Women - Civil Rights & Equal Rights Advocates

Learn about women who have fought for equal justice under the law!

Learn about women who have fought for equal justice under the law!

March for the Right to Vote Held in 1913 | Periscope
March for the Right to Vote Held in 1913 | Periscope
Episode 6

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By the 1890s, four states had given women the right to vote and many states would follow. The women's rights movement was beginning to have an impact. The 20th century saw more progress towards women...
Elizabeth Cady Stanton | Periscope
Elizabeth Cady Stanton | Periscope
Episode 3

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In 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton invited Lucretia Mott and a small group of women's rights supporters to her home in Seneca Falls, New York. There, they wrote one of the most important documents of the...
Lucretia Mott | Periscope
Lucretia Mott | Periscope
Episode 2

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In 1840, two American women, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, met at an antislavery meeting in London. Because they were women, neither was allowed to fully participate in the meeting. They...
Modjeska Simkins, Civil Rights Advocate | Periscope
Modjeska Simkins, Civil Rights Advocate | Periscope
Episode 6

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In the 1950s, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. became known as the leader of the civil rights movement. More than 20 years before Dr. King, Modjeska Simkins began her own work for the civil rights of...
Bethune-Cookman College | Periscope
Bethune-Cookman College | Periscope
Episode 5

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Mary continued to open more schools, created a hospital and promoted voting rights for African Americans. President Franklin D. Roosevelt invited her to become an advisor in 1936. Her job required her...