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Abigail Adams and the Declaration of Independence
"As the Second Continental Congress drew up and debated the Declaration of Independence through 1776, Abigail Adams began to press the argument in letters to her husband that the creation of a new form of government was an opportunity to make equitable the legal status of women to that of men. Despite her inability to convince him of this, the text of those letters became some of the earliest known writings calling for women's equal rights." http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.as -
Anti-Slavery Convention
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Queens College
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London's Women Suffrage
The London Society for womens suffrage was formed to campaign for female suffrage. -
14th Admendment
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Demanding Votes for Women
A delegation of Womens textile workers from Northern England present a 37,000 signatory pedition to Parliment demanding votes for women. www.bbc.co.uk -
Birth Control
First United States birth control clinic is opened in New York City.
Margaret Sanger campaigned tirelessly for open access to birth control. In 1921, she founded the organization that would become Planned Parenthood.
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/10/dayintech_1016
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Rosie the Riveter
She became the campaign for women to take their place in the work force while the men were at war.
