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The American women's rights movement; a chronology of events and of opportunities from 1600 to 2008.

Buchanan provides a chronology of events in the American women's rights movement from 1637 to 2008. He traces events that have had lasting national significance in opening opportunities in equal rights for women and the women who were paramount in achieving them. Events are presented in chronological order and detail those such as Martha Washington becoming first lady, Sacagawea joining the Corps of Discover, Elizabeth Cady Stanton hosting the National Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, Harriet Beecher Stowe publishing Uncle Tom's Cabin, Margaret Sanger's birth control clinic, Martha Graham's debut, the arrest of Rosa Parks, the addition of “sex” to the Equal Rights Act, Toni Morrison winning the Nobel Prize, Hillary Clinton's presidential bid, states granting suffrage, women in professional and political roles for the first time, as well as other firsts, and key books published by women. (Annotation ©2010 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)