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Born a slave, and after she gained her freedom 1827, Sojourner Truth became a well known anti-slavery speaker. Women’s rights became Truth’s life’s work. During the historic Ohio Women’s Rights Convention in 1851, Truth delivered her most famous “Ain’t I a Woman” speech. -
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As women all over the country struggled to win the right to vote in the U.S., two women came together to fight even harder. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony formed the National Woman Suffrage Association and gained priority to securing women the right to vote. By the beginning of the 20th century, a number of states started following suit in giving women suffrage. -
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Nannie Helen Burroughs and others found the Women's Convention of the National Baptist Convention. It becomes, at one point, the largest Black women’s organization in the United States. Burroughs, a teacher, activist, and strong advocate for racial pride, also founds a school for girls and women with the organization’s sponsorship. -
Regina Anderson is born. A playwright and librarian, of African, Native American, Jewish, and European descent, she will help organize a 1924 dinner that creates the Harlem Renaissance, and she becomes a key figure in the movement. -
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After a 72-year-long fight, the 19th Amendment finally passed. On August 18, 1920, women’s suffrage was ratified, granting women the right to vote in the U.S. -
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Their were issues with the president that were still being concerned about the status of women such as discrimination and the fact that employers were legally able to pay women less than men for doing the same job. The equal pay act aimed to abolish the wage discrimination against women. -
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the organization mission is to improve the status of women by giving them voice in government. the very first gathering brought 320 women to Washington D.C. in support of the NWPC founding. -
Sandra Day O’Connor is nominated by President Ronald Reagan to the Supreme Court. At the time, only six percent of all federal judges were women. On September 25, 1981, O’ Connor was sworn in as the 102nd justice, making her the first woman justice in Supreme Court history. -
Women not only were making history on Earth but also in space. Mission Specialist Sally Ride launched into space on the shuttle Challenger along with the rest of the NASA crew from Kennedy Space Center. Ride was the first American woman to be launched into space. -
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The famed actress received the award for her performance in the film Monster’s Ball. In her acceptance speech, Berry continued to address how the award and honor went beyond her. Even now, she remains the only black woman to receive that same award. -
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