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The first women's rights convention is held in Seneca Falls, New York.
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Birthdate. Picture is a self portrait.
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Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
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Created in 1878.
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Colorado is the first state to grant women the right to vote.
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The WTUL was established to advocate for improved wages and working conditions for women in 1903.
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In 1912, Girl Guides, formally known as Girl Scouts, was founded.
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In 1920, women across the United States gained the right to vote, by the addition made ot the Nineteenth Amendmant.
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Created in 1943.
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Margaret Sanger opens the first U.S. birth-control clinic in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Shirley Chisholm is first African American woman elected to Congress.
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The first marital rape law is enacted in Nebraska, making it illegal for a husband to rape his wife.
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Under the Act, a woman cannot be fired or denied a job or a promotion because she is or may become pregnant, nor can she be forced to take a pregnancy leave if she is willing and able to work.
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Created in 2008.
