Learn about women who have fought for equal justice under the law!
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In 1961, Eleanor Roosevelt was asked by President John F. Kennedy to lead a group in the study of inequality towards women. Her husband, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was president of the United States...
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Unfortunately, women were expected to leave these positions when men returned from World War II. The women who continued to enter the workforce during and after the war, found they were not paid as...
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Although women had achieved the right to vote, inequality still existed in education and employment opportunities. During World War II, women, out of necessity, began working at jobs that were...
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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...
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton introduced Susan B. Anthony to the Women's Rights Movement in 1851. Susan and Elizabeth gathered thousands of signatures on petitions for suffrage. Together, they published a...
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott and a small group of women's rights supporters met at Elizabeth's house in 1848 to plan the first women's rights convention. In addition to writing the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...