10 Interesting Fact About The history of women's rights

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• Initially, women are not considered to have the right to have their own property or money.
• In 1848, a Convention on the Rights of Women's Rights Seneca Falls, New York, who demanded political and social rights for women.
• In 1869, Wyoming became the first state to give voting rights to women.
• In 1920, the 19th amendment to the United States constitution gave voting rights to women throughout the country.
• In 1963, US President John F. Kennedy signed a civil rights law which prohibits racial and gender discrimination.
• In 1972, the United States Congress passed the era amendment (Equal Rights Amendment) which would provide constitutional protection against gender equality, but had not been ratified by a state sufficient to be part of the constitution.
• In 1993, the United States Congress passed a law that guarantees equivalent rights for women in the military.
• In 2009, Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was signed by the President of the United States Barack Obama who tightened the law which prohibits wage discrimination based on gender.
• In 2015, 193 UN member countries declared the 2030 agenda for sustainable development that included gender equality as one of the main objectives.
• International Women's Day is celebrated every year on March 8 to commemorate the struggle of women and promote gender equality.