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Seneca Falls was a convention for women, where the Declaration of Sentiments was refined and voted on. This Declaration laid out a set of resolutions that women sought after.
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This changed the laws concerning a woman's property. Through the history before this, woman's property was legally owned by either her father or her husband.
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Margaret Sanger's mother dies exhausted at age 50 after giving birth to 11 children. Sanger becomes a nurse and helps those suffering from ill-performed abortions. She dreams of birth control pill.
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Wealthy Katherine McCormick (right), fearful of passing on her husband's schizophrenia to her children, partners with Sanger to begin birth control pill research.
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Margaret Sanger opens the first Birth Control Center in Brooklyn New York.She is arrested for this.
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US birth rate drops in half. War, and a combination of contraceptive devices plus education, is responsible.
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The first pill, Envoid, is approved by the FDA
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This court case grants the constitutional right of birth control to unmarried couples.
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Emergency contraceptive pills are available; women can take them up to 72 hours after unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy.
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By the early 2000's, there are many more forms of hormonal contraception available to women: injections, insertable rings, external patches and implants that last for 5 years.