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American Equal Rights Association forms at the Eleventh National Woman's Rights Convention in New York City

The American Equal Rights Association (AERA) was formed in 1866 in the United States.

The American Equal Rights Association (AERA) was formed in 1866 in the United States. According to its constitution, its purpose was "to secure Equal Rights to all American citizens, especially the right of suffrage, irrespective of race, color or sex."

Some of the more prominent reform activists of that time were members, including women and men, blacks and whites.

The AERA was created by the Eleventh National Women's Rights Convention, which transformed itself into the new organization. Leaders of the women's movement had earlier suggested the creation of a similar equal rights organization through a merger of their movement with the American Anti-Slavery Society, but that organization did not accept their proposal.

The AERA conducted two major campaigns during 1867.

Historical Significance

The American Equal Rights Association (AERA) was formed in 1866 in the United States.

Events Before

  1. New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad Street, near Wall Street, in New York City

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  2. Confederate Brigadier-General John Pegram marries Hetty Cary (US Civil War)

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  3. Congress passes, by a vote of 121-24, the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution, abolishing slavery in the United States

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  4. Robert E. Lee is named general-in-chief of Confederate forces

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  5. General Robert E. Lee is appointed General-in-Chief of the Confederate Armies during the US Civil War

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Events After

  1. Labor union leader Samuel Gompers (17) weds co-worker Sophia Julian (16) in Brooklyn, New York

    Labor union leader Samuel Gompers (17) weds co-worker Sophia Julian (16) in Brooklyn, New York

  2. Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky (45) weds Anna Snitkina at Trinity Cathedral in Saint Petersburg, Russia

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  3. British North America Act is passed in the House of Commons, serves as Canada's constitution for more than 100 years

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  4. Joseph Lister first outlines the discovery of antiseptic surgery in an article in "The Lancet"

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  5. The United States buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 (109 million in 2018 dollars), roughly 2 cents an acre

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