This in part inspired the key women involved in the early Women's Rights Movement (Encarta). ... Anthony was born February 15th, 1820, in Adams, Massachusetts. ... Lucretia Coffin Mott was a leader in women's right's organizations until her death in 1880 (www.mott.pomona.edu/mott1.htm). ... With the passing of the 19th Amendment in 1920 all that these three women stood for materialized. The 19th Amendment granted all women the right to vote (Encarta). ...

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Then an Amendment was passed which made slavery officially illegal, but not until 1865. ... The 15th Amendment was passed in 1870 to the Constitution. ... This little woman inspired many people and she quickly became a symbol of the civil rights movement. It was around the time that Martin Luther King Jr. became a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. ... In the United States, the most outstanding theoretician and practitioner of Civil Disobedience was Civil Rights leader Dr. ...

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As the century progressed more and more colleges began to accept women, therefore enabling women to become educated and obtain resources that would make them leaders, writers, poets, and so on. ... In 1870 the 15th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified. ... This angered many women some felt discouraged while others felt even more inspired to put their all forward for the cause. ... On May 21, 1919 the House of Representatives passed the Federal Woman Suffrage Amendment; originally the 16th Amendment, but now the 19th. ... Finally on March 22, 1974 the passage of the Equal Rights Amend...

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