Flint, Michigan
The manufacturing of cars was an important trait of defining Flint, Michigan. In 1937, Workers occupied different aspects of the manufacturing process for 44 days while threatened by the National Guard troops and hired thugs (Rosner). The autoworkers strike in Flint emphasized the broader national discontent of labor workers, “It also was a signature strike by the growing ranks of industrial workers’ organizing drives,” (Rosner 200).
Ratification of the 19th Amendment
In July of 1848, the first women’s rights convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York. The convention had only been advertised one week before it started in the Seneca County Courier. It was advertised as “a convention to discuss the social, civil and religious condition and rights of Women.” It also stated that “during the first day, the meeting will be exclusively for Women, which all are earnestly invited to attend. The public generally are invited to be present on the second day.” Even though there was very little publicity on this major event in history,
Ratification of the 19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment states that all American women are given the right to vote. The 19th Amendment was approved by the Senate on June 4th, 1919 and ratified in August 1920. Years before the amendment was even brought to the government, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized the first women's right convention in July of 1848. This convention overall came with a list of demands for women. This list of demands was called the Declaration of Sentiments and it called for, broader education and professional opportunities for women and the right of married wo