photograph of Mary Church TerrellPoster of Rosie the Riveter
1848: First Women's Rights Conference at Seneca Falls, NY1869: First women's suffrage law passed in U.S. territory of Wyoming1909: Women garment workers strike in New York1920: 19th Amendment to Constitution is ratified, women citizens can vote1933: Frances Perkins is first woman in a president's cabinet1973: Roe V. Wade legalizes abortion, Billie Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs in tennis match2000: World March of Women in Washington, DC

Lookout Studio, in Grand Canyon National Park, designed by Mary Colter
Photograph by Linda McClelland



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