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1789 U.S. Constitution is ratied.The terms persons, peopleand
electors allow or theinterpretation o those beingsto include men
and women
1839 Mississippi becomes the rst
state to grant women the rightto hold property in their
ownnames
1840 Catherine Brewer becomes therst woman to receive a
bach-elors degree
1848 First Womens RightsConvention is held in SenecaFalls, N.Y.,
to sign in theDeclaration o Sentiments
Elizabeth Blackwellbecomes the rst woman to receive amedical
degree
1869 The rst womens surage lawis passed in Wyoming
1872 Susan B. Anthony is arrestedor trying to vote
1872 Victoria Clafin Woodhullis the rst woman to run as
apresidential candidate
1890 Wyoming becomes the rststate to grant women the rightto
vote in all elections
1913 5,000 suragists march inWashington, D.C.
1916 Jeannette Rankin o Montanabecomes the rst womanelected to
Congress
1920 The 19th Amendment giveswomen the right to vote
1932 Amelia Earhart becomes therst woman to fy solo acrossthe
Atlantic Ocean
1934 Coca-Colas Lettie Pate
Whitehead is the rstAmerican woman to serve asdirector o a major
corporation
1938 The Fair Labor Standards Actestablishes minimum wagewithout
regard to gender
1955 The rst lesbian organiza-tion in the United States,
theDaughters o Bilitis, is ounded
1963 The Equal Pay Act is passed byCongress
1964 Title VII o the Civil RightsAct prohibits
employmentdiscrimination on the basis o
race, color, religion, nationalorigin or sex
1965 Restrictive labor laws arerepealed on the hours
andconditions o womens work,opening many previously men-only jobs
to women
1966 The National Organization orWomen (NOW) is ounded byBetty
Friedan
1967 Muriel Siebert is the rstwoman to own a seat on theNew York
Stock Exchange
1972 Title IX bans sex discrimina-
tion in schools1972 Katherine Graham oThe
Washington Post becomes rstwoman CEO o a Fortune 500company
1974 Congress prohibits housingdiscrimination against women
1976 The Supreme Court upholdswomens right to unemploy-ment
benets during last threemonths o pregnancy
1977 Juanita Kreps is the rstemale secretary o commerce
1978 Kirchberg v. Feenstra overturnsstate laws designating a
hus-band head and master
1979 More than hal o all women16 years and older are in
paidemployment
CarolMoseleyBraun
o Illinoisbecomes the
rst Blackwoman elected
to the Senate
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1933
1999
1981
1992
Frances Perkins is appointedsecretary o labor by
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt, making her therst woman member o a
presidentialCabinet
Lt. Col. Eileen Collinsbecomes the rst woman astroncommand a
space-shuttle missi
1999 The rst woman, Nancy RuMace, graduates at the Cita
2005 Condoleezza Rice becomesrst Black emale secretarystate
2007 Nancy Pelosi becomes the woman speaker o the Hou
2008 Hillary Clinton is the only lady to run or president
1993 Janet Reno becomes the rwoman U.S. attorney gener
1994 Congress adopts the GendeEquity in Education Act totrain
teachers in gender equ
1997Madeleine K. Albrightbecomes the rst woman Usecretary o
state
1997 PricewaterhouseCoopersMarsha Cohen is the rstwoman CFO at
the topaccounting rms
1998 The Supreme Court rules themployers are liable or
sexharassment
Sandra Day OConnorbecomes rst woman appointed to theSupreme
Court
1982 This is the rst year morewomen than men graduatedwith
bachelors degrees
1984 Sex discrimination in member-ship policies is orbidden
bythe Supreme Court
1984 Geraldine Ferraro becomes therst emale
vice-presidentialcandidate representing a major
American political party1987 Congress proclaims March
as National Womens HistoryMonth
1990 Dr. Antonia Novello becomesthe rst woman (and rstLatino)
U.S. surgeon general
1993 The Family and Medical LeaveAct goes into eect
2009
SoniaSotomayor
becomes the rstLatino appointed
to serve on the U.S.Supreme Court
Source: Catalyst, National Womens History Project
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