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Feb 26, 2019 · From a plea to a founding father, to the suffragists to Title IX, to the first female political figures, women have blazed a steady trail towards equality in the United States. Explore famous ...
- 1903: Marie Curie becomes the first woman to receive Nobel Prize. The chemist and physicist is most famous for her pioneering work in the field of radioactivity.
- 1912: Girl Scouts of America is founded. Juliette Gordon Low started the all-girls club in Savannah, Georgia, with the aim of promoting social welfare by encouraging members to participate in community service and outdoor activities.
- 1920: Women in the U.S. are given the right to vote. On August 18, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing all American women the right to vote.
- 1932: Amelia Earhart flies solo across the Atlantic. Amelia Earhart set many aviation records and became the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross.
- First women’s-rights convention meets in Seneca Falls, New York, 1848. In July 1848, some 240 men and women gathered in upstate New York for a meeting convened, said organizers, “to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of women.”
- Wyoming Territory is first to grant women the vote, 1869. In 1869, Wyoming’s territorial legislature declared that “every woman of the age of twenty-one years, residing in this territory, may at every election…cast her vote.”
- Californian Julia Morgan is first woman admitted to the Ecole de Beaux-Arts in Paris, 1898. The 26-year-old Morgan had already earned a degree in civil engineering from Berkeley, where she was one of just 100 female students in the entire university (and the only female engineer).
- Margaret Sanger opens first birth control clinic in the United States, 1916. In October 1916, the nurse and women’s rights activist Margaret Sanger opened the first American birth control clinic in Brownsville, Brooklyn.
May 25, 2023 · Although often underrepresented in recorded histories, women helped build the United States of America of today and women will help shape the United States of America of the future. Explore this page to learn more about objects and resources from the National Museum of American History that can shed light on women's experiences and ...
Learn about women's history including women's suffrage and famous women including Catherine the Great, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen Elizabeth I, Susan B. Anthony and Queen Elizabeth II.
Chronicles of American Women: Your History Makers is a means to honor the lives and legacies of women, living and dead, whose individual and collective contributions have enriched our lives. With narrative and pictures you can create a lasting memorial to a special woman in your life. Find out More. Explore topics and articles about women in ...
A History of Women's Rights in America. The year 2020 brings with it the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting American women the right to vote, 144 years after Abigail Adams wrote her husband John Adams in 1776, urging that while drawing up a new Code of Laws for the ...
