A brief history of women’s rights protests

Emil Lendof

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Mar 8, 2017

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1910: Suffragette and writer Julie Lipman, with her banner demanding the vote for women Getty Images

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Suffragette Emily Davidson (11 October 1872 – 8 June 1913) throws herself under the horse of King George V (Anmer) at the Epsom Derby

1913: Suffragette Emily Davidson throws herself under the horse of King George V at the Epsom Derby. Getty Images

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Early 1900s: Women hold protest signs during a demonstration against child labor in New York. Getty Images

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1917: A woman pickets holding a sign reading “To Ask Freedom For Women Is Not A Crime.” Getty Images

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Feminists are burning some election posters to fight for women’s suffrage. Paris. France. Photograph. May 12, 1935.

1935: Feminists burn election posters to fight for women’s suffrage in Paris, France. Getty Images

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1968: Women hold up signs demanding equal rights during a demonstration for women’s liberation in New York City. Getty Images

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1969: Pauline Bercker joins a women’s demonstration for equal pay in Trafalgar Square, London. Getty Images

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1970: Two women hold signs reading “Vote Baby Vote” and “Voting Is People Power.” Getty Images

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1977: Women take part in a demonstration in New York demanding safe, legal abortions for all women. Getty Images

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1974: Young men and women gather at a park with a sign that reads “Our Right To Decide” at a reproductive rights demonstration in Pittsburgh. Getty Images

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2005: Protesters gather to voice their disapproval of proposed law changes at Federation Square in Melbourne, Australia. Getty Images

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Pro-Life And Pro-Choice Activisits Mark The 33rd Anniversary Of Roe v. Wade

2006: Pro-choice activists (left) argue with pro-life activists (right) over abortion issues in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC. Getty Images

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2014: A woman with a sticker on her head bearing the slogan “Bring back our girls” marches for the release of the more than 200 abducted Chibok schoolgirls in Lagos, Nigeria. Getty Images

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Anti-Abortion Advocates Stage “Die-In” Protest Across From White House

2015: Anti-abortion advocates stage a “die-in” protest at Lafayette Square near the White House. Getty Images

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Women’s Rights Advocates, Elected Officials Protest Outside Of Trump Tower

2016: Activists rally during a protest against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump over his “treatment of women” in front of Trump Tower in New York. Getty Images

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Thousands Of Australians March For Change On International Women’s Day

2017: A rally for International Women’s Day in Melbourne, Australia Getty Images

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2017: A woman strikes a pose in front of a statue titled “Fearless Girl” in New York City. AP

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