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States the principles on which our government, and our identity as Americans, are based -
Sets out the “natural and inalienable” rights, which are freedom, ownership, security, and resistance to oppression; it recognizes equality before the law and the justice system and affirms the principle of separation of powers. -
Olympe de Gouges specifically stated that men and women should have equal rights under the law, and she encouraged women to stand up for their rights in her "Declaration." -
Where the Declaration of Sentiments is told, they called for a resolution to women's suffrage and equal rights. -
Considered the primary founder of the Women's Suffrage Movement in America -
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony formed the American Equal Rights Association an organization dedicated to the goal of suffrage. -
Registered to vote in the presidential election, was arrested trialed, and convicted. -
A.A. Sargeant introduced the Woman Suffrage Amendment into Congress -
5,000 women marched the day before President Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration to push for the right to vote -
One of the driving forces behind the final passage of the 19th Amendment granting Women's Suffrage -
First woman elected to Congress. She represented Montana and continued to fight for women's rights. -
Tennesse became the last to block it. -
First black woman elected to Congress. -
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