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Dolley Madison becomes the first lady and she remains one of the most popular first ladies in the nation's history. -
Of 2,225,086 black women in America, 1,971,135 are held in slavery. -
Hundreds of white women move to the South to teach at freedman schools. -
The North Carolina legislature passes a new constitution that grants women the right to own property and businesses, to work for their own wages, to sue in courts, to make wills, and to make contracts without their husbands' consent. -
The number of women attending college has increased 150 percent since 1900. -
During World War I, women move into many jobs, working in heavy industry, mining, chemical manufacturing, and automobile and railway plants. They also run streetcars, conduct trains, direct traffic, and deliver mail. National Woman's Party members are arrested and convicted for peacefully picketing the White House for woman suffrage, becoming the first U.S. citizens held as political prisoners. In prison, they stage hunger strikes and are force-fed. -
The U.S. House of Representatives passes the Women’s Suffrage Amendment -
The National Recovery Act forbids more than one family member from holding a government job. As a result, many women lose their jobs.