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The "Patriotic Ladies" gathered in Edenton, North Carolina to announce the writing of their boycott of East Indian Tea as long as it is being taxed by the British. This protest was one of the first political activities in the US staged by women. -
Oberlin College was founded in Ohio in 1833 and goes on to become the first coeducational college in the United States. In 1841, Oberlin awards the first academic degrees to three women. Mary Jane Patterson became the first African American woman to receive a bachelor of arts degree, which she obtained from Oberlin College. -
The world's first women's rights convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York. At this convention, a declaration of sentiments and resolutions is debated and ultimately signed by 68 women and 32 men. This event launched the women's suffrage movement in the United States. -
The North Carolina Legislature passed a new constitution that granted 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 husband's consent. -
Juliette Gordon Low founded the first American group of Girl Guides in Atlanta. Girl Guides was later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA, the organization brings girls into the outdoors, encourages their self-reliance and resourcefulness, and prepares them for varied roles as adults. -
Jeanett Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to the US Congress as a Republican member of the House of Representatives. She was also the first woman to hold any federal office in the United States. -
The United States House of Representatives passed the Women's Suffrage Amendment with a vote of 304 to 89; the Senate passed it with a vote of 56 to 25. -
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs a bill that creates the WAAC. Women who joined the corps performed a variety of non-combat tasks formerly done by only male soldiers.