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19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote. Woman got more freedom and were on their way to becoming equals with men. They were getting more of what they wanted. -
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1920s
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18th Amendment
The pohibition on alcohol. People couldn't buy sell or make alcohol which made many people very angry. They couldn't do what they wanted to anymore. -
Woman's Sufferage Amendment is ratified
Women get the right to vote officially. They are getting what they want and are on their way to becoming equals with men. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddv0sLJI1ro -
Wyoming and Texas elect women governers
Women are finally getting real positions in politics and are becoming more important to society. -
Margaret Sanger forms the American Birth Control League
Sanger said that women are getting to choose when to have childbirth instead of having one when they don't really want to. Women are getting more rights and freedoms. -
First woman enrolled in NC state college (now NCSU)
Women are getting to go to college and become educated. This helps them to get more jobs and be more independent from men. -
Amelia Earhart takes her 1st flying lesson from Neta Snook
Women are starting to do big and great things that were before were thought of as only things men could do. -
First Miss-America pageant took place with a total of 8 contestants
Women are being seen as having bigger roles in society and are being shown in films. -
Equal Rights Amendment introduced to US congress
Women are on their way to offically becoming equals with men. They are getting the same rights. -
The World exposition of women's progress opens in Chicago
Women are getting recognition for their progress in society and getting what they want. -
NC decreed
"A woman who completes work for a degree offered by the institution [can] be graduated." Women can graduate from college just like men can. Women will be able to get better jobs because of their degree. -
Bertha K. Lanes is elected mayor of Seattle
Women are getting more and more recognition and are getting more jobs in the political world. -
Dorothy Arzner dierect her first film, Fashions For Women
Women are becoming big in the film industry. They are getting jobs, becoming actresses, even getting to direct films. -
21 women were enrolled at NCSU
More and more women are taking the opourtunity to become educated and get better jobs. -
women compete for the first time in the Olympic field events
Women are getting to do more and more things that used to be thought of as things for men.
