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Created by Sarah G. Bagley with the purpose to lobby for reform in the factories and as a result they showed that working women didn't have to put up with injustice in the workplace. -
Held in New York, this convention is seen as the first organized step in the women’s suffrage movement -
Speech delivered by Sojourner Truth in order to persuade the audience that giving women the right to vote is common sense. -
The Civil War in the United States began in 1861, as a result of decades of tensions between northern and southern states over slavery, states’ rights and westward expansion.
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This amendment abolished slavery in the United States and provided that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." -
The goal of this union was to improve working conditions through legislative reform instead of through negotiations between workers and employers. -
With Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton as leaders and Matilda Joslyn Gage as a co-founder, the NWSA was a constitutional amendment to secure the vote for women, but it also supported a variety of reforms that aimed to make women equal members of society. -
Founded by several unions of skilled workers who came together to negotiate wages, hours, and working conditions. -
A nationwide railroad strike organized by workers of the Pullman company to protest their treatment. -
A federal holiday passed by Congress to celebrate the labor movement and American workers.