Womens+Rights

 Women's Rights



Dora Wheeler Keith was a very big help with the womens right movement She was an artist and she taught many other women how to paint and draw. Dora also wrote a very popular gardening book.

In West Germany the basic law of 1949 declared that men and women were equal but it was not until 1957 that the civil code was amended to confrom with this statement. A womans wage in Germany range was between 65 percent and 78 percent of a man's for many postition.

This is a picture of Susan B. Anthony. She was a leader in the Women's Rights movement. She introduced women's suffrage. She was very active in her work and traveled all over and helped.



 In charge of this all-woman project was Bertha Potter Palmer. Women being in Charge of their own building was a new idea and many people didn't like it. The Womens Building was successful. The building highlighted women's work and accomplishments. The Women were suprised that Congress actually funded the building.