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The women would vote for leaders in the Iroquoise League in the late 1500s.
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Girls in the 1700's were married off at age 13 or 14, give or take a few years, and marriage was normally for economic benefit.
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In New England, the Daughters of Liberty became very active in the American Revolution. (1766)
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The Missionary Sewing Circle was established by Hanna Tenney and Mary Monroe and late became the Ladies Missionary Society
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In the Lowell Mills, women usually worked at these mills with poor working conditions. they sometimes went on strike.
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The Seneca Falls Convention was held in 1848
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Sojourner Truth gave the "Ain't I a Woman" in 1851
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black women made up the majority of the working female population due to low wages.
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In 1870, women began to perform work outside the house, but they were usually young and single; yet “their lifestyle was diminished upon marriage.”
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After blacks were granted suffrage, women also wanted to be able to vote.
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Victoria Woodhul is the first woman candidate to run for President in 1872.
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1893 Colorado gives women the right to vote
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Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in New York in 1916
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Jeannette Rankin is the first woman in congress. She was elected in 1916 and then again in 1940.
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In 1920 the 19th Amendment was passed and gave women the right to vote
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Rebecca Latimer Felton is the first woman in the United States Senate in 1922.
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During WWII, women would work in factories building bombs and cargo in assembly lines.
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Women's rights throughout history
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In 1962 an official definition for rape was given. (In the United States Moral Penal Code.)
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In 1963 Congress passed the Equal Pay Act, granting the same wages for everyone offer the same job no matter race, religion, home country or gender.
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In the 1970’s the first rape crisis center was established.
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Sex discrimination is banned in schools in 1972.
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The Family and Medical Leave Act is passed, allowing women to take a leave from work after having a baby.