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Victorian America
1837-1901 Victorian America had women acting in very "un-ladylike" ways (public speaking, demonstrating, stints in jail), which was untraditional to the "proper" society women were expected to follow before with little self-expression.
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Property Rights
Mississippi was the first state to give women the right to own property under their own names.
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Seneca Falls Declaration
Elizabeth Cady Stanton drafted the Seneca Falls Declaration at the convention, outlining the new movement's views and objective.
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The World's Antislavery Convention
The World's Antislavery Convention is held in London. The British and Foreign Antislavery Society refuse to seat women delegates from American antislavery societies. Forced to sit in the gallery, the women, decide on the need to hold a convention to discuss women's status. This conversation leads to the convention in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848.
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The First Wave
1848-1960 The first wave of feminism took place in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, emerging out of a long history of women oppression and an environment of urban industrialism and socialist politics.
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The Waves of Feminism
!848-2017. There are a total of four waves of feminism since the late 1800's in America.
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Working with Abolition
In the beginning, feminism was used with the abolitionist movements and supported speakers like the African-American Sojourner Truth, who said, "Ain't I a woman?"
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American Equal Rights Association
American Equal Rights Association is founded. . Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony are among the founding members who attended the first meeting. The organization brought people searching for equality in both race and gender.
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National Woman Suffrage Association
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony found the National Woman Suffrage Association to campaign for women's right to vote. The association is founded largely in reaction to the narrow framing of the Fourteenth Amendment, which explicitly extends protections only to men.
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Susan B. Anthony Arrested
Nov 5, 1872 Susan B. Anthony arrested for voting.To test the argument advanced by many feminists that the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments guarantee women the right to vote, Susan B. Anthony attempts to vote in the 1872 presidential election. She is arrested and found guilty of casting an illegal ballot.
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National Woman's Party
Alice Paul founds National Woman’s Party. Impatient with moderate tactics, Alice Paul breaks from the National American Woman Suffrage Association to found the organization.
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Equal Rights Amendment
The Equal Rights Amendment is introduced in Senate. It reads, "Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction." Although the amendment will be introduced in every session of Congress, it will not reach the House of Representatives for a vote until 1971, 48 years later.
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Endorsing the Equal Rights Amendment
The Democratic Party finally endorses the Equal Rights Amendment.
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The Second Wave
1960-1990. The Second Wave of Feminism began on the basis of the anti-war and civil rights movements combined with awareness of all minorities around the world.
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National Organization for Women Founded
Betty Friedan and a small group of women gather in Washington D.C. for the third National Conference of Commissions on the Status of Women, and found the National Organization for Women.
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Miss America Pageants
The Second Wave began with protests against the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City in 1968 and 1969. Feminists protested that it was reducing women to nothing but objects and was a sign of patriarchy holding back women.
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Schlafly Strikes at Equal Rights Amendment
Schlafly publishes "What's Wrong with 'Equal Rights' for Women," launching the campaign opposing ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. Schlafly plays a large part in bringing the movement toward ratification of the amendment to a halt.
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Equal Rights Amendment Passed
The Equal Rights Amendment is approved by the Senate. The revised language of the essential phrase reads, "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex."
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Title IX
The United States Congress enacts Title IX, which states that "no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." Within 30 years, the number of girls participating in high school sports will double.
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Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Commission
The United States Supreme Court rules in Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Commission that ordinances prohibiting sex-segregated employment advertisements do not violate the First Amendment. The ruling successfully concludes a five-year campaign waged by the National Organization for Women against sex-segregated job ads.
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Deadline for Equal Rights Amendment Ratification extended
The United States Senate joins the House of Representatives in extending the deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, originally set for 22 March 1979, to 30 June 1982.
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2003 Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs
The Supreme Court rules that states can be sued in federal court for violations of the Family Leave Medical Act, which requires paid leave for family or medical reasons.
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First First Lady Senator
Hillary Clinton becomes the first First Lady to be elected to public office as a U.S. Senator from New York.
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First Black Female Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice becomes the first black female Secretary of State.
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2005 Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education
The Supreme Court rules that Title IX prohibits punishing someone for complaining about sex-based discrimination.
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2005 Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act
The 2005 re-authorization allocates federal funds to aid victims, provides housing to prevent victims from becoming homeless, ensures victims have access to the justice system, and created intervention programs to assist children who witnessed domestic violence and to those at risk of domestic violence.
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The Fourth Wave
2008-2017. Modern day feminism, or fourth wave feminism, is considered by many a more radical movement that involves many women searching for equality that is already received, while many feminists believe they do not have it.
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