Throughout history, women's achievements have often been downplayed or overlooked.
As part of WPLN's efforts to empower women, we aim to recognize the women who came before us.
Here's what women in the past accomplished during the month of July throughout history:
- JULY 19, 1848: The first ever women's rights convention kicks off in Seneca Falls, New York. It is organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Martha Coffin Wright, Mary Ann McClintock, and Jane Hunt. It concludes on July 20 with the signing of the "Declaration of Sentiments," which included the first formal demand for women's right to vote in the U.S.
- JULY 22, 1849: Emma Lazarus is born on this day; she would later write “The New Colossus,” which was inscribed on the Statue of Liberty.
- JULY 16, 1862: Ida B. Wells-Barnett is born on this day; she would later became an investigative journalist and civil rights leader.
- JULY 10, 1875: Mary McLeod Bethune is born on this day; she would later found the National Council of Negro Women.
- JULY 14, 1917: 16 women from the National Women’s Party are arrested while picketing the White House to demand women’s suffrage. The "Silent Sentinels" protested in front of the White House for more than 2 years.
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