The month of March is National Women’s History Month. Here is an abbreviated catalog of milestones of women’s history in the U.S.

Women held their first women rights convention in 1878.

In 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was signed into law, granting women the right to vote.

The first Commission on the Status of Women was established by President John F. Kennedy and the equal pay act was passed in 1963.

In 1987, the National Hispana Leadership Institute was founded to address the underrepresentation of Latinas in the non-profit, political, and corporate arenas.

In 2009, President Obama signed the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, which broadens a woman’s right to file a complaint against her employer for pay discrimination.