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First Women's Rights Convention
Introduced the Declaration of Sentiments, calling for equality, reforms, property rights, voting rights and more. 32 men and 68 women signed the document and was the beginning of the women's suffrage movement. Eventually leading to the 19th amendment. -
Lucretia Mott
Organized the Philadelphia Female-creating petitions, fundraising, public speeches. Assited in the first woman's rights convention, and Harriet Tubman with the Underground Railroad. Speaking out against slavery and for women's rights. -
Right to Hold Property
Mississppi granted women the right to own property with the Married Women's Property Act of 1839 but it was only in their name. New York granted women the right to buy, sell, and enter contracts without permission in most situations. Still limited but an significant step towards the right direction. -
Ain't I A Woman? -Sojourner Truth
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The Story of an Hour- Kate Chopin
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Susan B. Anthony
Gave hundreds of effective speeches advocating for the right to vote, equality, created petitions and organizations. Fought for women to have the right to own property and to education. Setting the foundation for the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote. -
Alice Paul
In 1913, Alice created the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage and the National Woman's Party in 1916. Containing over 2,000 members and advocating for the 19th Amendment. She personally would go after the White House as well. -
A Jury of Her Peers- Susan Glaspell
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Jane Addams
Won a Nobel peace prize in 1932 for her peace activism. Was the president of the National Cerence of Charities and a officer in the National American Women's Suffrage Association. Providing services and equality for working women and their children. -
Equal Pay Act
Removing discrimination of wages based on sex, protecting women from being paid less for doing the same work. Unfortunately, women are still paid less than men but this act narrowed the gap in wages. Women today earn 83% of what other male colleagues earn. -
Testimony Before the Senate- Gloria Steinem
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Title IX
A federal law that achieved equal rights to education, free from sex discrimination. Allowing women to get higher levels of education and freedom to other activities funded by the federal government. A legal end to the stigma that women do not need degrees to become mothers or that they are inferior to men. -
Tarana Burke
An American activist for victim of sexual violence. Letting women share their experiences and know they're not alone. Finding the Me Too movement in 2006, activating possibility because without possibility we are stuck. -
The Gendered History of Human Computers- Clive Thompson
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The True Story of 'Mrs. America'- Jeanne Dorin McDowell
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SAVE Act
It requires proof of U.S. citizenship to vote, as well as a government-issued ID that matches the name on a birth certificate. Meaning women who marry and take their husband's last name won't be liable to vote. A common tradition leading to the voice of millions being taken away.