| Alice Paul |
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She is credited as one of the leading figures responsible for the passage of
the 19th Amendment (woman suffrage) to the U.S. Constitution in 1920.
After the 1920 victory for the federal amendment, Paul became
involved in the struggle to introduce and pass an Equal Rights Amendment.
The Amendment was finally passed in Congress in 1970 and sent
to the states to ratify; however, the number of states necessary never
ratified within the specified time limit and the Amendment failed.
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| Anna Pauline Murray |
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An activist for civil rights since the 1930's, her memo to Senators in 1964 was said to have
helped the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. This act included the
word "sex" as an amendment giving women and African Americans legal protection from discrimination.
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| Eleanor Roosevelt |
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An activist for civil rights and women and wife of President Franklin
Roosevelt. She also broke precedent to hold press conferences, travel
to all parts of the country, give lectures and radio broadcasts, and
express her opinions candidly in a daily syndicated newspaper column, "My Day."
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| Margret Sanger |
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Indicted in 1915 for sending birth control information
through the mails and arrested the next year for conducting a birth
control clinic in Brooklyn, Sanger gradually won support from the
public and the courts. She opened a clinic (1923) in New York City and it
functioned until the 1970s. She was also noted for organizing the first American (1921)
and international (1925) birth control conferences and forming (1923)
the National Committee on Federal Legislation for Birth Control.
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| Rosie The Riveter |
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She was the icon during World War II that encouraged women to take on
nontraditional jobs,
so the men could go off to war. Women were carpenters, engineers, welders and so much more.
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| Susan B. Anthony |
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In 1854, she devoted herself to the antislavery movement. In 1872,
she demanded that women be given the same civil and political rights
that had been extended to black males under the 14th and 15th
amendments. Thus, she led a group of women to the polls in Rochester
to test the right of women to vote. She campaigned endlessly for a
federal woman suffrage amendment through the National Woman Suffrage
Association (1869-90) and the National American Woman Suffrage
Association (1890-1906) and by lecturing throughout the country.
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| Sojourner Truth |
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She fought for the desegregation of public transportation in
Washington, DC during the Civil War. She refused to face the
indignities of Jim Crow segregation on street cars and had the Jim
Crow car removed from the Washington D. C. system. Sojourner Truth
brought a local street to a standstill when a driver refused her
passage. With the support of the crowd she forced the driver to carry
her. During her legendary life, she challenged injustice wherever she
saw it. She was an abolitionist, women's rights activist and preacher.
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| Harriet Tubman |
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She made the 90 mile trip to the Mason-Dixon line with the help of
contacts along the Underground Railroad. She had to hike through
swamps and woodland. She was nicknamed the "Moses of her people" for
leading them to freedom. In all, Harriet made 19 trips on the
Underground Railroad and freed more than 300 slaves.
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| Suffrage Parade |
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A Woman's Suffrage parade was held in New York City in 1913 to support the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution.
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| Maya Angelou |
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She is recognized as one
of the great voices of contemporary literature and as a remarkable
Renaissance woman. Being a poet, educator, historian, best-selling
author, actress, playwright, civil-rights activist, producer and
director, Dr. Angelou continues to travel the world making
appearances, spreading her legendary wisdom. She has authored twelve
best-selling books including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and her
current best-seller A Song Flung Up to Heaven.
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| Gloria Steinem |
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As a writer and an activist, she has been a leader in the
late-twentieth-century women's rights movement. Among her many
achievements is the founding of Ms. magazine - the first national
women's magazine run by women.
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| Welders |
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During WWII women took on many jobs while the men were away at war. Two female welders pose for the camera on their break.
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| Betty Friedan |
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In 1966 she cofounded the National Organization for
Women (NOW), which was dedicated to achieving equality of opportunity
for women. NOW helped promote Title IX, which passed in congress in
1971 giving women gender equity in sports programs and educational
institutions receiving federal monies. Friedan is a founding member of the National Women's Political Caucus
(1971), she was a leader of the campaign for the ratification of the
Equal Rights Amendment. She is known for her book
The Feminine Mystique
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