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Declaration of the Rights of Woman by Olympe de Gouges
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Abby Kelly Foster
"Abby Kelley was an abolitionist (someone opposed to slavery) and an early women's rights advocate. Devoting her life to creating a more equitable society, she used her skills as a lecturer and educator to advocate for the rights of African Americans and women. Kelley was born in Massachusetts in 1811." -
Lucy Stone
"Lucy Stone (1818-1893) was an early advocate of antislavery and women's rights. She was born in Massachusetts. After she graduated from Oberlin College in 1847, she began lecturing for the antislavery movement as a paid agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society." -
First Women's Rights Convention.
"On July 19, 1848, the Seneca Falls Convention convened. Heralded as the first American women's rights convention, the two day event was held in the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York. The convention had been advertised on July 11, 1848 in the Seneca County Courier." -
The First National Women's Rights Convention
"October 23, 1850. Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment with stories about the people and events that led to the passage of women's suffrage in the United States. On October 23, 1850, the first National Woman's Rights Convention began in Worcester, Massachusetts." -
Sojourner Truth
"A formerly enslaved woman, Sojourner Truth became an outspoken advocate for abolition, temperance, and civil and women's rights in the nineteenth century. Her Civil War work earned her an invitation to meet President Abraham Lincoln in 1864." -
“Ain't I a woman?" by Sojourner Truth
""Ain't I a Woman?" is a speech, generally considered to have been delivered extemporaneously, by Sojourner Truth (1797–1883), born into slavery in the state of New York. Some time after gaining her freedom in 1827, she became a well known anti-slavery speaker. Her speech was delivered at the Women's Convention in Akron, Ohio, in 1851, and did not originally have a title." -
Matilda Joslyn Gage
"Matilda Joslyn Gage was a pioneering suffragist, abolitionist, and Native American rights advocate. One of the foremost theorists of the women's rights movement in the mid-1800s, she criticized organized Christianity for its role in the oppression of women." -
Susan B. Anthony
"Susan B. Anthony is perhaps the most widely known suffragist of her generation and has become an icon of the woman's suffrage movement. Anthony traveled the country to give speeches, circulate petitions, and organize local women's rights organizations. Anthony was born in Adams, Massachusetts." -
The Civil War
"The legacy of the Civil War put an indelible stamp on the women's rights movements, as women continued the long struggle for women's suffrage. They were successful in winning the right to vote in several westerns states while working for a constitutional amendment." -
Ratification of the 14th Amendment
"Passed by the Senate on June 8, 1866, and ratified two years later, on July 9, 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws,” extending the provisions of the Bill of Rights to the states." -
The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin
"The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin is about Louise Mallard, a woman in a traditional Victorian marriage, who receives the news that her husband was killed in an accident. After her grief subsides, she begins to see opportunity and freedom in her future." " It was originally published in Vogue on December 6, 1894, as 'The Dream of an Hour'. It was later reprinted in St. Louis Life on January 5, 1895, as 'The Story of an Hour'." -
A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell
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Testimony Before the Senate by Gloria Steinem
"To advocate for the Equal Rights Amendment. The testimony emphasizes the importance of legal equality between men and women." Coincidentally, this event happened on the same date as my birthday (not year though because obviously I was not born in 1970). -
Shirley Chisholm's Presidential Announcement Speech Transcript by Shirley Chisholm