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1769
All of the colonies start using the english system, that means women cant own property, or keep their earnings. -
1777
Every state takes away womens right to vote -
1839
Mississippi lets women own their own property -
1869
The first women lawyer is allowed to practice in Iowa. Shes the first women in the US to graduate law school. -
1873
The Supreme Court decided that a state has the right to exclude a married woman from practicing law. -
1887
First women is elected mayor of an American town. -
1890
First state allows women to vote (Wyoming) -
1900
Married women can keep their own paychecks, and own land in their own name in every state -
1963
Equal pay act -
1965
voting amendments allowed black women to vote also