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Women's Rights

Kate Mullany's former home in Troy, New York honors one of the earliest women's labor unions that sought fair pay and safe working conditions.

The long, embattled history of women’s suffrage that began with the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention continues to this day.

Editor's Note: Ellen Carol DuBois is a professor in the history department at UCLA and the author of numerous books on women’s suffrage including the recent, authoritative survey,

Soujourner Truth's mission was “testifyin’ concerning the wickedness of this ‘ere people.”

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