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Suffragist and activist, Zitkala-Sa (Yankton Sioux) Native American women influenced early women's suffrage activists in the United States. The Iroquois nations, which had an egalitarian society, were visited by early feminists and suffragists, such as Lydia Maria Child, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
In the early 20th century, Native American women became active in advocating for civil rights, including citizenship and voting rights. [3] The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 granted U.S. citizenship to Native Americans, but many states continued to deny Native people, including women, the right to vote until after the passage of the Voting ...
Florida: Mary R. Grizzle introduces and passes the Married Women Property Rights Act, giving married women in Florida, for the first time, the right to own property solely in their names and to transfer that property without their husbands' signatures. [136] 1971. Barring women from practicing law becomes prohibited. [137]
Women have made great strides – and suffered some setbacks – throughout history, but many of their gains were made during the two eras of activism in favor of women's rights. Some notable events:
This is a chronological list of women's rights conventions held in the United States. The first convention in the country to focus solely on women's rights was the Seneca Falls Convention held in the summer of 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York. [1] Prior to that, the first abolitionist convention for women was held in New York City in 1837. [2]
List of women's rights activists; Native Americans and women's suffrage in the United States; National American Woman Suffrage Association; Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; Silent Sentinels (1917 imprisonment of suffragettes at the Occoquan Workhouse) Suffrage; Suffrage Hikes; Timeline of women's rights (other than voting)
The timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) represents formal changes and reforms regarding women's rights. The changes include actual law reforms, as well as other formal changes (e.g., reforms through new interpretations of laws by precedents).
1861–1865: The American Civil War.Most suffragists focus on the war effort, and suffrage activity is minimal. [3]1866: The American Equal Rights Association, working for suffrage for both women and African Americans, is formed at the initiative of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.