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CREW | Civically Re-Engaged Women<br />
<strong>2020</strong><br />
<strong>SENECA</strong> <strong>FALLS</strong><br />
REVISITED<br />
JULY 23 – 25<br />
“THE VOTE”<br />
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<strong>VIRTUAL</strong> CENTENNIAL <strong>EXPERIENCE</strong><br />
100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment of Women’s Right to Vote | 1920 -<strong>2020</strong>
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TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />
SUBJECT | PAGE<br />
Black Lives Matters, Photos: Courtesy-Doc Martin 2-5<br />
Table of Contents 6<br />
Centennial Statement 7-8<br />
CREW | Civically Re-Engaged Women Contact 9<br />
Declaration of Rights & Sentiments 10<br />
The Team 11<br />
Sponsors 12-13<br />
Collaborators 14-15<br />
The Program 16-21<br />
Women of the Movement 22-29<br />
Suffragists -Leading the way 30<br />
Did You Know? | <strong>2020</strong> Seneca Falls Revisited Milestones (60) Important women 31-34<br />
Time Capsule | 1840-2016 35-36<br />
Blogs 37<br />
Commercials. 38<br />
FootPrint 39<br />
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CENTENNIAL STATEMENT<br />
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CENTENNIAL STATEMENT<br />
Holding these truths to be self-evident...We are one nation, under<br />
God, indivisible and striving for:<br />
1. A world that embraces true Civil Rights/Social Justice<br />
2. Women’s Advocacy & Passage of the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment)<br />
3. Civic Engagement - In a world where more women are truly empowered!<br />
One hundred years ago, on June 4, 1919, President Woodrow Wilson and the 65th Congress passed the<br />
19th Amendment, “the right to vote” for American women. Interestingly enough, the proposal was made<br />
during the post 1918 pandemic where tragic events had struck the nation’s citizenry. As mandated,<br />
Congress then turned this new law over to the states to begin the ratification process. On August 18, 1920,<br />
having received 2/3 approval of the states, the Ratified amendment came back to the 66th Congress and<br />
adopted to the United States Constitution on August 26, 1920. To this day, this is the only provision that<br />
recognizes women in our Constitution. We still feel the pain and struggle of those 72 years of battle!<br />
Fast forward - the 1970’s, another time of unrest and agitation where we find ourselves at the beginning of<br />
yet another feminist wave. Congresswoman Bella Abzug enters the storyline of change and does so with<br />
excellence! Posthumously we also celebrate her 100th birthday this year on July 24th. “To whom much is<br />
given, much is required”.<br />
And here we are today, July 23, <strong>2020</strong> still seeking reparations and reconciliation in the heart of multiple<br />
thriving movements yet in the midst of another epic pandemic! And, to make matters worse, the vote (so<br />
precious as the beacon of our democracy) is now in serious danger of becoming “absentee!” We cannot<br />
allow such setbacks. The winter of our discontent will be fast upon us. We will Stay strong! We will<br />
Persevere!<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Sharon I. Nelson<br />
CEO<br />
Civically Re-Engaged Women<br />
www.crewomen.org<br />
www.crewomen.com<br />
www.crewomen.tv<br />
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The Declaration of Sentiments, also known as the Declaration of Rights and<br />
Sentiments, is a document signed in 1848 by 68 women and 32 men at the<br />
first women’s rights convention held in Seneca Falls, New York.<br />
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DECLARATION OF RIGHTS & SENTIMENTS | 1848<br />
The Declaration of Sentiments, also known as the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments,<br />
is a document signed in 1848 by 68 women and 32 men at the first women’s rights convention held<br />
in Seneca Falls, New York<br />
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THE TEAM<br />
Chair<br />
New York State Advisor<br />
Honorable Distinction<br />
Legacy Co-Chairs<br />
Gale A. Brewer, Manhattan Borough President<br />
Honorable Ruth Hassell-Thompson<br />
Special Advisor for Policy and Community Affairs of<br />
NYS Homes and Community Renewal<br />
Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul<br />
NYS Deputy Comptroller Nancy Hernandez<br />
Kenneth B. Morris, Jr. | Descendent of Frederick Douglass<br />
Michele Jones Galvin | Descendent of Harriet Tubman<br />
Executive Team - Civically Re-Engaged Women (CREW)<br />
Sharon Nelson, CEO<br />
Anthony L. Beauzile, President<br />
Yves Calizaire, Comptroller<br />
Norma Krieger, Chief Marketing Officer<br />
Tim Wheatley, Director of Tech Services<br />
Lisa Powell Graham, <strong>2020</strong> Women’s Candidate Training Instructor<br />
Website powered by Icampaign<br />
Henrietta Lyle, Executive Director, A NYS Virtual Centennial Celebration<br />
of the 19th Amendment<br />
Geraldine Carter, Deputy Director, A NYS Virtual Centennial Celebration<br />
of the 19th Amendment<br />
Collaborative Partners<br />
Special Thanks<br />
The National Archives Foundation<br />
RepresentWomen<br />
Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives<br />
Catalysts for Innovation<br />
Monumental Women<br />
Rethinking Eve<br />
WomenTies<br />
Women on 20’s<br />
WRANYS<br />
Cynthia Richie Terrell, Executive Director, Represent Women<br />
Linda Young, Former President, National Women’s Political Caucus (NWPC)<br />
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SPONSORS<br />
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COLLABORATORS<br />
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THE PROGRAM<br />
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PROGRAM<br />
PROGRAM ORDER SUBJECT TO CHANGE<br />
PROGRAM CHAIRS<br />
CHAIR<br />
Gale A. Brewer<br />
Manhattan Borough President<br />
NEW YORK STATE ADVISOR<br />
Honorable Ruth Hassell-Thompson<br />
Special Advisor for Policy and Community Affairs of<br />
NYS Homes and Community Renewal<br />
LEGACY CO-CHAIRS<br />
Kenneth B. Morris, Jr. | Descendent of Frederick Douglass<br />
Michele Jones Galvin | Descendent of Harriet Tubman<br />
CHAPTER THEMES<br />
The True Meaning of Sacrifice<br />
Sisterhood with a Purpose<br />
Coalition Building<br />
Progress<br />
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THE PROGRAM | DAY 1 | JULY 23<br />
Kathy Hochul<br />
Nancy R. Hernandez<br />
Kenneth B. Morris, Jr.,<br />
Bridie Farrell<br />
Cynthia Coffman<br />
Lieutenant Governor, New York State - Opening Remarks<br />
Deputy Comptroller New York State - Presents a Proclamation<br />
Legacy Co-Chair, Descendent of Frederick Douglass<br />
President, Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives<br />
Chapter Introduction - “The True Meaning of Sacrifice”<br />
President & Chief Executive Officer, America Loves Kids<br />
“The True Meaning of Sacrifice”<br />
Former Colorado Attorney General - “Progress”<br />
Judith Kasen-Windsor<br />
Tribute to Edith “Edie” Windsor, LGBTQ Advocate<br />
“The True Meaning of Sacrifice”<br />
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Roma Torre<br />
FIRESIDE CHAT<br />
Roma Torre<br />
Amanda Farinacci<br />
Vivian Lee<br />
Jeanine Ramirez<br />
Kristen Shaughnessy<br />
Anchor, Actor, Producer & Theatre Critic, NY1 Spectrum<br />
Chapter Introduction – “Sisterhood with a Purpose”<br />
Moderator | “Sisterhood with a Purpose”<br />
TV Reporter, NY1 Spectrum<br />
TV Reporter, NY1 Spectrum<br />
TV Reporter, NY1 Spectrum<br />
Anchor/Reporter, NY1 Spectrum<br />
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Annette Ramos<br />
Jo Anne Simon<br />
Amy Grace Mercer<br />
Linda Young<br />
Executive Director, Rochester Latino Theatre Company<br />
Performance - “I want to Vote”<br />
Assemblywoman, New York City<br />
“What does the Centennial of the “Vote” mean to me?”<br />
Youth Voices - “Progress”<br />
President Emeritus, National Women’s Political Caucus<br />
Chair of the Partnership at Catalysts for Innovation, LLC<br />
“Sisterhood with a Purpose”<br />
Ruth Hassell-Thompson<br />
Henrietta Lyle<br />
Conference Advisor, Special Advisor for Policy and Community Affairs of<br />
New York State Homes and Community Renewal<br />
Chapter Introduction - “Coalition Building”<br />
Conference Operations, Tribute to Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician<br />
“The True Meaning of Sacrifice”<br />
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THE PROGRAM | DAY 1 | JULY 23 Continued<br />
Susan L. Harper<br />
FIRESIDE CHAT<br />
Susan L. Harper<br />
Terry A. Mazur, Esq.<br />
Founding Chair, New York State Bar Association’s Women<br />
In Law Section (WILS), Chair, WILS’ Centennial Suffrage Initiative - “Coalition Building”<br />
Moderator, “Influencers, associations and pivotal people who help propel Suffrage”<br />
Chair, The Women in Law Section (WILS)<br />
Margaret Sowah, Esq.<br />
Treasurer, Women in Law Section, NYSBA<br />
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Carol White Llewellyn | Linda Moroney<br />
“Remembering Susan B. Anthony & Election Day 2016”, Filmmakers critique<br />
Susanna Rich, PhD<br />
Professor of English, Kean University, Performance “Poetry for Suffrage”<br />
Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin<br />
Pam Elam<br />
“LIVE” <strong>VIRTUAL</strong> <strong>EXPERIENCE</strong> RECAP<br />
Entrepreneur, Chapter Introduction – “Progress”<br />
President, Monumental Women, “Progress”<br />
Sharon Nelson, CEO, CREW<br />
Pam Elam, President, Monumental Women<br />
Henrietta Lyle, Conference Operations<br />
DAY 2 | JULY 24<br />
Kathy Hochul<br />
Nancy R. Hernandez<br />
Lieutenant Governor, NYS<br />
Deputy Comptroller, NYS<br />
Harold Holzer<br />
Jonathan F. Fanton Director Roosevelt House Hunter College<br />
“Tribute to Bella Abzug, Congresswoman, Women’s Rights Activist”–“Coalition Building”<br />
Happy Posthumous Birthday Congresswoman Bella Abzug<br />
Liz Abzug<br />
Founder & Executive Director, Bella Abzug Leadership Institute – “Coalition Building”<br />
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Donna Drake<br />
FIRESIDE CHAT<br />
Donna Drake<br />
President, Drake Media Network, Creator & Host, The Donna Drake Show<br />
“Coalition Building”<br />
Moderator, “Nurturing Equality”<br />
Kenneth B. Morris, Jr., Legacy Co-Chair<br />
Descendant of Frederick Douglass, President, Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives<br />
“Coalition Building”<br />
Adrienne Smith<br />
Cynthia Richie Terrell<br />
Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin<br />
Media Entrepreneur - “Coalition Building”<br />
Executive Director, Represent Women - “Coalition Building”<br />
Entrepreneur - “Coalition Building”<br />
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THE PROGRAM | DAY 2 | JULY 24 Continued<br />
Latrice Walker, Esq.<br />
Darcel Clark, Esq.<br />
Aura Vasquez<br />
Gloria J. Browne-Marshall<br />
Sally Roesch Wagner, PhD<br />
Susanna Rich, PhD<br />
Pete Sidley<br />
Tiffany M. Gardner, Esq.<br />
Vanessa Herman<br />
Assemblywoman, New York City - “Coalition Building”<br />
Bronx District Attorney - “The True Meaning of Sacrifice”<br />
Former Commissioner, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power<br />
Environmental Activist - “The True Meaning of Sacrifice”<br />
Professor, John Jay College - “Sisterhood with a Purpose”<br />
Professor, Author, Lecturer, Activist & Executive Director,<br />
Matilda Joslyn Gage Center for Social Justice - “Sisterhood with a Purpose”<br />
Professor, Kean University, Performance “Lavinia Lloyd Dock”<br />
“Tribute to Anne Wilson Schaef, PhD, Internationally Renowned Author & Feminist”<br />
“The True Meaning of Sacrifice”<br />
Chief Executive Officer, ReflectUS - “Coalition Building”<br />
Assistant Vice President, Pace University, NYC, “Civic Engagement” and “Life as Lobbyist”<br />
“Progress”<br />
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Bridie Farrell<br />
FIRESIDE CHAT<br />
Bridie Farrell<br />
Linda B. Rosenthal<br />
Victoria Steele<br />
President & Chief Executive Officer, America Loves Kids<br />
Moderator“ - “Coalition Building”<br />
Assemblywoman, NYC<br />
State Senator, Arizona<br />
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Loida Lewis<br />
Maxim Thorne, Esq.<br />
“LIVE” <strong>VIRTUAL</strong> <strong>EXPERIENCE</strong> RE-CAP<br />
Chair, TLC Beatrice Inc. Interviewed by Henrietta Lyle, Conference Operations<br />
“Progress”<br />
Managing Director, Andrew Goodman Foundation<br />
“Voting Rights” & “Tribute to Andrew Goodman”<br />
“Progress”<br />
Sharon Nelson, CEO, CREW,<br />
Onida Coward Mayers, VP, The MirRam Group,<br />
Voter Education & Engagement, Legislative Advocacy & Policy Reform<br />
DJ Doc Martin, Musical Celebration/Dance Party Challenge<br />
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THE PROGRAM | DAY 3 | JULY 25<br />
Kathy Hochul<br />
Nancy R. Hernandez<br />
Cynthia Richie Terrell<br />
Lieutenant Governor, NYS<br />
Deputy Comptroller, NYS<br />
Executive Director, Represent Women<br />
“Sisterhood with a Purpose”<br />
Audrey Smaltz<br />
Susan Goodier, PhD<br />
Annette Ramos<br />
Michele Jones Galvin<br />
Susanna Rich, PhD<br />
Carol White Llewellyn<br />
Susan Goodier, PhD<br />
Gale A. Brewer<br />
Carol White Llewellyn<br />
Vanessa Herman<br />
Adrienne Smith<br />
(Ret) CEO & Founder, The Ground Crew<br />
“Sisterhood with a Purpose”<br />
Professor, SUNY Oneonta College, Historian & Author<br />
“Sisterhood with a Purpose”<br />
Executive Director, Rochester Latino Theatre Company<br />
Performance - “Wilimena Wildman Dorsett”<br />
Legacy Co-Chair, Descendent of Harriet Tubman – “The True Meaning of Sacrifice”<br />
Professor, Kean University, Performance “Alice Paul”<br />
Filmmaker, Presents “Arvel Bird” - “The True Meaning of Sacrifice”<br />
Professor, SUNY Oneonta College, Historian & Author, Interview by Christina Eliopoulos<br />
Manhattan Borough President, Chair, Interview by Christina Eliopoulos<br />
Filmmaker, Presents “The Holocaust” | “Careers for Women in Dance”<br />
"The True Meaning of Sacrifice”<br />
Assistant Vice President, Pace University, NYC, “Crisis Management & Covid-19””<br />
“Progress”<br />
Media & Sports Entrepreneur - “Progress”<br />
Lisa Powell Graham<br />
TEDX & Motivational Speaker - “Progress”<br />
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<br />
FIRESIDE CHAT<br />
Susan L. Harper<br />
Kristen Clarke, Esq.<br />
Moderator, “Defending our Democracy”<br />
President & Executive Director Lawyers, Committee For Civil Rights<br />
“LIVE” <strong>VIRTUAL</strong> <strong>EXPERIENCE</strong> RECAP<br />
Sharon Nelson. CEO, CREW with Guest Commentator(s)<br />
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WOMEN OF THE MOVEMENT<br />
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TV Reporter, NY1<br />
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SPEAKERS<br />
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Anchor, Actor, Producer<br />
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Spectrum<br />
Amanda Farinacci<br />
TV Reporter, NY1<br />
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John Jay College<br />
Sally Roesch Wagner, PhD.<br />
Professor, Author, Lecturer, Activist<br />
& Executive Director, The Matilda<br />
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Former Colorado Attorney General<br />
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POSTHUMOUS TRIBUTES<br />
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ALUMNI | CREW | Civically Re-Engaged Women<br />
Candidate Training Course | Parity Politics & Leadership<br />
Aura Vasquez | Class of 2015<br />
Former Commissioner, Los Angeles<br />
Department of Water and Power<br />
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Former Democratic candidate for<br />
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in New York<br />
SUFFRAGISTS<br />
Leading the Way<br />
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Councilwoman, Lower East Side (NYC)<br />
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1776 | Abigail Adams | First Lady and Women’s<br />
Advocate<br />
Women's Advocacy in the White House<br />
Abigail Adams was an outspoken women's<br />
advocate and the country's second First Lady.<br />
Adams played a double role as John Adams' wife<br />
and political adviser; Adams supported her<br />
husband in his career but never failed to express<br />
her convictions that women should have the<br />
same rights as men. Many of her ideas were ahead<br />
of her time: she opposed slavery, stressed the<br />
importance of education regardless of gender, and<br />
believed it the responsibility<br />
1848 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton | Organizer of the 1848<br />
Seneca Falls Convention | The First Women’s Convention<br />
The Seneca Falls Convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York<br />
in 1848. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized the<br />
meeting, which was the first women's convention to discuss the<br />
oppression of women in sociopolitical, economic, and<br />
religious life. Convinced that women had to help themselves<br />
and take responsibility for improving their situation, they<br />
prepared the Declaration of Sentiments, which included twelve<br />
resolutions. The participants passed eleven resolutions, failing to<br />
pass a resolution for women’s suffrage. Decades later, the<br />
Declaration of Sentiments was used as a foundational document<br />
for the women’s suffrage movement<br />
1872 | Victoria Woodhull | Women’s Rights and<br />
Suffrage Activist<br />
In 1872, Victoria Woodhull, a women’s rights and<br />
suffrage activist, became the first woman to run for<br />
president. She was the nominee of the Equal<br />
Rights Party. Woodhull, a resident of New York, was<br />
unable to vote for herself on Election Day, as at that<br />
time the state restricted voting to men. However, as<br />
she had been jailed a few days prior to Election<br />
Day for a story she had published in her<br />
newspaper Woodhull & Chaflin’s Weekly, her<br />
inability to vote was of little consequence.<br />
1894 | Carrie C. Holly | Colorado State Legislator<br />
First Women State Legislators<br />
The State of Colorado pioneered women’s participation in<br />
politics. Though the first attempts to establish women’s<br />
suffrage failed in 1877, Colorado became the second state<br />
to give women the right to vote in 1893. Clara<br />
Cressingham, Frances Klock, and Carrie C. Holly of<br />
Colorado were the first women elected to a state<br />
legislature, the Colorado House of Representatives. These<br />
women focused on social welfare, championing reforms for<br />
child labor laws, relief subsidies, and t he 8-hour workday<br />
1916 | Jeannette Rankin | Montana<br />
Congresswoman | First Congresswoman<br />
In 1916, Jeannette Rankin was the first woman to be<br />
elected to the House of Representatives. She was a<br />
Republican from Montana, who served from 1917-<br />
1919, and again from 1941-1943. Rankin was a<br />
supporter of women's suffrage who lobbied<br />
Congress for the National American Woman Suffrage<br />
Association. As a progressive congresswoman,<br />
Rankin advocated a constitutional women’s suffrage<br />
amendment and focused on social welfare issues.<br />
1924 | Nellie Tayloe Ross | Wyoming Governor<br />
First Woman Governor<br />
In 1924, women’s involvement in American politics took<br />
a leap forward when Wyoming and Texas elected female<br />
governors. Nellie Tayloe Ross and Miriam A. “Ma”<br />
Ferguson, both Democrats, succeeded their husbands in<br />
office. Ross became the governor of Wyoming in a<br />
special election, after her husband died. Miriam<br />
Ferguson succeeded her husband James Ferguson<br />
after he was impeached.<br />
1932 | Hattie Wyatt Caraway |<br />
Arkansas Senator<br />
In 1931, Hattie Wyatt Caraway was the first<br />
woman to serve as a U.S. Senator for more<br />
than a day. She was appointed after the death of<br />
her husband Thaddeus H. Caraway, an Arkansas<br />
Senator. After finishing her husband's term,<br />
Caraway was re-elected and served in the<br />
Senate until 1945. Her major policy focuses<br />
were farm relief and flood control. She was also<br />
wary of America's involvement in World War II<br />
and the influence of lobbyists.<br />
1933 | Frances Perkins | Commissioner of Labor<br />
First Woman Cabinet Member<br />
Frances Perkins was a well-educated and engaging woman,<br />
who graduated from Columbia University and Wharton<br />
College. Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed her as<br />
Commissioner of Labor when he was Governor of New York.<br />
Impressed by her work, Roosevelt appointed Perkins as<br />
Secretary of Labor in 1932. She was the first female cabinet<br />
member, serving 12 years during the Great Depression.<br />
Perkins labored to create back-to-work programs for the<br />
struggling workforce.<br />
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1948 | Margaret Chase Smith | Maine Congresswoman<br />
| First Woman Elected to Both the House and Senate<br />
Margaret Chase Smith’s political career started in 1940<br />
when she succeeded her husband as a member of the<br />
U.S. House of Representatives from Maine. She served<br />
four terms in the House before being elected to the<br />
Senate in 1948, where she stayed for another 24<br />
years. In 1964, Smith became the first woman to run for<br />
president and win primary delegates. Smith was on the<br />
ballot in several states across the country, including<br />
Illinois, where she received 25% of the vote. She<br />
eventually lost the nomination to Senator Barry<br />
Goldwater.<br />
1964 | Patsy Mink | Hawaii Congressman<br />
First Congresswoman of Color<br />
In 1964, Patsy Mink became the first woman of color and the<br />
first Asian American woman elected to the U.S. House of<br />
Representatives. She went on to serve for a total of twelve<br />
terms. Mink is most well known for being one of the principal<br />
authors of Title IX, as well as the first comprehensive Early<br />
Childhood Education Act and the Women's Educational<br />
Equity Act. Mink also served as Assistant Secretary of State<br />
for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific<br />
Affairs after her first three terms in Congress.<br />
1968 | Shirley Chisholm | New York Congresswoman<br />
First African American Congresswoman<br />
Chisholm successfully ran for Congress in 1969,<br />
becoming the first black congresswoman, and served as<br />
a Democratic representative for New York for seven<br />
terms. Chisholm was also a founding member of the<br />
Congressional Black Caucus. Chisholm went on to be<br />
the first woman of color to run for the Democratic<br />
presidential nomination (1972). She participated in<br />
12 primaries and went all the way to the Democratic<br />
National Convention where she won 152 delegates but<br />
lost to George McGovern. The New York Times<br />
remembered her as an “outspoken politician who<br />
shattered racial and gender barriers as she became a<br />
national symbol of liberal politics.”<br />
1968 | Charlene Mitchell |<br />
First African American Woman to run for President<br />
Charlene Mitchell ran for president of the United States as<br />
the candidate for the Communist Party. Although only<br />
included on the ballot in two states, Mitchell became the<br />
first Black woman to run for President.<br />
1981 | Sandra Day O’Connor<br />
First Woman Supreme Court Justice<br />
In 1981, President Reagan nominated Sandra Day<br />
O'Connor to replace Potter Stewart as Associate<br />
Justice of the Supreme Court. Although her<br />
nomination was originally opposed by pro-life and<br />
religious groups, who worried she should not rule in<br />
favor of overturning Roe vs. Wade (1973), she was<br />
eventually confirmed by a 99-0 vote in the Senate.<br />
While she was a conservative jurist, siding with the<br />
conservative justices in the majority of cases before<br />
her, many of her decisions were praised for being<br />
both narrow and moderate. She retired in 2006.<br />
1984 | Geraldine Ferraro | Vice Presidential Nominee<br />
First Woman Vice Presidential Nominee<br />
In 1984, Rep. Geraldine Ferraro became the first woman<br />
vice presidential nominee of a major party. Her running<br />
mate was Walter F. Mondale, who ran against incumbent<br />
Ronald Reagan. Ferraro graduated with a degree in<br />
English from Marymount College and received a law<br />
degree from Fordham Law School in 1960. Before being<br />
elected to Congress, Ferraro worked for the Queens<br />
County Women’s Bar Association and was a Queen’s<br />
criminal prosecutor. She served three terms in Congress.<br />
1988 | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Florida<br />
Congresswoman | First Latina Congresswoman<br />
In 1988, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen became the first Latina<br />
and first Cuban-American to be elected to Congress.<br />
She is currently the most senior Republican woman in<br />
the U.S. House of Representatives. Before becoming<br />
involved in politics, Ros-Lehtinen was a teacher,<br />
having graduated with a B.A. in education and M.A. in<br />
educational leadership from Florida International<br />
University, followed by a Ph.D. in Higher Education<br />
from Miami University. In Congress, Ros-Lehtinen<br />
served a term as the chair of the Committee on<br />
Foreign Affairs.<br />
1992 | Carol Moseley-Braun | Illinois Senator<br />
First Woman of Color in the Senate<br />
Carol Moseley-Braun was the first African-American woman<br />
elected to the Senate, the first female Senator from Illinois, and<br />
the first African-American Democratic senator. In 1991,<br />
Moseley-Braun challenged incumbent Alan Dixon in the state’s<br />
Democratic primary, winning the nomination. Though she lost<br />
her re-election bid in 1998, Moseley-Braun continued a career<br />
in politics as President Clinton's ambassador to New Zealand,<br />
Samoa, the Cook Islands, and Antarctica.<br />
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1996 | Madeleine Albright | Secretary of State<br />
First Woman Secretary of State<br />
In 1996, President Bill Clinton nominated Madeleine<br />
Albright to become the first female Secretary of State. She<br />
was confirmed in January 1997 by a unanimous 99-0 vote.<br />
Before becoming Secretary of State, Albright served as the<br />
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 1993-1997. In<br />
2012, Albright received the Presidential Medal of Freedom<br />
by President Obama. Currently, Albright serves as chair of<br />
Albright Stonebridge Group, as a professor at Georgetown<br />
University's School of Foreign Service, and as a director on<br />
the board of the Council on Foreign Relations.<br />
2007 | Nancy Pelosi | Speaker of the House<br />
First Woman Speaker of the House<br />
In 2007, Nancy Pelosi was elected America’s first female<br />
speaker of the House of Representatives. She first ran for<br />
office in 1987, winning a special election in California's 8th<br />
District. Pelosi is a strong supporter of health research, health<br />
care, and housing programs; she also advocates human<br />
rights and environment protection. In 2002, Pelosi was<br />
chosen as the Democratic Leader of the House. She became<br />
the Speaker of the House in 2008 when the Democrats took<br />
control of Congress.<br />
2008 | Sarah Palin | Alaskan Governor, Vice Presidential<br />
Nominee | First Republican Woman Vice Presidential<br />
Nominee<br />
Sarah Palin became the first Republican woman vice<br />
presidential nominee in 2008. At the time of her<br />
nomination, she was serving as Alaska’s first female<br />
governor and had previously served as Mayor of Wasilla.<br />
Since her vice-presidential bid, she has endorsed other<br />
Republican women candidates for various levels of office.<br />
Although she was considered a potential candidate in the<br />
2012 presidential elections, she declined to run.<br />
2009 | Sonia Sotomayor | Supreme Court Justice<br />
First Woman of Color Supreme Court Justice<br />
The U.S. Senate confirmed Sonia Sotomayor as a<br />
Supreme Court justice in 2009 to replace retired justice<br />
David Souter. Previously, Sotomayor served as a district<br />
court judge in New York and on the U.S. Court of<br />
Appeals for the Second Circuit. She was born in the<br />
Bronx to Puerto Rican parents. She was the third woman<br />
and first Latinx justice to serve on the Supreme Court.<br />
2010 | Susana Martinez | New Mexico Governor<br />
First Latina Governor<br />
Susana Martinez was elected Governor of New Mexico<br />
in 2010. She is the first Latina woman to serve as<br />
governor of a U.S. state (Sila Calerdón had already<br />
served as Governor of Puerto Rico from 2001 to 2005).<br />
.<br />
2010 | Nikki Haley | South Carolina Governor<br />
First Asian American Woman Governor<br />
Nikki Haley was elected as the first woman Governor of<br />
South Carolina in 2010. She is the first Asian American<br />
and Indian American woman to serve as governor, and<br />
is also, at the age of 41, the youngest current governor<br />
in the nation. Prior to her governorship, Haley was<br />
elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives<br />
in 2004 after defeating Larry Koon in the Republican<br />
primary, who was then the longest-serving member of<br />
the South Carolina House.<br />
2012 | Tammy Baldwin | Wisconsin Senator<br />
First Openly Gay Senator<br />
In 2012, Tammy Baldwin became the first women to be<br />
elected to the U.S. Senate from Wisconsin. She is also<br />
the first and only openly gay U.S. Senator. Prior to her<br />
election to the Senate, Baldwin had served in the U.S.<br />
House since 1999. She has been a staunch advocate for<br />
progressive policies during her 14- year tenure in<br />
Congress.<br />
2012 | Mazie Keiko Hirono | Hawaii Senator<br />
First Asian-American Woman Senator<br />
In 2012, Mazie Keiko Hirono became the first woman elected to<br />
the U.S. Senate from Hawaii, defeating Republican Linda Lingle.<br />
Hirono is the first Asian-American woman elected to the<br />
U.S. Senate, the first U.S. Senator born in Japan, and the<br />
nation’s first Buddhist Senator. Until 2016, Hirono was the only<br />
person of Asian descent in the U.S. Senate. Before becoming<br />
Senator, Hirono was a U.S. Congresswoman, Democratic<br />
nominee for Governor of Hawaii, Lieutenant Governor of<br />
Hawaii, and a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives.<br />
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TIME<br />
CAPSULE<br />
1848-2016<br />
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1848 - 2016<br />
1848: Seneca Falls, NY Women's Rights Convention.<br />
1866: American Equal Suffrage Association founded.<br />
1869: Suffrage Convention in Saratoga Springs, NY. Harvard University starts accepting women as students.<br />
1869: American Equal Suffrage Association dissolved. National Woman Suffrage Association and American Woman Suffrage<br />
Association founded.<br />
May 1884: Ida B. Wells, journalist, having purchased a first-class ticket on the railroad sued when she was moved to the car for African<br />
Americans. This led to her creating an anti-lynching campaign in 1892.<br />
Late 1880s: Sarah Tompkins founded the Colored Women’s Equal Suffrage League of Brooklyn.<br />
1890: Merger of the American Woman Suffrage Association and National Woman Suffrage Association -- became the National<br />
American Woman Suffrage Association.<br />
1896: Mary Church Terrell, Ida B. Wells-Barnett and former slave Harriet Tubman form the National Association of Colored Women.<br />
1914: World War 1 - women take over jobs for men going to war.<br />
October 1916: Margaret Sanger opens first birth control clinic in the United States.<br />
1917: Jeanette Rankin of Montana sworn in as first American woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.<br />
2/14/1920: Carrie Chapman Catt starts the League of Women Voters. The 19th Amendment is passed on 8/26/1920.<br />
1923: Alice Paul and Crystal Eastman proposed Equal Rights Amendment.<br />
1924: Native Americans allowed to become citizens of the US.<br />
1926: Zitkala Sa (Sioux) founded the National Council of American Indians.<br />
1929: Did the Fall of the stock market into the Great Depression have a Landmark effect on women? (I am not sure it was dramatically<br />
different for women -- women lost jobs in favor of men, blacks lost jobs in favor of whites)<br />
1950: Did the invention of Television have impact on women? (shows featuring women, often as housewives; Lucille Ball challenges the<br />
dominant narrative in several ways)<br />
1955: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus.<br />
May 1960: FDA approves first commercially available birth control pill for women.<br />
1963: Kennedy signs Equal Pay Act.<br />
1965: Voting Rights Act - Black women achieved the right to vote.<br />
1968: Shirley Chisolm became first black woman elected to the United States Congress (served seven terms)<br />
1972: Title IX.<br />
1973: Roe v. Wade goes into effect. Almost passage of era/second wave feminism.<br />
1977: Death of Alice Paul<br />
1981: Sandra Day O’Connor first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court<br />
2016: Hillary Clinton first woman nominated for president by major political party.<br />
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The Impact of Title IX and Structural Reform<br />
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Virtual Experience Countdown: 21 Days!<br />
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Virtual Experience Countdown: 35 Days!<br />
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The Underrepresentation of Women of Color<br />
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Seneca Falls Conference Countdown: 41 Days!<br />
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The Haudenosaunee Matriarchy and Their Influence on Women’s Suffrage<br />
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