Iceland's Prime Minister joined thousands of women on strike to protest gender inequality.
The US supreme court officially overturned women's constitutional right to abortion.
Nevada became the first US state with a female-majority legislature, with new appointments taking it to 51%.
A 15-week abortion ban in Mississippi was declared unconstitutional.
The World Surf League closed the gender pay gap by giving equal prizes to all genders.
The online dictionary, Merriam-Webster, stated their most searched word of the year was 'Feminism.'
Saudi Arabia became the last country in the world to lift a ban on women driving cars.
Instant divorce was banned in India, which became a giant leap forward for women's rights in the country.
The US Defense Secretary announced that the US Military would open all combat roles to women.
The legislation was passed, allowing females to be appointed as bishops of The Church of England.
The first International Women's Day was celebrated.
The Civil and Women's Rights Activist Dorothy Height wrote her first column in the African-American newspaper 'New York Amsterdam News.'
The women of Greece were given the right to vote.
Law No. 38 in Iceland was approved, making abortion legal.
The world's first international women's sporting event began in Monaco.
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was certified, giving women the right to vote.
In the United Kingdom, women over the age of 30 were granted the right to vote.
41 Suffragists were arrested at the White House, Washington, D.C.
American suffragist Alice Paul was sentenced to seven months in prison for obstructing traffic in Washington caused by the Women's Rights march she organized.
More than 25,000 people marched down New York's 5th Avenue supporting women's suffrage.
The first female students were enrolled at a University in Japan.
New York City passed a law prohibiting women from smoking in public places.
Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters founded the Women’s Social and Political Union.
Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah became the first elected female State Senator in the United States.
Utah State ratified the women's right to vote in their state constitution.
Women voted in a general election for the first time in New Zealand.
Colorado became the second US state to give women the right to vote.
Women's right to vote in New Zealand was given Royal Assent.
US President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court.
Utah became the second state to grant women the right to vote.
Feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton became the first woman to testify before Congress.
Black women's rights activist Sojourner Truth gave her famous speech 'Ain't I A Woman?' at the Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio.
The Women's College of Pennsylvania, US opened – making it the 2nd female medical school in America.
The Seneca Falls Convention became the first-ever US women's rights convention.
Following the women's march on Versailles, The National Assembly declared martial law in France to prevent future uprisings.
