As Ella Baker noted, women were the "backbone of the civil rights movement," yet their contributions were often overlooked or minimized in favor of male figures. From organizing boycotts to ...

Since the advent of the movement, hundreds of thousands of women have marched to the Palace of Congress, many of them wearing green kerchiefs, the symbol of the movement.

Women's rights emerges within the anti-slavery movement, 1830-1870 : a brief history with documents / Kathryn ... 1837-1840 -- An Independent Women's Rights Movement Is Born, 1840-1858 -- Epilogue: ...