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Right to vote Revoked
Every state passed a law to revoke women's right to be heard, by voting. -
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The Fight For Women's Deserved Rights
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Title owners
Mississippi is the first state to grant women the right to hold property in their own name, with their husbands approval. -
End of Discrimination
At Senate Falls, New York over 300 women and men signed the Declaration of Sentiments, which is a plea to end discriminations against women. -
Voting Rights
Wyoming was the first state to grant women to vote in all elections. -
Title holders
By the year of 1900, every state has passed legislation to grant every married women to access to keep their own wages and keep property in their name. -
1920
The ninetieth amendment to the constitution was ratified which granted women the right to vote, -
Frances Perkins
Frances Perkins is the first female cabinet member appointed secretary of labor by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. This shows Americans "the man" is hiring women which portrays a positive relationship amongst women and men. -
Discrimination Coming To An End.
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed an executive order prohibiting sex discrimination by the government, contractors and required actions for hiring women. -
Pregnancy Discrimination
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act bans employment discrimination against pregnant women. Therefore, now until going forward women will not be fired for pregnancy. -
Independence
Republican Paula Hawkins from Florida, becomes the first independent woman to be elected on her own without help of women to the U.S. Senate. Due to this, it shows women they can do what men can do without their assistance. -
Military
The ban against women in military combat positions is removed, overturning a 1994 Pentagon decision restricting women from combat roles. women are now able to join whichever aspect of the military they feel suits them with the equal intense training of a male. -
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton serves as the leading presidential campaigner of the Democratic nomination, becoming the first U.S. woman to lead a major party. -
Present Time
Congress has a record number of women in U.S. history, with 104 female House members and 21 female Senators, including the chamber's first Latina, Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto. -
APA Citations
(2017, January 20). Stepping Through History. Retrieved February 15, 2019, from https://www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2017-01-20/timeline-the-womens-rights-movement-in-the-us