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1792 A Vindication of the Rights of Women 

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1792 A Vindication of the Rights of Women 

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Activists such as Mary Wollstonecraft and her groundbreaking work "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" (1792) laid the foundation for later movements by challenging societal norms and advocating for women's autonomy and protection.

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1866 England's Women's Suffrage Movement 

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1866 England's Women's Suffrage Movement 

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In England, the suffrage movement began in 1866, when women's rights reformers gathered some 1,500 signatures on a petition to Parliament requesting the right to vote.

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1863, Sojourner Truth: Ain't I A Woman? 

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1863, Sojourner Truth: Ain't I A Woman? 

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Sojourner Truth first publicly connected the issues of women and race when she spoke of the role of Black women in the fight for women’s rights in her speech “Ain’t I a Woman?”

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In the late 1960s and 1970s, the feminist movement brought attention to domestic violence as a social issue, challenging the notion that it was a private matter. Feminist activists highlighted the power dynamics and inequalities within intimate relationships.

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1970's - Child Protective Services Mandated Reporting 

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1970's - Child Protective Services Mandated Reporting 

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David Finkelhor writes that the 1970's saw the creation of Child Protective Services, the establishment of mandatory reporting laws and the collection of reports of child abuse. This work dovetailed with anti-rape work by highlighting child sexual abuse as well as physical abuse.

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National Coalition Against Domestic Violence was established in 1978, NCADV is the only national organization of shelters and services for battered women and children. It has a network of over 1,200 shelters, safehomes, and counseling programs.

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Creation of the first specialized domestic violence court in Pennsylvania occurred in 1991. Today, there are 300 courts nationwide that have special processing mechanisms for domestic violence cases. These specialized courts are designed to improve victim safety and enhance defendant accountability, created in response to frustration among, judges and attorneys who saw the same litigants cycling through the justice system repeatedly.

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The National Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NCASA) was established in 1978. The Violence Against Women Act, created new penalties for gender related violence and started the Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) Program by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and S.T.O.P.

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The women's suffrage gained momentum in the 19th century, with activists advocating for women's right to vote and challenging gender-based inequalities. The movement also raised awareness of broader women's rights issues, including domestic violence and sexual assault.

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First States Criminalize Assaults by Husbands 

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First States Criminalize Assaults by Husbands 

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Alabama and Massachusetts were the first states to criminalize assaults by husbands against their wives in 1871, followed by North Carolina in 1874. Around this time New York also started hearing marital rape cases in Family Court.

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National Sexual Violence Resource Center was established as resource for all state coalitions & rape crisis centers in 2000.

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President Obama is the first U.S. President to declare April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month in 2009. Read The Presidential Proclamation at: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/presidential-proclamation-marking-national-sexual-assault-awarness-month-2009

Learn more at: https://www.nsvrc.org/saam

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1920 - 19th Amendment to the Constitution: Women's Right to Vote

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1920 - 19th Amendment to the Constitution: Women's Right to Vote

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In the 1800s, women petitioned to win the right to vote, it took decades to accomplish their goal. Between 1878, when the amendment was first introduced in Congress, and August 18, 1920, it was ratified.