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68 women and 32 men sign a declaration of Sentiments which set the agenda for the Women's Rights Movement. 12 resolutions were adopted including: equal treatment and voting rights.
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This convention was hel in Worcester, Mass. and had over 1,000 participants. Now these conventions are held yearly.
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Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form this association with the purpose of gaining the right to vote for women by means of an amendment in the Constituion.
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Wynoming was the first state to adopt the amendment granting women the right to vote. Other states were to follow throughout the next 15 years.
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This association was formed and brought togehter more than 100 black women's clubs. Women involved: Josephine Ruffin, Mary Church Terrell, Anna Julia Cooper.
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Alice Paul & Lucy Burms worked towards giving women the right to vote. The group later becomes National Womens Party and picketed the White House.
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Video The Women's sufferage admendment was passed and becomes the 19th Admendment in the Constitution.
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Frances Perkins appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt as the first ever femal secretary of labor.
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FDA approves birth control which is something that is used a lot today.
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Equal rights amendment was passed along with the civil rights act bans sex discrimination and employment and education.
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Sandra Day O'Connor is appointed as the first women in the supreme court justice.
