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Advocates for women's rights founded the National Organization for Women (NOW) in June 1966 out of frustration with the enforcement of the sex bias provisions of the Civil Rights Act and Executive Order 11375. [103] New York state legislature amends its abortion-related statute to allow for more therapeutic exceptions. [8] 1966
Washington state restores women's right to vote through the state constitution. [26] 1911. California women earn the right to vote following the passage of California Proposition 4. [27] 1912. Women in Arizona and Kansas earn the right to vote. [27] Women in Oregon earn the right to vote. [13] 1913
International: The U.N. Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 2122, which supported abortion rights for girls and women raped in wars, "noting the need for access to the full range of sexual and reproductive health services, including regarding pregnancies resulting from rape, without discrimination."
Hoda Kotb is saying goodbye to Today with a week full of fun and heartfelt festivities. The stars of the NBC morning show kicked off Kotb’s “Hoda-bration” on Monday, January 6, to mark her ...
ABC's “This Week” — Govs. Wes Moore, D-Md. J.B. Pritzker, D-Ill.
1777– All states pass laws which take away women's right to vote. 1809 – Mary Kies becomes the first woman to receive a patent, for a method of weaving straw with silk.
United States, Illinois and Massachusetts: In 1869 legislation was passed in Illinois and Massachusetts allowing married women equal rights to property and custody of their children. [ 84 ] Circa 1870
The prevalence of women's health issues in American culture is inspired by second-wave feminism in the United States. [68] As a result of this movement, women of the United States began to question the largely male-dominated health care system and demanded a right to information on issues regarding their physiology and anatomy. [68]