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delegates to historic Seneca Falls Convention, led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, issue a bold declaration calling for equal rights for women
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women living in Wyoming Territory become first American women to win the right to vote
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20 percent of all college students are women
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there are 412 women artists
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NWSA members supported Victoria Woodhull, the first woman presidential candidate
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the Supreme Court ruled that even though women were citizens, citizenship did not give them the right to vote
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Alberta Virginia Scott became the first black women in a college
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Alberta Virginia Scott is invited to teach by Booker T. Washington at Tuskegee Institute
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Otelia Cromwell becomes one of the first black female teachers. She retires in 1944
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more that 33 percent of college students are women
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there are 2193 women artists
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the American Medical Association admits women into their school
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the Nineteenth Amendment is ratified, guaranteeing women the right to vote.