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Women's Rights

13 Stops
9km
Cover for Women's Rights
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Tour Overview

The term “women’s rights” is incredibly broad and has meant many different things to people throughout history. On this tour, you will learn not only about women who significantly impacted American society and advanced gender equality; you will also learn about various definitions of “women’s rights,” as those definitions have evolved throughout American history.

Stops

  1. Introduction

  2. Explore: How Do We Define Women's Rights?

  3. Stop 1: Helen Herron "Nellie" Taft

  4. Explore: First Ladies' Roles & Influence

  5. Stop 2: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  6. Stop 3: Marguerite Higgins Hall

  7. Stop 4: Zitkála-Ša (Gertrude Simmons Bonnin)

  8. Suffragists

  9. Stop 5: Alice Thornton Jenkins

  10. Explore: The 1913 D.C. Suffrage Procession

  11. Stop 6: Anna Kelton Wiley

  12. Stop 7: Seraph Young Ford

  13. Stop 8: Female Astronauts: Resnik, McAuliffe, Chawla, & Clark

  14. Stop 9: "Vinnie" Ream Hoxie

  15. Stop 10: Helen Hamilton Gardener

  16. Stop 11: Sojourner Truth

  17. Explore: Sojourner Truth & Freedman's Village

  18. Stop 12: Elizebeth Smith Friedman

  19. Stop 13: Mary Baird Bryan

  20. Conclusion

  21. Tour Overview

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