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August 26th,2016 - The fight for fairness continues…
WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY
Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906)(Founder of Women’s Rights Movement)
Lilly LedbetterModern Women’s Rights Advocate
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Lucretia C. Mott(1793-1880)
Sojourner Truth(1797?-1883)
Elizabeth C. Stanton(1815-1902)
Early Soldiers of Suffrage
• Arrested in 1872 for voting in Presidential Election
• After Civil War, pressed for voting rights for both women and African-Americans
SUSAN B. ANTHONY(1820-1906)
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• Founded the National Women’s Party in 1916 with Lucy Burns.
• Influenced by militant British suffrage movement
• Organized 1913 Washington DC protest
• FIRST TO PICKET WHITE HOUSE
ALICE S. PAUL – (1885-1977)
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• Harry Burn changed his vote to favor women’s suffrage after receiving a letter from his mother urging him to do so.
• This vote tipped the scale and the 19th
amendment was passed.
HARRY T. BURN – TENNESSEE ASSEMBLY
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ADMIRAL MICHELLE HOWARD
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Commander, Allied Joint Force Command NaplesCommander, U.S. Naval Forces EuropeCommander, U.S. Naval Forces Africa
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ARMY 1ST LT - MELISSA STOCKWELL
(Wounded in Operation Iraqi Freedom)
First Iraq veteran in Paralympics.
WOMEN CURRENTLY BREAKINGPOLITICAL BARRIERS
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Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court: Sonia Sotomayor
2016 Presidential Candidate:Hillary Clinton
2008-2016 First Lady:Michelle Obama