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Women's Rights

By taylovezu

  • 1st Women's Rights Convention

    1st Women's Rights Convention
    Held in Seneca Falls, New York. Hosted by Elizabeth Cady Staton and Lucretia Mott. The Declaration of Sentiments was signed by 68 women and 32 men.

  • National Womens Suffrage Association Formed

    National Womens Suffrage Association Formed
    Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Staton formed the NWSA with the goal to earn women the right to vote and be equal to men.

  • First State gives women voting rights.

    Colorado adopts an amendment that gives women the right to vote.

  • National Women's Trade Union League Formed

    Formed to improve working conditions and wages for women.

  • Federal Womans Suffrage Amendment Passed

    Susan B Anthony originally wrote the Federal Womans Suffrage Amendment and brought it to Congress in 1878.

  • Womens Bureau of the Department of Labor formed

    Formed to collect information about women in the workforce and served as a 'safeguard' for working conditions for women

  • 19th Amendment signed into law

    Granting Women the right to Vote.

  • Equal Pay Act Passed

    The Equal Pay Act is Passed by Congress to make it illegal for employers to pay a woman less than a man for the same job.

  • NOW formed.

    The National Organization for Women. Largest Women's Rights group in US. "seeks to end sexual discrimination, ... by means of legislative lobbying, litigation, and public demonstrations. "