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Pictures and Progress explores how, during the nineteenth century and the early twentieth, prominent African American intellectuals and activists understood ph...
- Abigail Adams, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth
- Suffrage Movement, 19th Amendment
- Rosa Parks, Civil Rights, Equal Pay
- Title Ix, Battle of The Sexes
- Sandra Day O'Connor, Sally Ride
- Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris
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March 31, 1776: In a letter to her husband, Founding Father John Adams, future first lady Abigail Adams makes a plea to him and the Continental Congressto “remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they cou...
May 15, 1869: Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton found the National Woman Suffrage Association, which coordinated the national suffrage movement. In 1890, the group teamed with the American Woman Suffrage Association to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association. October 16, 1916:Margaret Sanger opens the first birth control cli...
Dec. 1, 1955: Black seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Ala. The move helps launch the civil rights movement. May 9, 1960: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves the first commercially produced birth control pill in the world, allowing women to control when and if they have children. Mar...
June 23, 1972: Title IX of the Education Amendments is signed into law by President Richard Nixon. It states “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." Jan....
July 7, 1981: Sandra Day O’Connor is sworn in by President Ronald Reaganas the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. She retires in 2006, after serving for 24 years. June 18 1983: Flying on the Space Shuttle Challenger, Sally Ridebecomes the first American woman in space. July 12, 1984: Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale names...
Jan. 4, 2007: U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) becomesthe first female speaker of the House. In 2019, she reclaims the title, becoming the first lawmaker to hold the office two times in more than 50 years. Jan. 24, 2013: The U.S. military removes a ban against women serving in combat positions. July 26, 2016: Hillary Clinton becomes the first woma...
Timeline of Legal History of Women in the United States, National Women’s History Alliance Seneca Falls Convention, Library of Congress Sojourner Truth’s "Ain’t I a Woman?” Sojourner Truth Memorial Woman Suffrage, National Geographic Society Suffragists Unite: National American Woman Suffrage Association, National Women’s History Museum A record nu...
The history of women in the United States encompasses the lived experiences and contributions of women throughout American history. The earliest women living in what is now the United States were Native Americans. European women arrived in the 17th century and brought with them European culture and values.
Feb 28, 2019 · Many attendees thought voting rights for women were beyond the pale, but were swayed when Frederick Douglass argued that he could not accept the right to vote as a Black man if women could...
This image of a mortar and pestle evokes and illustrates the agricultural techniques brought to the English colonies by enslaved women. CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS: slavery, colonial society, transatlantic slave trade, European coloniation of the Americas, British colonies in North America, race and racism. Go to Resource.
Jul 25, 2019 · First Woman Printer. In a time when women were expected to play only a domestic role in society, Anne Catharine Hoof Green broke the mold by through her success as a printer and businesswoman. Green was born in the Netherlands around 1720 emigrated to America in her youth.
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Feb 21, 2024 · The standard for early commercial photography often called for men to sit while women and children stood. A notable photo at Cedar Hill shows Douglass, Helen Pitts and her sister Eva, posed and positioned in the same traditional 1800s style depicted for general family photos.
