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Women’s History

From raising families to leading armies, women such as Catherine the Great, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen Elizabeth I, Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, Marie Curie and countless others have played a vital role in human civilization.

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Women Who Fought for the Vote

Suffragist and women's rights leader Susan B. Anthony, circa 1857.

Susan B. Anthony

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Women’s History Milestones: A Timeline

November 1991: Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court William Rehnquist and the newly installed Associate Justice Clarence Thomas (l) in the Supreme Court building. All nine Supreme Court Justices are shown.

Planned Parenthood v. Casey

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Roe v. Wade

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Feminism's Long History

Did Women Fight as Gladiators in Ancient Rome?

Did Women Fight as Gladiators in Ancient Rome?

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Women’s Suffrage

Statues of US pioneers for women’s suffrage, Elizabeth Cady Stanton (L), Susan B. Anthony (C), and Lucretia Mott (R) are seen Septembder 30, 2013 in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC. Women’s suffrage in the United States was achieved gradually, at state and local levels during the late 19th century and early 20th century, culminating in 1920 with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which provided: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” AFP PHOTO / Michael MATHES (Photo credit should read MICHAEL MATHES/AFP/Getty Images)

19th Amendment

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Seneca Falls Convention

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Florence Nightingale

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Clara Barton

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Lucretia Mott

WASHINGTON - MARCH 03: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg smiles during a photo session with photographers at the U.S. Supreme Court March 3, 2006 in Washington DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in her chambers at the US Supreme Court in Washington DC, 5th October 1981, ten days after she became the first female Justice to serve on the Court. (Photo by David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)

Famous Firsts in Women’s History

WASHINGTON – OCTOBER 10: Anthropologist Margaret Mead posing for a photo on October 10, 1973 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Santi Visalli/Getty images)

Margaret Mead

Jane Addams, 1906. Artist George de Forest Brush. (Photo by Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images)

Jane Addams

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America's Forgotten Mass Imprisonment of Women Believed to Be Sexually Immoral

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Shirley Chisholm: A Groundbreaking Legacy
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Shirley Chisholm: A Groundbreaking Legacy

History Shorts: The Mother's Advice that Led to Women's Suffrage
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History Shorts: The Mother's Advice that Led to Women's Suffrage

6 Famous Women Who Were Secretly Spies
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6 Famous Women Who Were Secretly Spies

10 Badass Warrior Women in History
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10 Warrior Women in History

Elizabeth Blackwell Fought Sexism to Save Civil War Soldiers
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Elizabeth Blackwell Fought Sexism to Save Civil War Soldiers

The 19th Amendment
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The 19th Amendment