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"Declaration of Independence"
Thomas Jefferson -
Matilda Joslyn Gage
She co-founded the National Women Suffrage Association, along with Elizabeth Cady Stantion and Susan B Anthony. She organized suffrage groups in New York and Virgina and worked as a writer and editor for NWSA's suffrage publication. She was the first woman to point out the absence of women's rights by adding the injustice into the Declaration of Sentiments. She is known for writing the Declaration of Sentiments for the Seneca Falls Convention. -
The Seneca Falls Convention
The Seneca Falls Convention framed a national discussion about women's rights in America and marked the beginning of a massive civil rights movement that would span the next 70 years. Its purpose was to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of women. They wrote the Declaration of Sentiments, which among other things, tried to get women the right to vote. -
Lucy Stone
Lucy Stone helped organize the first National Woman's rights convention in Massachusetts. She led others to form the American Woman Suffrage Association. She also helped organize the publication of The Woman's Journal and co-edited the newspaper. -
"Ain't I a Women"
Sojourner Truth -
Sojourner Truth
At the 1851 Women's Rights Convention held in Akron, Ohio, Sojourner Truth delivered what is now recognized as one of the most famous abolitionist and women's rights speeches in American history, “Ain't I a Woman?” She continued to speak out for the rights of African Americans and women during and after the Civil War. She spoke about the abolitionist movement and women's rights, as well as, challenging abolitionists for not speaking out for equality of black men and women. -
"What to the Slave, is the 4th of July"
Frederick Douglass -
"Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address"
Abraham Lincoln -
Abby Kelly Foster
She is an influential Quaker anti-slavery reformer who provided inspiration and courage to the women who organized the Seneca Falls 1848 Women's rights convention. She helped develop plans for the first National Women's Rights Movement. She was an organizer of the founding conventions of the New England Woman Suffrage Association, and under the auspices of the American Anti-Slavery Society. -
Women Suffrage Parade of 1913
On March 3, 1913, 5,000 women marched up Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC, demanding the right to vote. It introduced new activism, energy, tactics, and leadership to the languishing movement. The procession was organized by the suffragists Alice Paul and Lucy Burns for the National American Woman Suffrage Association -
Jeannette Rankin elected to Congress
She is the first woman to be elected to congress. She represented Montana – one of several states that granted women full voting rights before the passage of the 19th Amendment. She continued the fight for voting rights while in Congress, serving on the Committee on Woman Suffrage and introducing the issue for debate on the House Floor. -
Passing of the 19th Amendment
Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. The 19th amendment legally guarantees American women the right to vote. Achieving this milestone required a lengthy and difficult struggle—victory took decades of agitation and protest. After the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment on August 18, 1920, female activists continued to use politics to reform society. -
Susan B. Anthony
She helped merge the two largest suffrage associations into one, the National American Women's Suffrage Association. The U.S. Constitution that allowed women's right to vote passes the House and Senate, which became known as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment. In 1870, the 15 Amendment of the U.S. Constitution eliminated voting restrictions due to race or color. This caused a setback for Anthony, but she still continued to speak out for women's rights. -
"Letter to my Nephew"
James Baldwin -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Provisions of this civil rights act forbade discrimination on the basis of sex, as well as, race in hiring, promoting, and firing. For the first time, discrimination in employment on the basis of race and sex and established the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to investigate discrimination complaints and impose penalties. -
"Shirley Chisholm's Presidential Announcement Speech"
Shirley Chisholm -
"Address to the California Commonwealth Club"
Cesar Chavez -
"Between the World and Me"
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
"Harvey Weinstein is my Monster too"
Salma Hayek -
"The Gendered History of Human Computers"
Clive Thompson -
"Barbie"
America Ferrera