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The first Womab's Rights Convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York. After two days of debates and discussion about the rights that should be given to women, 68 women and 32 men signed a Declaration of Sentiments.
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The two women form the National Woman Suffrage Association. This was to try and achieve voting rights for women.
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Wyoming passes the first women's suffrage law.
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Colorado was the first state to adopt an amendment granting women the right to vote.
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The National Association of Colored Women is formed, bringing more than one hundred black women together.
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This was established to improve wages and working conditions for women.
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Margaret Sanger opens the first U.S. birth-control clinic in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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The original document written by Susan B. Anothony is passed.
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The 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote is passed.
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John Kennedy makes the President's Commission on the Status of Women and has Eleanor Roosevelt as his chairwoman,
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Betty publishes her book the "Feminine Mystique" which talks about the middle--class American housewife and shows society how ridiculous everyone has treated women.
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Congress make it illegal from employers to pay a woman less than what a man would get for the same job.
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Stops discrimination in employment on he basis of race and gender.
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Sex-segragated help wanted ads in the newspapers becamse illegal.
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An employer cannot change job titles for women workers in order to pay them less than men.
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"Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex".
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Early Money Is Like Yeast is established and allows women to run for national political office.
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Stops sex offenders.
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Damages for sex discrimination.
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President Obama signed the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act which lets victims of pay discrimination to file a complaint to the government of their employer.