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There, 68 women and 32 men sign a Declaration of Sentiments, which modeled on the Declaration of Independence, outlines grievances and sets the agenda for the women's rights movement. A set of 12 resolutions is adopted calling for equal treatment of women and men under the law and voting rights for women.
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There, 68 women and 32 men sign a Declaration of Sentiments, which modeled on the Declaration of Independence, outlines grievances and sets the agenda for the women's rights movement. A set of 12 resolutions is adopted calling for equal treatment of women and men under the law and voting rights for women. -
A former slave turned abolitionist and women’s rights activist, the speech reflects the false belief that as a formerly enslaved woman, Truth would have had a Southern accent. Truth was, in fact, a New Yorker. -
Susan B. Anthony and Matilda Joslyn Gage disrupt the official U.S. Centennial program at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, presenting a “Declaration of Rights for Women.”
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Susan B. Anthony and Matilda Joslyn Gage disrupt the official U.S. Centennial program at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, presenting a “Declaration of Rights for Women.” -
Citizens of georgia sent a petition to congress asking them to vote against women's suffrage amendment -
The 19th amendment was passed by congress -
Tennessee was the 36th out of 48 existing states to ratify the amendment, this allowed women the right to vote. -
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman, and second pilot ever (Charles Lindbergh was first) to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic. -
Black seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Ala. Rosa Parks creates rifts between people when she does this. -
(FDA) approves the first commercially produced birth control pill in the world, allowing women to control when and if they have children -
Equal pay for women and men