Stories of the Century

In 1920, women were finally given the right to vote after a 70 year battle against inequality. Lead by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott and Susan B. Anthony, the feminists finally won their fight. Women received the right to vote through the passing of the 19th amendment on August 18, 1920.

I think this event was important to the 1900's because it finally gave women a leg up on the feminist movement. Without this event, women would have never been able to get to where we are today. This was just the beginning of equality and gave hope to the women fighting for their rights.

In 1954, the Brown V. Board of Education case was ruled in favor of integrating schools in order to forbid segregation. Many schools, mostly southern, tried to play it off that their "separate but equal" schools were not permitting segregation, even though they ignored schools of color. This was deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, and sparked the civil rights movement to keep fighting for their freedom. 

This event was important to the 1900's because it was one of the turning points in the civil rights movement. Integrating schools was just the start to equality and allowed students of color to get an equal chance at school. Even though inequality was not nearly abolished yet, this was a huge deal for the equality movement.

In 1961, Berlin split into 2 and divided their nation practically overnight with barbed wire and watch guards due to the cold war. Families were split, and thousands of people lost jobs due to them living on the wrong side of the border. It took a total of 28 years before the wall was finally torn down, reuniting long lost families and friends.

This event was important to the 1900's because thousands of innocent people were torn apart without saying goodbye. This heavily affected the lives of all people living in Berlin in the 1960's to the 1990's. Many had their lives ruined due to this event, and it was a tragedy for all of Germany.