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Married women are allowed to own property in their own name. Mississippi was the first state to allow married women to do this.
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The first women's rights convention is held in Seneca Falls, New York.
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In Seneca Falls N.Y. the first women’s right convention is held.
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The first National Women's Rights Convention takes place in Worcester, Mass
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In Wyoming the first women’s suffrage law is passed.
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Sandra Day O’Conner becomes first women Supreme Court justice
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Lilly Ledbetter’s fair pay act is signed by president Obama which is supposed to reduce the pay gap between women and men
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Almost 500,000 activists gathered in Washington D.C. to protest for women’s rights march.
