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English Women’s Rights Timeline

By Caitlyn Joseph

  • First National Women’s Rights Convention

    This happened in Worcester, Massachusetts and Frederick Douglass, Abby Kelley Foster, Lucy Stone, and Sojourner Truth were all in attendance at this convention.

  • The National Women’s Suffrage Association is Founded

    Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton make the priority for women to vote and formed the National Women’s Suffrage Association.

  • Women win the Right to Vote

    The 19th amendment is passed after 72 years of fighting and women have gained the right to vote.

  • Rosa Parks Refuses Her Seat

    Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white man on a bus and starts the civil rights movement.

  • The Equal Pay Act is passed

    John F. Kennedy signs the Equal Pay Act in a fight to earn equal pay for all men and women.