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First woman appointed to president’s Cabinet
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt announced the appointment of Frances Perkins as the secretary of labor, the first woman appointed to a president’s Cabinet.
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Adkins v. Children’s Hospital
In Adkins v. Children’s Hospital, the Supreme Court invalidated a minimum-wage law for women and children.
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Chromosomal determination of sex discovered
Scientist Nettie Maria Stevens reported her discovery that sex is determined by a particular chromosome.
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Muller v. Oregon
In Muller v. Oregon, the Supreme Court upheld a law limiting the workday to ten hours for women.
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New York shirtwaist strike
20,000 shirtwaist makers—80 to 85 percent of whom were women—began a successful labor strike in New York City.
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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
A devastating fire erupted at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City, killing 146 people including many female employees. Outcry over the factory’s conditions led to factory safety reform.
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Suffrage parade in New York
Twenty-five thousand suffragists marched in New York City.
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First birth control clinic
Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in Brooklyn, New York, but it was closed by police after only ten days.
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American Woman Suffrage Association
The American Woman Suffrage Association, organized in 1869 by Julia Ward Howe, Lucy Stone, and others, focused on achieving suffrage for women.
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National American Woman Suffrage Association
The National American Woman Suffrage Association was created by the 1890 merger of the American Woman Suffrage Association and the National Woman Suffrage Association.