US Women Timeline ( 1900 - 2018 )

California divorce law allowed divorce by mutual consent

US Supreme Court adopted rule from the State of Florida, made it less likely women get called for jury duty

Equal Pay Act, promised equitable pay for the same work, regardless of sex, race, color, religion, or national origin of the worker

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act comes into effect, includes a prohibition against employment discrimination depending on race, color, religion, or sex

Executive Order 11246, prohibited discrimination of sex by government contractors

Title IX of the Education Amendments prohibited sex discrimination in all aspects of educationthat received federal support

US Supreme Court declared that the Constitution protected women’s right to terminate an early pregnancy

Jerrie Cobb, first woman to get trained by NASA to be an astronaut

NASA cancels women’s astronaut program

Supreme Court allowed married couples to use contraceptives

The Pregnancy Discrimination Act banned discrimination against pregnant women for employment

Congress adopted the Gender Equity in Education Act, which trained teachers in gender equality, and to promote math and science to be learned by girls

Included in Title IX, Supreme Court ruled that College athletic programs must actively involve equal number of men and women to gain federal support

US Supreme Court invalidated portions of the Violence Against Women Act, permitting victims of rape, domestic violence, to sue their attackers in court

Hillary Clinton became the first First Lady to be elected to public office as a US Senator

The Supreme Court ruled that Title IX prohibited punishing someone for complaining about sex-based discrimination

Nancy Pelosi became the first female speaker of the House

Hillary Clinton was the only First Lady to run for president

January 21 - Hillary Clinton became Secretary of State, she was the third woman to hold the position

Elena Kagan confirmed to the Supreme Court, Kagan is the fourth female to serve the Supreme Court.

The ban against women in military combat positions removed

Sandra Day O'Connor became the first woman to serve the Supreme Court

Supreme Court allowed the use of birth control by married couples

Dr. Sally K. Ride was the first American woman to be sent into space by NASA

Hillary Clinton secured the Democratic presidential nomination, she became the first U.S. woman to lead a major party

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin became the first woman to run for vice president on the Republican ticket

Madeleine Albright became the first female secretary of state

The Supreme Court denied states the right to exclude women from juries

Paula Hawkins, became first woman in U.S. Senate without her husband or father in the job

Housing discrimination based off of sex discrimination against women outlawed by Congress

The Supreme Court said it is illegal to force pregnant women to go on maternity leave under the assumption they are incapable of working

Juanita Kreps became the first woman director of the New York Stock Exchange

Every state allowed women to own property, and keep their own wages by 1900

American women get the right to vote

The first version of Equal Rights Amendment introduced, "Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction"

Frances Perkins became the first female cabinet member, she was appointed secretary of labor by President Franklin D. Roosevelt

First child support law made it a crime for a husband to willfully abandon or neglect to provide support for children under the age of 16