Women's Rights Outline
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US History [1]
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Women's Rights [10]
Women?s Rights POLITICAL Women followed England?s example Running in front of horses 1848 ? Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments Organizations: 1869 ? NWSA fighting in Congress b. 1869 - AWSA a. fighting in states c. 1966 ? NOW a. equality in workplace 3. Federal Acts a. 1893 ? CO lets women vote b. 1920 ? 19th Amendment c. 1960 ? FDA approves birth control pills d. 1963 ? Equal Pay Act e. 1973 ? Roe vs. Wade a. safe and legal abortion f. 1978 ? Pregnancy Discrimination Act g. 1994 ? Violence Against Women Act SOCIAL Women?s Role no vote, husband has control, no property unless widowed women are few in the west / have more power 1920?s flappers, new ideas of women seen as deteriorating society