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Domestic violence has been a problem in America throughout its history. Since colonial days, women have experienced abuse at home. Sadly, with all that has been accomplished through women’s rights movements and domestic abuse awareness programs, women continue to endure intimate partner violence at alarming rates. The battle against domestic violence wages on today.

This timeline highlights major landmark cases events relating to women’s rights and the establishment of domestic violence laws.

Click on the button to view the timeline, then scroll through the thumbnail images and click on them to read about domestic violence cases and the precedents they set. To get back to the timeline, click outside of the information boxes that pop up.