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Born | August 12, 1907
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died | January 18, 1960 (aged 52)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.

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Black
Lesbian
Cross-dresser

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American Blues Singer
Pianist
Entertainer

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A war fought from 1914 to 1918 between the allies

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the right to vote (19th amendment) (1917)

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widespread social & economic change & changing cultural values (social change)

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Stock Market Crash of 1929 - overproduction, excessive use of credit, underconsumption, & uneven distribution of income

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A global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. it involved the vast majority of the world's countries, including all of the great powers, forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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she dressed in a tuxedo with a matching top hat

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With the harassment that Bentley experienced in Harlem for wearing men clothes and flaunting her sexuality intensified.
Bentley felt forced to hide her sexuality as a lesbian, by publishing "I Am a Women Again" in Ebony magazine and saying that she enjoys the domestic role which she shunned for years".

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April 1952 - homosexuals are banned from working for the federal government 

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April 1952 - homosexuals are banned from working for the federal government 

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From president Dwight D. Eisenhower

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first lesbian civil and political rights organization in the United States.

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Glady's Bently felt forced to wear a dress and not with what she wanted.

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LGBTQ+ people can live without discrimination and have equal rights, personal autonomy, and freedom of expression and association. 

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LGBTQ+ people can live without discrimination and have equal rights, personal autonomy, and freedom of expression and association. 

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right to vote and decisions and make their own reproductive decisions

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right to vote, own houses, and have jobs