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First Cotton Mill Strike
The first cotton mill strike was a big step for women that made the world realize women weren't just meant to cook and clean. For one of the first times in history, women were standing up for themselves.
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Seneca Falls Convention
The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights conference in the US. It was attended by many suffragists.
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Alice Paul is born
Alice Paul was born in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey in her family home known as Paulsdale. She was a militant suffragist and also the founder of the NWP.
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Alice Paul graduates from college
She graduates from Swarthmore College in 1905 and goes to study sociology at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Woodrow Wilson becomes the US president
President Woodrow Wilson was elected president in 1912 and inaugurated on January 20, 1913. Wilson was one of Alice Paul's biggest opponents in her fight for women's rights.
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Inaugural Day Parade
The day before President Wilson's first inauguration, Alice Paul organized a march through Washington D.C demanding an amendment to the Constitution.
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WWI starts
Six weeks after Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assasinated, Austria blames Serbia for his death and WWI begins. Factory jobs are left vacant after the men go off to fight. Women enthusiastically take over the empty positions.
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President Wilson is elected to a second term
President Wilson is elected to a second term in office.
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19th Amendment was ratified
After years of pushing for change, the 19th Amendment was finally ratified.
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Alice Paul announces the Equal Rights Amendment
On the 75th anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention, Alice Paul announces her campaign for the Equal Rights Amendment.
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Equal Rights Amendment was passed
Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment. Unfortunately, the amendment was never ratified.
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Alice Paul dies
She dies at the age of 92 in her home town of Moorestown, New Jersey. Only a few miles from where she was born.
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