Interactive timeline of United States Women's rights
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Updated: 22 Sep 2022
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First gender integrated juryWomen's right to vote are abolished'Persons' to include womenMarried women can maintain ownership over their propertyA slave woman is declared property without rights'Citizens' & 'Voters' are defined as 'male'The first woman rights law is passedThe 15th Amendment does not exclude women from the voteThe first gender integrated grand jury hears casesWomen are banned from practicing lawWomen are preventing from votingFirst woman tries a case before the Supreme CourtWomen's legal existence is suspended with marriageAn afternoon tea launches a revolutionThe first women's rights convention is heldA “Declaration of Sentiments” is draftedThe 'Patent Act' allows women to hold patentsMary Kies is the first women to hold a patentCalifornia allows women to bank under their own namesSingle, widowed or divorced women can own landFirst female stockbroker opens a brokerageWomen's work hours are reducedWomen are granted the right to voteIndigenous Americans are granted CitizenshipThe Fair Standards of Labor Act is passedThe Equal Pay Act is passedThe Civil Rights Act is passedThe Voting Rights Act is passedPoll Taxes are Abolished at all levels of GovernmentTitle IX is passed outlawing discrimination on the Basis of GenderRoe v. WadeIt becomes illegal to Discriminate based on pregnancyThe Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is passedWomen make up 60% of the workforceEmployers don't have to cover birth controlThe first woman becomes a U.S. SenatorThe Affirmative Action Law is Amended to include womenThe first woman owned seat on the New York Stock ExchangeIt becomes illegal to place 'Help Wanted' Ads specifying genderDistrict Court rules that Physical Labor cannot be limited to menIt becomes illegal to change a job title to pay women lessThe first female CEO of a Fortune 500 CompanyWomen can open bank accounts & apply for credit without a male cosignerThe first woman-owned commercial bank open in New York CityThe Paycheck Fairness Act Fail after it's fourth attempt"Marital Rape Exception" law is outlawedRoe v. Wade is Overturned
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