women's rights movement
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Riggs knew what he was doing in challenging King, a player whose public figure was tied into the ever-growing women's rights movement.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025
Fifty years ago, Billie Jean King won the “Battle of the Sexes,” inspiring women to pursue their dreams and giving muscle to the women’s rights movement.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2025
The resulting court case was a major milestone for the women’s rights movement.
From Slate • Oct. 28, 2024
He also embraced the women’s rights movement, helped formerly enslaved people fleeing to freedom with the Underground Railroad, and bought a printing press so he could run his own newspaper, The North Star.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2024
As the nation spent much of 1866 and 1867 debating the issues surrounding the Fourteenth Amendment, tensions grew within the women’s rights movement.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
