed off from white supremacy because they are black. Second, their life is closed off to masculine opportunity because they are women.
Created to bring black women clubs together.
Gertrude Stein's piece "A Brown" from "Tender Buttons" illustrates this idea of black women coming together and pressing for change.
Alice Paul and Lucy Burns organize the Congressional Union, later known as the National Women's Party. They aimed to draw public attention to women suffrage.
H.D.'s poem "Sea Rose" identifies with women's progression over time. At first they are delicate until life roughens them up but there is still the question of whether they can compete with men
H.D.'s poem "Garden" is reflective of many barriers women had to cross in order to succeed, "rose, cut in rock". At this same time this poem reflects the barrier (heat) between men and women and how difficult it was to move past.
Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first woman elected to the US Congress.
Congress passed the 19th amendment granting all women the right to vote
Edna Millay's poem "Grown-Up" reflects women's limited position in society
Millay's poem "Spring" reflects women's desire to be more than a beautiful face. This poem calls for women to seek knowledge and to be aware of this knowledge.
Gertrude Stein's poem "Why Do You Feel Differently" captures the question of gender equality during this time while highlighting the differences between men and women. This poem reflects women's desire for equality, "to be pleased and to please."
Millay's poem "Gazing upon Him Now, Severe and Dead" illustrates how women gain power in the world while men underestimate their abilities.
H.D.'s poem "Helen" is representative of men's attitude towards women at this time. The poem focuses on physical characteristics of women. During this time men valued women's appearance and despised their opinion.
Dickinson's Poem 657 reflects women's imagined opportunity weighing on the success of the movements to come.
Dickinson's poem 754 illustrates women's dependence on men. Women had no voice or opinion. Their helpless desire for power and equality is present in this poem.
Gertrude Stein's "Stanza LXXXIII," excerpt form "Stanza in Meditation," addresses the idea of women gaining a voice and eventually being heard after being silenced for so long.
Frances Perkins, the first woman in a Presidential cabinet, serves as Secretary of Labor during the entire Roosevelt presidency.
Congress passes a law making it illegal to pay women less than men would receive for the same job.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act bars employment discrimination by private employers, employment agencies, and unions based on race, sex, and other grounds
The National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) is founded. Roe v. Wade legalizes abortion in 1973.
Shirley Chisholm is the first Black woman elected to the US Congress
Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment in its original version.
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