Women's History Month
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For more than 200 years, fearless females have led a charge for change. The history of women and addiction shows the struggles and strength of women that said yes, no, when, and now!
IN 1870, Dr. Joseph Parrish?organized one of the first patient advocacy groups for people struggling with substances.
The first meeting gathered more than a dozen experts, traveling from five states. The group included physicians, asylum superintendents, authors, professors, and a clergyman.
Actually, it was all men.?
Within a year of this historic boy’s club, two constitutional amendments would pass, igniting a feminist fire for equal rights. As people stood up for suffrage, fearless female leaders began to emerge in every aspect of society, from education to medicine.?
In honor of Women’s History Month, read more about triumphs in America's history with addiction, achieved by historic heroines.
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