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Maria Mitchellk
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The American Women Suffrage Association
The American Woman Suffrage Association is formed by Lucy Stone, Henry Blackwell, and other more conservative activists to work exclusively for woman suffrage, focusing on amending individual state constitutions. -
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony is arrested in New York for casting a ballot with 15 other women. -
Jeannette Rankin
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Harriet Tubman
Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made some thirteen missions to rescue approximately seventy enslaved families and friends -
Elizabeth Cady
Elizabeth Cady Stanton declares herself a candidate for Congress from the 8th Congressional District of New York and eventually loses. -
The National Womans Party
The National Woman's Party is founded by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns as an auxiliary of the National American Woman Suffrage Association for the exclusive purpose of securing passage of a federal amendment. Their efforts revive the moribund issue. Their first office is at 1420 F Street, Washington, D -
Anne Frank
Annelies Marie Frank (German pronunciation: [ʔanəliːs maˈʁiː ˈʔanə ˈfʁaŋk]; Dutch pronunciation: [ʔɑnəˈlis maːˈri ˈʔɑnə ˈfrɑŋk]; 12 June 1929 – February or March 1945[3]) was a German-born diarist and writer. She is one of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Her diary, The Diary of a Young Girl, which documents her life in hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II, is one of the world's most widely known books and has been the basis for several plays -
Michelle Obama
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is an American lawyer and writer. She is married to the 44th and current President of the United States, Barack Obama, and is the first African-American First Lady of the United States. -
Victoria Woodhull
Victoria Woodhull becomes a Presidential candidate on her own ticket.
