Multiracial Feminism Timeline Activity by Elaine C.

Sojourner Truth gives "Ain't I A Woman" Speech

2015-06-19 21:00:09 UTC

In May of 1851, Sojourner Truth attended the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio where she delivered her famous extemporaneous speech on women's rights, later known as "Ain't I a Woman". Different versions of Truth's words have been recorded including one by Frances Dana Barker Gage, one of the convention organizers.This version has become the historic standard, and is known as "Ain't I a Woman?" because that question was repeated four times.

-Mo Wells

International women's conference

2015-06-20 05:42:30 UTC

Professor Chandra Talpade Mohanty and her colleague had an idea to organize The Third World Women and Feminist Perspectives Conference.The aim of the meeting was to bring together all the women that were dealing with feminism issues.The conference took place in a public arena where women from all around the world were attendants.The themes of the conversations were mostly about racism, class prejudice, decolonization, gender justice, nationalism.Through collaboration they were able to find better solutions and understood other women's problems with their background so in the future they were able to help each other.

-Kincso Kelemen

Simone de Beauvi

2015-06-21 09:22:10 UTC

The French philosopher provided a Marxist solution and a view which was existential on many of the questions of feminism with the publication of Le Deuxième Sexe (The Second sex) in 1949. In the book she expressed her feminist sense of injustice.

-Amanda Kantzy

Women´s suffrage - women´s right to vote

2015-06-21 09:30:14 UTC

Limited voting rights were gained by women in Sweden, Finland and some states in U.S in the late 19th century. The full right was given to women in Finland 1907, Norway 1913 and Sweden 1921. Switzerland, a developed country didm´t give the rights to women until 1971.

In New Zealand the women got the right to vote already 1893 but the aboriginals didn´t get it until 1962.

-Amanda Kantzy

Title 9

2016-06-12 19:36:00 UTC

In 1972, education was finally accessible to women in the United 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."
- Laura Brunner

Seneca Falls Convention

2016-06-12 21:15:30 UTC

This historic event took place from July 19-20, 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York and was the first women's rights convention in the United States. About 300 people attended, 40 of which were men. The main people involved in creating this event were two famous feminists: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott.

Women Against Pornography

2016-06-13 21:28:47 UTC

Formed by a radical feminist activist group in New York, WAP was known for their informational tours. In the 1980's the group's focus was also on lobbying against pornography. Later in the 1980's, the WAP turned their attention toward international sex trafficking. The WAP were main contributors in the founding of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women. Founding members of the WAP include Adrienne Rich, Grace, Karla Jay, and Andrea Dworkin and many other women.
-Mekinzi Douglas

History on birth control

2016-06-14 03:42:35 UTC

Margaret Sanger, a birth control advocate, was arrested in 1916 for distributing information. Even today people disagree with the idea of birth control being available.
-Madison

Wilma Mankiller became the first principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation

2016-06-18 17:15:08 UTC

1985-1995
Jackie Moranty

First National Chicana Conference- 1971

2016-06-19 21:09:10 UTC

With 600 Chicanas in attendance at conference in Houston, TX, this was the opportunity to create unified resolutions in response to the special roles their gender and race played and continued to play in the feminist movement.
-Luna Rey

Alix Morrison

2016-06-20 02:17:55 UTC

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Conner Graves

2016-06-20 04:39:33 UTC

1981 National Women's Studies Association Conference there were 300 women of color who attended. Afterwards, they organized into the "National Alliance for American Third World Women.

Claudette Colvin

akmorris — 2016-06-22 22:35:15 UTC

Colvin is the actual inspiration behind the bus boycott during the Civil Rights Era. In 1955, Colvin stood up for herself and a pregnant lady next to her that were asked to move for a white lady. Colvin, 15 at the time, was taken away and was scared the police officers were going to rape her. She volunteered with her local chapter of NAACP, where Rosa Parks also worked. Parks also refused to get off the bus when asked to move after hearing Colvin's story, and the NAACP made Parks the face of the campaign due to her popularity among the local white people, her lighter skin, and her older age.

Women's Rights

2017-06-13 22:16:37 UTC

In the 1973 Roe v. Wade trial, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that the Constitution protects women’s right to terminate an early pregnancy, thus making abortion legal in the U.S. and allowing women their right to pro-choice.

-Madison Staiano

More Graduating Women, Less in Office

2017-06-14 16:18:33 UTC

Although 48% of law school graduates and 45% of law firm associates are female, women make up only 22% of federal-level and 26% of state-level judgeships

osh Watson

2017-06-14 19:33:37 UTC

Introduction of the Pill

2017-06-14 19:45:33 UTC

In the year 1965 the pill was invented and has since been marked by many feminist as a historical point in history when women could choose between a full time career and motherhood or both.
-Bianca Neal

In 1993 Naomi Wolf and Katie Roiphe Created a New Movement: Power Feminism

2017-06-15 19:20:51 UTC

Power feminism created a platform for comfortable middle class women to become empowered and create societal change. Wolf and Roiphe focused their writing around the idea that you cannot cause change in society if your market yourself and your movement as victims. While Power Feminism isn't the largest feminist movement, it has helped the third wave of feminism embrace women's empowerment.

-Drake Mclean

In 1981 the National Women's Studies Association held its first national conference dealing with racism within the feminist spectrum

2017-06-16 04:20:00 UTC

This occurred at the height of the periodization of the Women's Movement in terms of multiracial feminism.

-Nina Gonzales

Valentina Tereshcova

2017-06-16 17:02:23 UTC

On June 16, 1963 Soviet woman Valentina Tereshcova become the first woman to go into space.
- Alana Haich

1993 Family and Medical Leave act passed

2017-06-16 18:04:09 UTC

This was important because as more women joined the work force it was becoming increasingly needed to have a medical leave of absence. This allowed women to have job safety while unpaid to care to a family need. This included things like family illness, adoption, pregnancy, and foster care. More specifically it was a movement that helped solidify women's presence within the work force while allowing those working to still have the opportunity to raise a family. This act was put in under President Clinton.

-Kili Crawford

June 17, 1928: Amelia Earhart flies across the Atlantic Ocean

2017-06-16 22:48:37 UTC

Amelia Earhart was the first female pilot to fly solo over the Atlantic Ocean.

-Briana Odette

Septermber 22, 2014 Emma Watson Addresses Feminism to the UN

2017-06-16 23:32:02 UTC

Emma Watson explain gender inequality to the UN, and explains that gender inequality is evident all over the world. She explains that feminism has become a "bad word" but the idea is still very important. She also explains why men also need to be invited into the conversation. They should not be excluded from the conversation of gender equality because they also have struggles that aren't always addressed. This speech is important because it addresses the inequality on both sides and who we don't always include men even though they have their own struggles. That we need a world that has equality, not a world where there's one gender above the other. - Diana Miller-ter Kuile

1975: Taylor v. Lousiana

2017-06-17 20:11:02 UTC

This Supreme Court Case ruled that women could not be removed from a jury pool. It was ruled in order to discourage influencing an outcome of a case involving violence against women or sexual assault.
-Demi Ball

May 6th, 1960: "The Pill"

2017-06-17 20:16:44 UTC

The Food and Drug Administration approved the first oral contraceptive, commonly known as "the Pill," for sale as birth control in the United States.

-Haley Rhine

Hyde Amendment - 1976

2017-06-18 16:44:33 UTC

The Hyde amendment blocks Medicaid from covering safe and legal abortions to women. There are some exceptions in cases of rape and maternal demise if the pregnancy continues. Medicaid cannot cover an abortion even if advised by a doctor due to this amendment. Unfortunately this is an example of the government deciding what a women can and cannot do with her body.
- Keighly Carey

1991 Tailhook Scandal

2017-06-18 17:47:52 UTC

At the 35th annual Tailhook Symposium in 1991, 83 women and 7 men were sexually assaulted by more than 100 U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aviation officers. The events of the three-day weekend resulted in sweeping changes made throughout all military services regarding the attitudes and policies towards women.
-Anna Nixon

Wonder Woman

2017-06-18 18:35:45 UTC

In 2017, the first large action super hero film to feature a strong female heroin from comics, Wonder Woman, is released and reaches record breaking ticket sales. Additionally the director of this film was a woman. In a genre of film directing dominated by men, this woman was able to shatter stereotypes of how woman can be perceived in movies and behind the scenes

Pay Gap

2017-06-18 19:32:22 UTC

The pay gap affects women of all backgrounds, but unsurprisingly, race and ethnicity matter when it comes to women’s paychecks. Hispanic and Latina women face the worst disparity, getting paid only 54 percent of what white men get paid.

Pia Myers

Maternity Leave

2017-06-18 22:47:00 UTC

Mothers of newborns are guaranteed paid leave in 188 countries. Only 9 countries do not: Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Suriname, Tonga, and the United states.

Riley Bergquist

Elizabeth Blackwell

2017-06-19 01:06:48 UTC

1849: Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first licensed woman physician in the United States.

-Amy Hull

The term "Feminism" appeared in the english language in the 1890s.

2017-06-19 02:31:18 UTC

Alex Hamilton