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Women Wanting the right to vote in the USA

This video shows some of the struggles women go through to get their rights.

More stuff I found in my attic...

A reporter talking about his experiences at the first meeting of the NUWSS:

"September 13, 1897

Before the meeting began, I got a chance to talk to some of the men and women who were attending the event, all of which were very composed and reasonable-seeming. They did not look like the crazy, militant protesters I had heard of from the men I had interviewed for this same article.

When the meeting began, it reminded me of a court trial almost, in the way that it was extremely orderly, with only a few outbursts. There were over a hundred people present, but the peace was kept. Presiding over the assembly was a woman who everyone seemed to respect; I presume she was the founder of the organization. the matters discussed were of a varying nature; complaining about the lack of job opportunities, debating whether or not the new abortion clinics would help or hinder their cause, where the next rally would be, and so on.

I was surprised by the civility of the whole thing; It has made me rethink my position on the topic... Perhaps I will attend the next meeting as well, but not as a reporter, as a supporter!"

National women's rights convention

This is going on right now! The first ever! There are over 1,000 people here! THIS WILL BE THE YEAR THAT WOMEN GAIN EQUAL RIGHTS!!

Excerpt from the diary of John McMillian

I found this when I was going through some old stuff in my attic. Check it out!

"03-21-1852

This past day as I was attending to the many duties of my newly opened shoe-selling business, my secretary informed me I had a visitor waiting. I was surprised when my visitor turned out to be a woman. At first I supposed her intent was to persuade me to recognize her cause as some part of a feministic movement, but instead she had the audacity to inquire as to whether I was hiring! I was almost of a mind to laugh at her! Instead, though, I decided to be kind to her and simply told I was not. It still boggles my mind, though... A woman should know her place in society and in life... It certainly is not in the workplace! It is simply ridiculous, the idea of a woman working along side a man, partaking in man's labor... Simply ridiculous!"

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Time Line [Rough]

1700’s-1800’s: Women write books and treatises that gain them attention, books on how women should act in public and what role she plays in marriage, etc.

1789: French declaration of the rights of men and the women’s march on Versialles

1791: Olympe De Gouges writes declaration of the rights of women

1800’s: Industrial revolution, controversy on women’s right to work, prostitution becomes more widespread

1840’s: Colleges for women established in the UK

1848: Seneca falls convention

1876: Telephone invention brings white collar jobs for women

1882: First birth control clinic

1887: Married women’s property act

1897: National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies formed

1903: Women’s Social and Political Union formed and Women’s Trade Union League formed

1919: End of WWI leads to loss of many jobs for women

1920: Suffrage in the USA through 19th amendment

1928: Suffrage in the UK

1944: Suffrage in France

1966: National Organization for Women established to give all women equal rights