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During the Revolutionary War period, North Carolina women participated in many ways. Patriot women supported economic boycotts of English goods, made bandages, nursed the wounded, made and wore homespun, faced personal danger, and maintained farm operations in a time of inflation and shortages. -
The number of women attending college has increased 150 percent since 1900. -
The largest suffrage parade to date, including perhaps 500 men, marches down Fifth Avenue in New York City. -
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. In North Carolina, women contributed in a myriad of ways. -
The numbers of women and men voting are approximately equal for the first time. -
U.S. military academies open admissions to women. -
For the first time in history, more women than men enter college. -
Responding to the National Women's History Project, the U.S. Congress declares March as National Women's History Month.
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