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Alice
Paul celebrates the ratification of the women’s
suffrage amendment in 1920. Paul is one of the chief
authors of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Singer Bessie
Smith is known as “the Empress of the Blues.”
Greta Garbo, who stars in silent films and the first talking
pictures, is one of the most popular actresses of her
time.
In the 1920s, many young women go to work as secretaries
or “girl Fridays.” Here, a woman sends a message
using a telegraph typewriter.
• The 19th Amendment
to the Constitution
is ratified, giving women the right to vote.
• The first commercial
radio broadcast is transmitted.
• The League
of Nations is established by the United States and
other world leaders.
• The
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is first introduced to
Congress. It states, “Men and women shall have equal
rights throughout the United States and every place subject
to its jurisdiction.”
• In Wyoming, Nellie
Tayloe Ross becomes the first woman elected as a governor
in the United States.
• The World Exposition
of Women’s Progress (the first women’s world’s
fair) opens in Chicago.
• The Jazz
Singer, the first movie with sound, is released.
• Women compete for
the first time in Olympic field events.
• The stock market
crashes, marking the beginning of the Great
Depression.
*National and world events in red.
*
Source:
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education
Statistics
Pictures: Library of Congress | Associated Press (2) | Corbis |
