women's history timeline by Gabriel Marcink by Gabriel Marcink

1920 Women gained the right to vote

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In 1920 The Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was changed to say that the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied by the United States or by any State on account of sex

in 1922 the first woman to be elected into a Supreme Court in Ohio

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In 1922 Florence Ellinwood became the first woman elected to be a part of the Ohio State Supreme Court this was a huge deal at the time because of the fact that women gained the right to vote just two years prior

in 1931 the first woman elected to senate

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in 1931 Hattie Wyatt Caraway was the first woman to serve as a U.S. Senator for more than a day. She was appointed after the death of her husband Thaddeus H. Caraway, an Arkansas Senator.

in 1848. The First Women's Convention

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In 1848 the first women’s rights convention organized by a group women it was called the Seneca Falls Convention it was held in New York, with 300 attendees, including 68 women and 32 men it sparked decades of activism, eventually leading to the passage of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote.

in 1872. First Woman to Run for President.

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Victoria Woodhull Martin was an American leader of women's suffrage who decided to run for president of the United States in the 1872 election. This was quite a big deal at the time considering women did not have much power or say in anything at this time in the United States or anywhere around the world

in 1933 First Woman Cabinet Member

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When President Franklin D. Roosevelt choose Frances Perkins as the secretary of labor, she became the first woman to hold a Cabinet position in a U.S. president's administration

in 1949 First Woman Elected to Both the House and the Senate

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In 1949 Margaret Chase Smith took the oath of office to become the first woman to serve in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate

in 1964 First Congresswoman of Color

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Mink was the first woman of color as well as the first Asian American woman to serve in the U.S. Congress. She represented the people of Hawaii for two periods, first from 1965 to 1977 and again from 1990 until she sadly died in 2002.

in 1968 First African American Congresswoman

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holism graduated from Brooklyn College then later In 1968, she became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress and represented New York's 12th congressional district for seven terms from 1969 to 1983

in 1972 Women of Color Running for President

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President Richard Nixon wrote a law that states, “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."

in the spring of Jan. 22, 1973

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In 1973 Roe v. Wade decides that the U.S. Supreme Court declares that the Constitution protects a woman’s legal right to an abortion.

in June of 1983

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In June of 1983 while Flying on the Space Shuttle Challenger Sally Ride became the first American woman in space

in Jan of 24, 2013

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In 2013 the US decided to finally end the century old ban against women being in combat positions in the military this was not only very recent but pretty substantial for women's history considering this band has been in place for over 200 years the US finally decided to remove it in trusting the women in higher ranks of the military

July 26, 2016:

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In 2016, Hillary Clinton became the first woman to receive a presidential nomination from a major political party. During her speech at the Democratic National Convention this was huge because many women had ran for president at this point but none of them had been nominated for president