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She was known for being a Women's Rights Activist During the Suffrage movement in the 1800s -
" Though the first attempts to establish women’s suffrage failed in 1877, Colorado became the second state to give women the right to vote in 1893. Clara Cressingham, Frances Klock, and Carrie C. Holly of Colorado were the first women elected to a state legislature, the Colorado House of Representatives. These women focused on social welfare, championing reforms for child labor laws, relief subsidies, and the 8-hour work day." - https://www.representwomen.org/women_history -
The 19th amendment made it so that anyone could vote no matter your gender, all men and women could vote. -
In 1931, Hattie Wyatt Caraway was the first woman to serve as a U.S. Senator -
Emilia Earhart was the first person to go and walk on the moon. something she said after landing back on earth is “…decide…whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying….” -
Rosa Parks sat on a bus in 1955 when the bus driver asked her to give her seat to a white person because she was in the "white people section" she refused to give up her seat because of her race and doing that then started the "Civil Rights Movement" -
Senator Margaret Chase Smith ran for president -
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the second female to serve on the supreme court and the first Jewish Women to do so from 1993 until she passed In 2020 -
Madeline Alright was the first secretary of state. -
"After a successful career as a lawyer in Chicago, Michelle Obama became the first woman of color to become first lady of the United States in 2008. She used her position to advocate for health initiatives, access to higher education, and international education opportunities for girls all over the world." -
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She was a District of Attorney in California then in 2021 she became first female, the first Black American, and the first South Asian American to hold power in the White House. -
