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			1683 Mary Rowlandson's narrative

1773 Mary Rowlandson's narrative reprinted

			1810 Congress commissions a census on manufactures

1813 Agricultural fairs called "Cattle Shows" begin displaying household manufactures

			1826 Lowell, Massachusetts incorporated

1828 Female textile workers strike at Dover, N.H.

			1830 New Hampshire legislature encourages sericulture

1831 Maria Stewart begins public speeches condemning slavery.

			1832 Seth Luther, "An Address to the Working-Men of New England"

1834 Textile strikes at Lowell, Massachusetts and Dover, N.H.
			1834 Shoebinders of Lynn, Massachusetts form a society "for the protection and promotion of Female Industry"

1837 For women, rural outwork is the dominant form of wage labor.
			1837 Sarah Grimke, "Letters on the Equality of the Sexes"
1837 Angeline and Sarah Grimke tour New England

			1841 Catharine Beecher, "A Treatise on Domestic Economy"

1845 Frederick Douglas publishes his narrative.

			1848 Elizabeth Ellet. Women of the American Revolution
1848 Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention

			1854 Lucy Larcom, "Hannah Binding Shoes"

1855 Herman Melville, "Tartarus of Maids"

			1858 Winslow Homer illustrates rural New England life. .

1859 Rockport women attack rumsellers.

			1860 Shoe workers strike in Lynn, Massachusetts and neighboring towns.

1868 Winslow Homer illustrates life in Lowell Mills

			1870 Most female wage workers are employed in factories or as household servants.

1888 Whittier supports women's suffrage.

			1897 New England Historic Genealogical Society Admits Women

1912 Strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts

			1920 19th Amendment gives women the vote

1931 Gladys Tantaquidgeon (1899-2005) founds the Tantaguidgeon Museum at Mohegan.

			1972 Harvard dedicates the so-called "Bradstreet Gate" between the Science Center and the Yard.

2003 Boston Women's Memorial features Phillis Wheatley, Abigail Adams, and Lucy Stone

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