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  2. Timeline of women's legal rights in the United States (other ...

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    On November 25, 1968, the suit against the Southern Pacific Railroad was settled and the California women's protective laws were declared unconstitutional. [112] 1969. Arkansas, Delaware, Kansas, and New Mexico: Arkansas, Delaware, Kansas, and New Mexico reform their abortion laws based on the American Law Institute (ALI) Model Penal Code (MPC).

  3. Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) in the ...

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    Poland: Article 96 of the Polish constitution of 1921 provided that all citizens were equal under law, however, it did not apply to married women. [75] On 1 July 1921 the Act on the Change of Certain Provisions of the Civil Law Pertaining to Women's Rights was enacted by the Sejm, to address the most obvious inequalities for women who were ...

  4. February 1921 - Wikipedia

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    The New Mexico Mounted Police, the law enforcement officers on horseback who had patrolled New Mexico since before it attained statehood in 1912, was abolished, leaving no statewide law enforcement to supplement local authorities.

  5. Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) - Wikipedia

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    United States, New York City: New York City Council passed a law requiring all new establishments falling under the terms of the legislation to maintain roughly a two-to-one ratio of women's bathroom stalls to men's stalls and urinals. Existing establishments were required to come into compliance when they undergo extensive renovations, while ...

  6. Timeline of reproductive rights legislation - Wikipedia

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    1969 – Arkansas, Delaware, Kansas, and New Mexico reformed their abortion laws based on the American Law Institute Model Penal Code. 1969 – The New Mexico legislature passed a law that made it a felony for anyone to provide a woman with an abortion unless it was needed to save her life, or because her pregnancy was a result of rape or ...

  7. Timeline of women's suffrage in the United States - Wikipedia

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    1870: The Utah Territory grants suffrage to women. [7]1870: The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is adopted. The amendment holds that neither the United States nor any State can deny the right to vote "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude," leaving open the right of States to deny the right to vote on account of sex.

  8. Timeline of voting rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Women are guaranteed the right to vote by the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. In practice, the same restrictions that hindered the ability of non-white men to vote now also applied to non-white women. 1923. Texas passes a white primary law. [36] 1924

  9. Timeline of women's suffrage - Wikipedia

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    All men and women (with a very few exceptions such as clergy) could also stand for election from 1919. [1] 1884 Ontario—Canadian province: limited to widows and spinsters to vote in municipal elections; later extended to other provinces. [31] 1887 United States—Kansas: Women can vote in city elections and hold certain offices. [32] 1888