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America's First Feminists
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Activists Who Built a Movement
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Seeing Me in History #19forthe19th
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Female First Responders: Clara Barton #19forthe19th
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Commemorative Calendar
- February 14, 2023
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Frederick Douglass was born in February 1818.
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On this day in 1870, Utah territory held the first American election with equal voting rights for women since New Jersey rescinded women's suffrage in 1807.
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- February 15, 2023
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Susan B. Anthony was born on this day in 1820.
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- February 20, 2023
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Angelina Grimké Weld was born on this day in 1805.
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Better late than never! Georgia ratified the 19th Amendment on this day in 1970. The 19th had become law in 1920.
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- February 21, 2023
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Better late than never! Virginia ratified the 19th Amendment on this day in 1952. The 19th had become law in 1920.
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New Mexico ratified the 19th Amendment on this day in 1920.
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- February 28, 2023
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Oklahoma ratified the 19th Amendment on this day in 1920.
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- March 1, 2023
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March is Women's History Month
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- March 6, 2023
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It was already law, but Delaware showed its support by ratifying the 19th Amendment on this day in 1923.
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- March 8, 2023
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International Women's Day
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- March 10, 2023
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West Virginia ratified the 19th Amendment on this day in 1920.
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- March 15, 2023
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Equal Pay Day
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- March 21, 2023
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Alaska territory gave women the right to vote on this day in 1913.
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- March 22, 2023
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Better late than never! Mississippi ratified the 19th Amendment on this day in 1984. The 19th had become law in 1920.
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Washington state ratified the 19th Amendment on this day in 1920.
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- March 23, 2023
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Puerto Rico extended voting rights to all women on this day in 1935.
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- Michigan, Oklahoma & South Dakota gave women the right to vote on November 5, 1918. November 7, 2022
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- “Make me a grave where’er you will…but not in a land where men are slaves.” -Frances E.W. Harper, 1858 September 19, 2022
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