Women's rights

  • Convention for women's rights

    "In 1848, at first women's rights convention in Seneca falls New York, delegates adopted a resolution calling for women suffrage." (Gilderlehrman.org)
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    Convention on women's rights

    In 1848, at first women's rights convention in Seneca falls New York, delegates adopted a resolution calling for women suffrage." (Gilderlehrman.org) " you women are taxed without representation, friend by a jury not of your peers, punished by judges and officers of your choice." (U3,S3)
  • Shirtwaist factory made

    "20,000 shirtwaist makers 80 to 85 percent of whom were women began a successful labor strike in New York City." (gilderlehrman.org) This shows that women can do anything a man can do because these women just made a labor strike on their own company.
  • Triangle waist factory

    "A devastating fire erupted at the triangle waist factory in New York City, killing 146 people including many female employee." (gilderlehrman.org) This shows how women were working in very dangerous conditions and at that time women rarely had a lot of job.