Section 5

By SilverCorbs

  • 1838

    1838
    Sarah Grimke published a pamphlet arguing for equal rights for women, titled Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of women

  • 1845

    1845
    the famous transcendentalist Margaret Fuller published Woman in the Nineteenth Century

  • 1848

    1848
    The Seneca Falls Convention is held, and the Declaration of Sentiments is written

  • 1851

    1851
    Famous quote from Truth is published in A History of Women in America

  • 1860

    1860
    New York gave married women ownership of their wages and property

  • 1920

    1920
    Women gain right to vote