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Fifty-one “patriotic ladies” gather in Edenton to announce in writing their boycott of East Indian tea as long as it is taxed by the British. This protest, known as the Edenton Tea Party, is one of the first political activities in this country staged by women. -
More than 250 Academies for Girls open in North Carolina during this time period. These institutions were open to white students. -
The Fourteenth Amendment is passed by Congress (it will be ratified by the states in 1868), defining "citizens" and "voters" as "male" for the first time in the Constitution.The American Equal Rights Association, the first organization in the country to advocate national women's suffrage, is founded. -
The Fifteenth Amendment receives final ratification. By its text, women are not specifically excluded from the vote. During the next two years, approximately 150 women attempt to vote in almost a dozen different jurisdictions from Delaware to California. Among them are the Grimke sisters in Boston, Sojourner Truth in Michigan, and Matilda Joslyn Gage in New York. In South Carolina, a few black women, protected by Reconstruction officials, cast ballots. -
The number of women attending college has increased 150 percent since 1900. -
The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing American female citizens the right to vote. It is quietly signed into law in a ceremony to which the press and suffragists are not invited. -
The numbers of women and men voting are approximately equal for the first time. -
Women-owned businesses employ more workers in the country than Fortune 500 companies do worldwide.
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