Women and Civil Rights
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Updated: 29 May 2018
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NWSA and AWSA foundedWomen granted the right to vote in WyomingWomen granted the right to vote in UtahWomen's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) foundedSupreme Court decision partially for women's rightsfirst regulation of working hours in Massachusettsformations of the National AMerican Women Suffarage Association (NAWSA)National Association Opposed to Women Suffrage set upSupreme Court decision in favour of women's rightsCongressional Union set upfirst birth contril clinic set up by Margaret SangerWomen given the vote in New York and Illinois19th Amendment passedThe NAWSA becomes the League of Women Voters (LWV)Frances Perkins becomes the first woman in a Presidential cabinetEqual Pay Act'Report on American Women'Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique is publishedNational Organization for Women (NOW) formedEqual Rights Amendment Act (ERA)Roe v. WadeFirst woman appointed to the Supreme CourtPeriods
The Gilded AgeRoaring TwentiesWWIIThe New DealBlack PowerWWI
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