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Women Cannot Vote
State law declares women ineligible to cast a vote. -
Property Owners
Mississippi allows women to own property in their own names but only with the permission of their husbands. -
Seneca Falls
The Declaration of Sentiments is signed by over 300 people in Seneca Falls, New York, calling for an end of discrimination of women. -
14th Amendment
The Constitution defines voters and even citizens as male. -
Susan B. Anthony
Anthony is convicted of unlawful voting after casting a vote in defiance of the 14th Amendment. -
Wyoming
Wyoming is the first state to allow women the vote. -
Wages and Property
Every states allows women to keep their own wages and own their own property. -
Margaret Sanger
Sanger wills a lawsuit which states doctors can advise married women about birth control (in New York). Her own clinic eventually becomes Planned Parenthood. -
The 19th Amendment
Women are now allowed to vote in the US, thanks to the efforts of women's rights activists like Alice Paul. -
Hattie Wyatt Caraway
Caraway is the first woman elected to the US Senate. -
The Equal Pay Act
Race, color, religion, national origin nor sex of the worker can prohibit equal pay. -
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
Sex discrimination in the workplace is deemed unlawful. -
Roe Vs. Wade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqXoQgJezCg
Abortion becomes legal. -
Sandra Day O'Conner
O'Conner becomes the first female member of the Supreme Court. -
Madeleine Albright https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioMpOr7Yx98
Albright becomes the first female secretary of state. -
Military Role
Women are allowed to fight in the military. -
Women in Politics
Congress has 125 female members, more than ever before.
