• Perrysburg Fire Department Women’s Auxiliary, 1962
    Perrysburg Fire Department Women’s Auxiliary, 1962
  • Select photos provided by Perrysburg Area Historic Museum
    Select photos provided by Perrysburg Area Historic Museum
  • A Timeline of Milestones in U.S. Women’s History
    A Timeline of Milestones in U.S. Women’s History
  • Women of the Fort Meigs Woodmen Circle, 1916
    Women of the Fort Meigs Woodmen Circle, 1916
  • Wood County Telephone
    Wood County Telephone

    1848-The first women’s rights convention, the Seneca Falls Convention, is held in New York, where 300 women and men sign the Declaration of Sentiments in a plea to end discrimination against women.

    1848-The Married Woman’s Property Act is passed in New York, enabling married women to conduct business on their own, file lawsuits on their own behalf, collect rents and receive inheritances. The Act is…