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Women Who Shaped American History: Through the Civil War to Modern Times

Explore the significant contributions of women throughout American history, from the founding of the Women's Medical College to the passage of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act. Learn about key events such as women's suffrage, World War II, and the fight for equal rights.

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Women Who Shaped American History: Through the Civil War to Modern Times

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  1. WOMEN FIRSTS AFSCME Women’s History Month

  2. Women Who have Shaped History

  3. American History - Through the Civil War (-1864)

  4. 1850 The Female (later Women's) Medical College is founded in Pennsylvania.

  5. American History: Reconstruction (1865) Through 1899

  6. 1890 Wyomingis first state to allow women to vote. Womenbegin to wear knickerbockers instead of skirts for bicycle riding.

  7. American History: 1900 - 1934: World War I, Depression, Women’s Suffrage

  8. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Carl Van Vechten Collection, [reproduction number, e.g., LC-USZ62-54231]

  9. 1934 Florence Ellinwood Allen becomes first woman on US Court of Appeals.

  10. American History Since World War II

  11. U.S. Congress passes the Equal Employment Opportunity Act. Equal Rights Amendment passes Congress but fails to be ratified.

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