Oberlin College graduates three women, the first women in America to receive AB degrees=1841
Seneca Falls Convention, first women's rights convention, organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott=1848
Lucy Stone, women's right activist and orator, organizes National Woman's Rights Convention=1850
Florence Nightingale founds the first secular nursing school in the world=1860
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony co-found the National Woman Suffrage Association=1869
Susan B. Anthony, co-founder of National Woman Suffrage Association, is arrested for voting=1872
Florence Bascom, the Pioneer of Women Geologists, becomes the first woman to work for the United States Geological Survey=1896
Marie Curie becomes the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics=1903
Marie Curie becomes the first person to win two Nobel Prizes, for Physics in 1903 and later in Chemistry=1911
Lucy Burns and Alice Paul form the National Woman's Party to fight for women's suffrage=1913
Jeannette Rankin is the first American woman elected to Congress, representing Montana=1916
Women's suffrage, the legal right of women to vote, is secured with the passage of the 19th Amendment=1920
Edith Wharton becomes the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for her novel, "The Age of Innocence"=1921
Alice Paul proposes an Equal Rights for Women Amendment for the first time=1923
Nellie Tayloe Ross is the first woman to be elected state governor (Wyoming)=1925
Jane Addams, the "mother" of social work, becomes the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize=1931
Amelia Earhart becomes first woman to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean=1932
Frances Perkins becomes the first woman Cabinet Secretary when appointed Secretary of Labor=1933
Jacqueline Cochran, American aviation pioneer, becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier=1953
Wilma Rudolph, champion sprinter and civil and women's rights pioneer, becomes the 1st American woman to win 3 Olympic Gold Medals=1960
Valentina Tereshkova, Russian cosmonaut, is first woman in space=1963
Betty Friedan, author of "The Feminine Mystique", co-founds the National Organization for Women=1966
Shirley Chisholm is the 1st African American woman elected to Congress=1968
The Equal Rights Amendment, proposing equal rights for women, is passed by Congress (but must still be ratified by 38 states)=1972
Ella T. Grasso is the first elected woman governor who was not the wife or widow of a governor=1974
Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first woman Supreme Court Justice=1981
The Equal Rights Amendment proposing equal rights for women fails to be ratified by the required 38 states=1982
Sally Ride is the first American woman in space=1983
Joan Benoit wins the first women's Olympic Marathon=1984
Carol Moseley Braun becomes 1st African American woman to be elected to the Senate=1992
Janet Reno becomes the first woman to serve as Attorney General of the United States=1993
Eileen Collins becomes first woman Space Shuttle pilot=1995
Madeleine Albright is the 1st woman Secretary of State, the highest ranking member of the Cabinet=1997
Eileen Collins becomes first woman Space Shuttle commander=1999
Nancy Pelosi is the first woman Speaker of the House=2007
Kathryn Bigelow becomes the first woman to win an Oscar for Best Director=2009
Janet Yellen becomes the first woman to lead the Federal Reserve=2014
Hillary Clinton is the first woman nominated for president by a major U.S. political party=2016
Kamala Harris elected first woman, first African-American and first Asian-American Vice President=2020
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