1. Women in America

2. Events that influenced women’s lives Civil war (1861-1865), abolition of slavery World War I World War II Civil rights movement

3. Timeline of movement for women’s rights Women’s suffrage Women’s health Women at work

4. Suffrage 1848 First women’s rights convention 1869 189018931920 NWSA (NY) AWSA(Boston) NAWSA Colorado grants suffrage to women 19 th amendment to the constitution

5. Work 1903 Women’s Trade union league 1963196419671978 Equal Pay Act Title VII Civil Rights Act Discrimination against pregnant women banned Sexual harassment banned L. B. J. Affirmative action 1986

6. Health 1916 First birth control clinic 1921193619601973 Birth control league Birth control information is not obscene Birth control pills approved Right to safe and legal abortion

7. Women’s organizations State National

8. NOW FEMINISM The Feminist Movement - also called women's liberation movement - is a social movement that seeks equal rights for women, giving them equal status with men and freedom to decide their own careers and life patterns.

9. National State - Now - National Domestic Violence - Family Violence Prevention Fund - Alabama coalition against rape - Arizona social assault network - Battered Women's Justice Project

10. The moral: Women Rule