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THE LIZ LIBRARY
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WOMAN SUFFRAGE
IN THE UNITED STATES.
The
Nineteenth Amendment, called the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, was ratified
by Tennessee August 18, 1920. It became law August 26, 1920. Women in the
United States gained the vote in 1920 after 72 years of the LARGEST civil
rights movement in the history of the world.
What
are we going to do with it now?
IN THIS COLLECTION:
  THE WOMAN SUFFRAGE TIMELINE
Do you know what REALLY happened?
ABIGAIL ADAMS'S LETTERS TO JOHN ADAMS
She: " We will foment a rebellion."
He: "We will fight the despotism of the petticoat."
THE WOMAN SUFFRAGE TIMELINE
BOOK LIST
References and materials used in preparation of the Timeline.
THE 1848
DECLARATION OF SENTIMENTS
The official commencement of the women's movement
at Seneca Falls, NY. THIS SITE IS NOT JUST ABOUT VOTING
RIGHTS, IS IT.
Voting rights are not just about voting, are they.
THE ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT
A comment on the the abolitionist movement
and its connection with woman suffrage.
Sojourner
Truth's Ain't I A Woman speech.
WHAT WAS THE E.R.A.
REALLY ABOUT?
U.S. Commission Report June 1981
WOMEN'S LIBRARY OF HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
Primary Source Documents; Women of Achievement
FATHERLESS
AMERICA
The Childhoods of Historical Figures in American History
LIZNOTES:
Family Law in the United States
DID YOU KNOW:
A little more than twenty years ago, married women in some U.S. States
did not have the right to manage their own property, and all household
property was deemed to belong to the husband upon divorce.
 DID YOU KNOW:
Only a few short years ago, it remained legal in seven states for a husband
to rape his wife.
 DID YOU KNOW:
In 1981, the Federal Work Incentive Program, three out of four of whose
participants were women, was required by law to give jobs preference to
men, who also received jobs paying an average of 34% more per hour.
Husbands
by law routinely were defined as "head of the household."
Hundreds
of laws overtly discriminated against women, and
thousands of laws discriminated in effect.
Think by now
it's all been "fixed?" Think again!
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