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Powerful Women Attending One Convention (and Kept from Another)
The Seneca Falls Convention was arranged by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady, who, as abolitionists, had wanted to attend a similar convention for the World Anti-Slavery Convention, London, 1840, but were barred from it as women.
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Voting Rights
Constitution giving free voting rights to “all citizens,” but for the first time defining “citizens” and “voters” as any male, despite their race. However, women were still excluded from this.
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Early attempt for Suffrage
A Woman Suffrage Amendment is proposed; when the 19th Amendment passes 41 years later, it is worded exactly the same.
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National Association of Colored Women
The National Association of Colored Women is formed, bringing together more than 100 black women's clubs.
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19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment is added to the Constitution, granting all women the right to vote
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Women's Minimum Wage
The U.S. Supreme Court upholds Washington state’s minimum wage laws for women.
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Welfare Fight
1940’s and 50's: Women’s movement fought for a welfare state to help the most vulnerable and families.
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War Causes Women to Work
Millions of women enter work force during WWII.
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Women's Liberation Movement Begins
The women's liberation movement began after World War II, as 16 million American men went off to fight, women pretty much took over maintenance of the U.S. economy (1942, Rosie the Riveter) link -
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood is started by Margaret Sanger after going to court over a lawsuit; first birth control clinic available for medical purposes. link -
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Feminism from the 60's and 70's
The feminist movement of the 1960s and '70s originally focused on dismantling workplace inequality, like denial of access to better jobs and salary inequity.
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Equality and Protection
In the 1960’s, major goals of feminists were equal pay for equal work, ending sexual harassment and domestic violence, more job opportunities in various fields, and sharing responsibility in child rearing and domestic work.
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JFK for Equal Pay
John F Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act. Before that, women made 58￠ for every dollar a man would make.
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Birth Control Pills More Accessible
Supreme Court decision in the case of Baird v. Eisenstadt made birth control pills accessible to anyone, with or without marital status.
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Title IX of the Education Amendment
Ban on sex discrimination in publicly funded schools. Caused increase in number of women in athletic schools and professional programs.
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Discrimination Policies
Housing discrimination on the basis of sex and credit discrimination against women are outlawed by Congress.
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Pregnancy Discrimination Act
Pregnancy Discrimination Act outlaws firing due to a woman becoming pregnant.
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EMILY's List
EMILY's List (Early Money Is Like Yeast) is established as a financial network for pro-choice Democratic women running for national political office.
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Sexual Harassment Policies
Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson, the Supreme Court finds that sexual harassment is a form of illegal job discrimination.
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Equal Pay Rise and Fall
Women's pay reached 70% of men’s and the Equal Pay act slowed down in effectiveness as employers found excuses for pay differences.
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Reaffirmed Right for Abortion
In Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the Supreme Court reaffirms the validity of a woman's right to abortion under Roe v. Wade
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Violence Against Women Act
The Violence Against Women Act tightens federal penalties for sex offenders, funds services for victims of rape and domestic violence, and provides for special training of police officers.
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Title IX Consequences
In United States v. Virginia, the Supreme Court rules that the all-male Virginia Military School has to admit women in order to continue to receive public funding.
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An Anti-Discriminating Case
The Supreme Court rules in Kolstad v. American Dental Association that a woman can sue for punitive damages for sex discrimination if the anti-discrimination law was violated with malice or indifference to the law, even if that conduct was not especially severe.
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Fair Pay Restoration Act
Fair Pay Restoration Act passed so that victims of pay discrimination can file a complaint within 180 days of their last paycheck (instead of how it used to be since a woman got her first unfair paycheck).
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Unfair Pay to this Day
Even in the 10 top paying jobs for women, females earn less than men; only one career, speech pathology, pays the same regardless of gender.
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Women earn 78 cents for every dollar a man makes.
Full-time working women still aren’t pulling down the same amount of income as full-time working men.
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