This document summarizes key events in the global history of women's rights movements from 1776 to 2011: 1) Important early events included Abigail Adams advocating for women's rights in 1776 and the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments in 1848. 2) The women's suffrage movement gained momentum in the late 19th/early 20th centuries with organizations like the National Women Suffrage Association and suffrage marches in the US and UK. 3) The 20th century saw many advances including women gaining the right to vote in the US in 1920, the establishment of organizations like NOW in the 1960s, and the passage of laws banning gender discrimination in employment. 4

1. A Journey through the Global History of Women’s Rights Movements
Jennifer Kitchen
SS310-13
March 14, 2011
1776_ Abigail Adams asks her husband, the President, to not forget women in The Declaration of Independence.
1799_ Martha Ballard, midwife, delivers 51 babies in her small Maine town, although there are plenty of male doctors available.
1848_ 3 day convention of Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions.
1850_ Maria Mitchell becomes a member of America Association for the Advancement of Science.
1868_ First woman to vote in a U.S. Presidential election is living a life disguised as a man, Charley Parkhurst.
1869_ National Women Suffrage Association is started by Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Stanton.
1872_ Women line up at the polls for the Presidential election_ Susan B. anthony is arrested by U.S. marshals.
1904_ International Women's Suffrage Alliance, formed by Carrie Chapman Catt, is launched in Berlin Congress.
1908_ At Fouad I University in Cairo a lecture series is started, by Huda Shaarawi and other women, to discuss women related issues.
1910_ Emily Pankhearst leads suffrage march in London.
1913_ 8,000 women march on Washington in demand of voting rights & over 100 women are injured on Pennsylvania Ave.
1920_ Women win the Right to Vote in the U.S._ Women's Bureau established in the federal Department of Labor.
1961_ President's Commission on the Status of Women headed by Esther Peterson.
1963_ The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan opens women's minds_ Equal Pay Act.
1966_ National Organization for Women (NOW) is formed byBetty Friedan.
1968_ Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) & the end of gender segregated want ads in the U.S.
1970_ Katie Millett publishes Sexual Politics & is on cover of Time Magazine.
1994_ In Egypt the Female Genital Mutilation (FMG) Task Force is founded by Marie Assaad.
1995_ the Women and Memory Forum is started in Egypt.
2009_ Lilly Ledbetter & The Fair Pay Act.
2011_ Women are still fighting for equality and liberty in many countries around the World with the help of the United Nations (UN) Women.

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