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The Women’s Movements’ Alliance was a women's rights organization in Yugoslavia, founded in 1923.It was initially known as the Feminist Alliance of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, changed name to Feminist Alliance (FA— Feministička Alijansa), and in 1926 to Women’s Movements’ Alliance or AŽP— Alijansa ženskih pokreta / Alijansa ženskih pokretov).
Maria W. Stewart. Maria W. Stewart ( née Miller) (1803 – December 17, 1879) was an American teacher, journalist, abolitionist and lecturer known for her role in the anti-slavery and women's rights movements in the United States. The first known American woman to speak to a mixed audience of men and women, white and black, she was also the ...
Some notable events: 1769 – The colonies adopt the English system decreeing women cannot own property in their own name or keep their own earnings. 1777– All states pass laws which take away ...
African Americans. African American women played a variety of important roles in the 1954-1968 civil rights movement. They served as leaders, demonstrators, organizers, fundraisers, theorists, formed abolition and self-help societies. [1] They also created and published newspapers, poems, and stories about how they are treated and it paved the ...
Fanny and Robert Wait. Distributed by. Women Make Movies. Release date. March 2013. ( 2013-03) Running time. 64 minutes. Feminist: Stories from Women's Liberation is a 2013 documentary film written and directed by Jennifer Lee.
Women have made great strides – and suffered some setbacks – throughout history, but many of their gains were made during two eras of activism. Timeline: The women's rights movement in the US ...
The Rochester Women's Rights Convention of 1848 met on August 2, 1848 in Rochester, New York. Many of its organizers had participated in the Seneca Falls Convention, the first women's rights convention, two weeks earlier in Seneca Falls, a smaller town not far away. The Rochester convention elected Abigail Bush as its presiding officer, making ...
Women's City Club of New York. Address: 307 Seventh Avenue. The Women's City Club of New York was founded in 1915 before women had the right to vote. Since its beginnings, the Women's City Club has focused on getting women involved in the political process through policy debates on issues that affect their lives.