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The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is the state agency that registers motor vehicles and boats and issues driver licenses in the U.S. state of California. It regulates new car dealers (through the New Motor Vehicle Board), commercial cargo carriers, private driving schools, and private traffic schools.
After proposition 4 was passed in 1911, many California suffragists remained active in the fight for women's suffrage at the national level including Mary Austin and Maud Younger. [31] In 1912 California suffragist Alice Park took over NAWSA 's congressional committee charged with working towards the passage of a federal amendment granting ...
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It's a huge jump toward gender equality in California's Capitol, where only men have served as governor and women made up one-quarter of state lawmakers just eight years ago.
The League of Women Voters of California was first established in the 1920s, to further the movement of women voting and in politics after the 19th amendment was passed. Many were confident that women in California would get the vote and with this brought many organizations to California, the League of Women Voters being on a national level. [ 3 ]
When California lawmakers convened in Sacramento for a special session this month, they marked a milestone.For the first time ever, women held nearly half the seats in the 120-member Legislature.
California is stripping the word “squaw” – a derogatory term for Indigenous women – from dozens of place names across 15 counties, state agencies recently announced.
The California legislature passed a bill extending suffrage to women. However, this was not a bill granting suffrage entirely to women; it was only for voting in school elections, not municipal elections. This bill was vetoed by Governor Henry Markham. [8] 1894: As a result of political pressure the California Republican Party endorsed women's ...