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Anne Hutchinson
Anne Hutchinson was banished from Massachusetts Bay for heresy. -
Salem Witch Trials
Women were accused of being possessed by the devil and about 20 were killed for it. -
Republican Motherhood
The idea of an educated women as well to educate their children slowly gaining rights to be educated and becoming equal. -
Dorothea Dix
Dorothea Dix was the creator of the first generation of American mental asylums. -
Temperance Movement
Abstinence from all alcohol pushed by women due to domestic violence and motivation towards husband. -
Grimke Sisters
The Grimke sisters were early advocates for abolition and women's rights activists. -
Seneca Falls Convention
Over 200 women gathered in Seneca Falls, NY to discuss social, civil, and religious rights of women. -
Sojourner Truth
Escaped slave who became involved in moral reform and a powerful "Ain't I a Women" speech. -
Susan B. Anthony
Pioneer for Womens Rights Movement who established the national Womens Suffrage Movement which helped pave the way for the 19th amendment, -
Hillary running for President
Lost in most recent election, 12 women before Hillary also lost in elections.
