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Declaration of Rights of Man
The Marquis De Lafayette -
Declaration of Rights of Woman
Olympe de Gouges -
Lucy Stone
Lucy Stone was an American suffragist. She was also a vocal advocate for and organizer of promoting rights for women. She's known for becoming the first woman from Massachusetts to earn a college degree. -
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an American writer and activist. She was a lecturer and the chief philosopher of the woman's rights and suffrage movements. Stanton was also a key figure in the anti-slavery movement, and best known for formulating the first concerted demand for women's suffrage in the United States. -
Seneca Falls Convention
The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention. It fought for the social, civil and religious rights of women. The convention's Declaration of Sentiments and resolutions called for equality and an end to legal and social inequalities for women. -
Ain't I a Woman?
Sojourner Truth -
Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth was an American women's rights activist. She was born a slave, but escaped with her infant daughter in 1826. She is well-known for her "Ain't I a Woman?" speech in 1851. -
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony was an American women's rights activist. She played a crucial role in the women's suffrage movement. By bringing attention on women's suffrage and even the exclusion of women in the 15th Amendment, she called together the first suffrage convention ever held in Washington in 1869. -
The Story of an Hour
Kate Chopin -
Woman Suffrage Procession
On March 3, 1913, the day before Woodrow Wilson's presidential inauguration, among thousands of women marched along Pennsylvania Avenue. It was led by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns. Headed by Inez Milholland on a white horse, the marchers emphasized grace and femininity, which was Paul's strategy to rebuke the anti-suffragist claim that political engagement would corrupt American ideals of womanhood. -
A Jury of Her Peers
Susan Glaspell -
Ratification of the 19th Amendment
When Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the amendment, it passed its final hurdle of obtaining the agreement of three-fourths of the states. Several generations of woman suffrage supporters lectured, wrote, marched, lobbied, and practiced civil disobedience to achieve what many Americans considered a radical change in the Constitution – guaranteeing women the right to vote. It marked one stage in women's long fight for political equality. -
Alice Paul
Alice Paul was an American women's rights activist. She was a well-known vocal leader of the twentieth century woman's suffrage movement. She is also most notable for advocating and securing the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which allowed women the right to vote. -
Equal Pay Act
The Equal Pay Act is a United States labor law amending the Fair Labor Standards Act and it protects against wage discrimination based on sex. It requires having both men and woman in the same workplace to have equal pay. This was signed by President John F. Kennedy. -
Testimony Before Senate
Gloria Steinem -
Violence Against Women Act
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) is a United States federal law that was signed by President Bill Clinton. It was a huge first step in the effort to end domestic violence. It was the first federal legislative package to designate domestic violence and sexual assault as crimes and require a community-coordinated response to violence against women. -
The True Story of ‘Mrs. America’
Jeanne Dorin McDowell