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August 26th,2016 - The fight for fairness continues…
WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY
Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906)
(Founder of Women’s Rights Movement)
Lilly Ledbetter
Modern Women’s Rights Advocate

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3. CO-FOUNDERS OF THE N.W.S.A.
NATIONAL WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION
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Carrie C. Catt
(1859-1947)
Lucy Burns
(1879-1966)
Sue S. White
(1887-1943)
Key Suffragists

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Lucretia C. Mott
(1793-1880)
Sojourner Truth
(1797?-1883)
Elizabeth C. Stanton
(1815-1902)
Early Soldiers of Suffrage

6. • Arrested in 1872 for voting in
Presidential Election
• After Civil War, pressed for voting rights
for both women and African-Americans
SUSAN B. ANTHONY
(1820-1906)
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7. SUSAN B. ANTHONY - COMMEMORATIVE COIN
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9. • Founded the National Women’s Party
in 1916 with Lucy Burns.
• Influenced by militant British suffrage
movement
• Organized 1913 Washington DC
protest
• FIRST TO PICKET WHITE HOUSE
ALICE S. PAUL – (1885-1977)
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10. • Harry Burn changed his vote to favor
women’s suffrage after receiving a letter
from his mother urging him to do so.
• This vote tipped the scale and the 19th
amendment was passed.
HARRY T. BURN – TENNESSEE ASSEMBLY
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WWII erupts… …U.S. depends on women.

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14. WWII – MILLIONS OF WOMEN HEAD TO WORK
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16. THE WAR ENDS…
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…BUT THE EFFORT WAS FORGOTTEN.

17. LILLY LEDBETTER VS.
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Instrumental in the passing of the
Fair Pay act of 2009

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19. WOMEN IN THE MILITARY
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20. GENERAL LORI ROBINSON
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o Combat Commander of
USNORTHCOM
oCommander-in-chief of
NORAD

21. ADMIRAL MICHELLE HOWARD
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Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Naples
Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe
Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Africa

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ARMY 1ST LT - MELISSA STOCKWELL
(Wounded in Operation Iraqi Freedom)
First Iraq veteran in Paralympics.

23. WOMEN CHAMPIONS
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24. WOMEN’S SOCCER ALL-STARS RECEIVE LESS PAY THAN
MALE PLAYERS, DESPITE BETTER PERFORMANCE
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25. WOMEN CURRENTLY BREAKING
POLITICAL BARRIERS
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Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court:
Sonia Sotomayor
2016 Presidential
Candidate:
Hillary Clinton
2008-2016 First Lady:
Michelle Obama

26. THE STRUGGLE IS REAL, AND NOT OVER YET.
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27. THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION TO SHARE THIS
JOURNEY OF MANY COURAGEOUS AND INSPIRING
WOMEN AND THEIR STRUGGLES, DEFEATS, AND
VICTORIES IN OUR PURSUIT OF EQUALITY…
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LaCarole Faulkner U.S. Army – Major (ret)
Presentation by Matthew Holthausen, Michelle Ahn and Gloria Oh