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Eleventh National Women's Rights in NYC
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was President and Susan B. Anthony was Secretary. It was held at a Church of Puritans, Union Square after the Civil War. It was a visibility of the early women's right movement in the United States. -
Women's Christian Temperance Union (Settlement Houses)
Found in Cleveland, Ohio. Frances Willard was the leader and it became the largest influential women's group. It was a campaign for women's right to vote. The Settlement-House Movement pulled activist woman away from temperance. -
Women after Industrial Revolution
Womens job role began to change and the had horrible working conditions. Women were not valued the same as men in workplace and were paid less than men. -
Muller vs. Oregon
Women Labor Laws change to protect pregnant women and those caring for children -
Roaring 20's
The new breed of women known as "The Flapper". It was a decade in which women finally could exercise their right to vote, increased technologies made life at home easier, and women began to dress differently. -
World War II
Industrial Labor opportunities once dominated by men became readily available for women looking to help with the war effort. Famous "Rosie the Riveter" campaign encouraging women to work. -
Women's Strike For Equality
The 1970 march celebrated women's 50th anniversary of women's right to vote and the protest focused on employment discrimination, political equality, abortion, free childcare, and equality in marriage -
Women's March
Between five hundred thousand and one million people descended on Washington, D.C., for the Women’s March, and millions more demonstrated in cities and towns around the country to show a broadly defined commitment toward the rights of women and others in the face of the Trump presidency. -
Women in Congress
Historic number of women in Congress. 42 women will join Congress in January.
