Women's Civil Rights

By chloel17
  • 1827

    1827

    Isabella Baumfree begins speaking up about abolition, temperance, prison reform, women's sufferage, and better working conditions... after New York abolishes slavery.
  • 1838

    1838

    In Greensboro, North Carolina's first college was opened for women and was operated by the Methodist Church.
  • 1848

    1848

    The world's first women's rights movement happened in Seneca Falls, New York. The leader Elizabeth Stanton drafted The Declaration of Sentiments.
  • 1920's

    1920's

    Charlotte Brown, Nannie Burroughs, and Mary Bethune become nationally known as speakers that promote education for racial improvement
  • 1947

    1947

    Elreta Alexander is the first African American woman that was licensed as a lawyer in NC.
  • 1957

    1957

    Finally, the number of men and women voting is almost equal for the first time.
  • 1960

    1960

    Women only earn 60 cents for every dollar earned by a man and women of color only get paid 40 cents.
  • 1962

    1962

    Susie Sharp becomes the first woman to serve on the NC Supreme Court.