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Seneca Falls Convention
First demand to secure the vote for women -
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The road through women's rights
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Declaration of Sentiments
The Declaration of Sentiments was signed at Seneca Falls. -
The first women's sufferage law
in the U.S. is passed in the territory of Wyoming -
The 15th Amendment receives final ratification
saying, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” By it's text, women were not excluded. -
Belva Lockwood
is the first woman member of the Supreme Court. -
Colorado granted women the right to vote
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Almost every state passed legislation modeled
after New York’s Married Women’s Property Act, which granted married women some control over their property and earnings. -
The congressional union of women's sufferage staged a sufferage parade
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Margaret Sanger
tests the validity of New York’s anti-contraception law by establishing a clinic in Brooklyn. The most well-known of birth control advocates, she is one of hundreds arrested over a 40-year period for working to establish women’s right to c -
19th Amendment to the Constitution
granted women the right to vote -
The National Recovery Act
forbids more than one family member from holding a government job, resulting in many women losing their jobs. -
The Fair Labor Standards Act
establishes minimum wage without regard to sex.
