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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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Sharon@crewomen.org<br />

Souvenir Journal Design: Norma Krieger<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 />

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<br />

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 />

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<br />

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 />

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<br />

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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SPEAKERS<br />

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TV Reporter, NY1<br />

Spectrum<br />

Jeanine Ramirez<br />

TV Reporter, NY1<br />

Spectrum<br />

SPEAKERS<br />

Roma Torre<br />

Anchor, Actor, Producer<br />

& Theatre Critic,NY1<br />

Spectrum<br />

Amanda Farinacci<br />

TV Reporter, NY1<br />

Spectrum<br />

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Founding Chair, New York State Kristen Clarke, Esq.<br />

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Bar Association’s Women In Law<br />

Section (WILS), Chair, WILS’<br />

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President & Executive Director<br />

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Chair, The Women in Law<br />

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Professor, Constitutional Law,<br />

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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Assistant Vice President, PACE University<br />

Assemblywoman<br />

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Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin<br />

Entrepreneur<br />

Darcel Clark<br />

Bronx District Attorney<br />

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Poetry For Suffrage<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 />

Environmental Activist<br />

Vanessa Aronson | Class of 2017<br />

Former Democratic candidate for<br />

District 4 New York City Council<br />

in New York<br />

SUFFRAGISTS<br />

Leading the Way<br />

Carlina Rivera | Class of 2015<br />

Councilwoman, Lower East Side (NYC)<br />

Shanequa E. Moore | Class of 2019<br />

Founder, CEO, I,Raise, Bronx, NY<br />

Aleida Castillo | Class of 2015<br />

Diana Ayala | Class of 2015<br />

Christine Parker | Class of 2018<br />

Business Development<br />

Councilwoman, East Harlem (NYC) Former candidate for District 35 Entrepreneur, Member<br />

Kristin Richardson Jordan | Class of 2019<br />

New York City Council in NYC<br />

Mt. Vernon Zoning board Running for NYC Council<br />

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representing District 9, Harlem, NYC


DID YOU<br />

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<strong>2020</strong> Seneca Falls Revisited Milestones (60) Important Women<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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