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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, Marie Curie and countless others have played a vital role in human civilization.

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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)

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Florence Nightingale

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Clara Barton

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Women’s History Milestones: A Timeline

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)

Susan B. Anthony

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Lucretia Mott

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Women Who Fought for the Vote

WASHINGTON – 1981: (NO U.S. TABLOID SALES) Sandra Day O’Connor is sworn in before the Senate Judiciary committee during confirmation hearings in 1981 in Washington, DC as she seeks to become first woman to take a seat on the U.S. Supreme 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

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Jane Addams

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

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Bella Abzug

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Jeannette Rankin

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Frances Perkins

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