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The Declaration of Independence states the principles which our government and our identity as Americans are based. Unlike the other founding documents, the Declaration of Independence is not legally binding but powerful. Abraham Lincoln called it “a rebuke and a stumbling-block to tyranny and oppression.” -
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an American leader in the women's rights movement who, in 1848, formulated the first organized demand for woman suffrage in the United States. -
Veterans of both movements converged on Seneca Falls, New York, on July 19–20, 1848, to discuss “the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of women.” -
At the 1851 Women's Rights Convention held in Akron, Ohio, Sojourner Truth delivered what is now recognized as one of the most famous abolitionist and women's rights speeches in American history -
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Became the first president of the American Equal Rights Association, an organization formed to achieve equality for African Americans and women -
The event brought women from around the country to Washington in a show of strength and determination to obtain the ballot. -
Susan B. Anthony was a pioneer crusader for women's suffrage in the United States. She was president (1892–1900) of the National Woman Suffrage Association. -
Local and national suffrage societies partnered with new labor and political organizations to win support. -
Food and Drug Administration approved the birth control pill, which allowed many women to plan if, when, and under what circumstances to get pregnant and have a child. -
To prohibit discrimination on account of sex in the payment of wages by employers engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce. -
Her paintings touched on female issues such as abortion, miscarriage, birth, breastfeeding and much more. -
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