By: Brendan Yukner

 Women wanted independence and to be entitled to their own opinions.  Some different right’s women wanted were voting and working right’s.  All women wanted to be treated equally.  They wanted the same rights as men.  Women wanted to join the military and go to school.  Women wanted to be treated like human beings.

 Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton formed the National Women Suffrage Association.  First formed in New York on May 15,1869.  This league was created for the purpose of obtaining voting rights for women.  Women used protests and petitions to show their views.  Opposed 15 th Amendment.

 Section 1 - States that every one should have equal rights no matter the sex or race.  Section 2 - States that Congress is in charge.  Section 3 - States that it takes two years to ratify.  Alice Paul believed that an Amendment was needed to ensure women’s rights.  She believed every citizen should have equal rights.  The Equal Rights Amendment was passed in 1972.

 Colorado was the first State to allow women to vote.  Utah and Idaho let women vote in  The Federal Woman Suffrage Amendment was written by Susan Anthony and went to Congress in  Wyoming passed the first women’s suffrage law.  The national trade union helped women get payed equally as men.

 Women should be respected.  Protected Rights - 14 th Amendment  Have equal opportunities same as men.  Not be discriminated on account of  Race - Should not be discriminated because of color.  Sex - Should not be discriminated because of being male or female.

 A document signed by men and women in  About 68 women and 32 men signed.  Convention held in Seneca New York.  The woman who was responsible for this declaration was Elizabeth Cady Stanton.  Discussed major issues on women’s rights.  Helped women to get equal rights.

 Employment- Women can get Jobs and make a living.  Reproductive Rights- help people with health care  Insurance and Pensions - in risk regulation and finances, is a form of risk management primarily used to evade against the risk of a subject loss.  Education - women can go to school and get degrees

 The National Trade Union helped women get more jobs and get paid more.  The National Women Suffrage Association helped women get the right to vote.  The Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor was formed so women could have better working conditions.  Equal Pay Act - It was illegal to pay a woman less than a man for the same job.  The Pregnancy Women's Act- made discrimination illegal against pregnant women.  Title IX of the Education Amendment - bans sex discrimination in schools.

 Betty Friedan also formed a national women’s organization.  California was first state to declare no fault divorce.  Gloria Steinem was a woman who also helped with women’s rights.  The Supreme Court declares legal abortion because of Roy vs. Wade.  EEOC- sex segregated want ads are illegal.  President Lyndon B. Johnson’s affirmative action policy was based on discrimination.

 National Women’s Historical Park is located in New York.  It celebrates Women recognition in our society.  The National Women’s Historical Park gives tours of the house of Elizabeth Stanton year round.  It also includes the Wesleyan Chapel first convention.  The park includes a vision center and educational items of the history of women’s culture.  It is important because it is part of the women’s suffrage heritage.