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WOMEN'S RIGHTS.

__Historical Roots and Developments:__

(1848) -- Starting in the mid nineteenth century, in Seneca Falls, NY, the first women's conference was held to draft the Declaration of Sentiments. Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote it, based on the Declaration of Independence, and demanded that men and women be equal under the eye of the government. This included the rights to education, employment, and recognition of a vote. Sixty-eight women signed it, as well as 32 men.

(1850) -- In Worcester, MA the first National Women's Rights Convention is held, attracting over 1,000 participants. It continues anually until 1860.

(1869) -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony form the National Woman Suffrage Association. It focuses on gaining the right to vote for all women by means of an amendment to the Constitution. Lucy Stone, Henry Blackwell, and others create the American Woman Suffrage Association. It focuses on gaining the right to vote for women by means of making amendments to each state's constitution. Wyoming was the first state won over in December of that year, allowing women to vote if at the age of 21, and serve on juries.

(1890) -- The National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association merge to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association. NAWSA focused on state-state campaigns that would allow women to vote.

(1896) -- The National Association of Colored Women is formed, which pulled clubs from around the state together under the leadership of Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Mary Church Terell, and Anna Julia Cooper.

(1903) -- The National Women's Trade Union League is formed to improve working conditions for women and raise their wages. It drew from the British WTUL, which was under the same name. Activists such as Florence Kelley and Jane Addams were inspiration to William English Walling who started the WTUL.

(1913) -- The National Women's Party is formed (then called the Congressional Union, which worked to give women the right to vote through civil disobedience. That year, women picketed the White House, demanding to have suffrage.

(1919) -- Susan B. Anthony writes up and introduces to Congress the federal women's suffrage amendment in 1878, supporting the right for women to vote. It is finally passed by Congress in 1919, and is sent to states for ratification. It is signed into law in 1920 by the Secretary of State as the 19th Amendment.

__People Involved:__

//Pre 1900's// Elizabeth Cady Stanton-

Susan B. Anthony -

//1900-1925// Alice Paul -

Margaret Sanger -

//1925-1950// Mary McLeod Bethune -

Florence Kelley -

Rosie The Riveter

//1950-1975// Del Martin -

Betty Friedan-

//1975-2000// Alyce Faye Wattleton -

Harriett Woods -