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New York: Married Women's Property Act grants married women separate economy. [12] Pennsylvania: Married women are granted separate economy. [4] Rhode Island: Married women are granted separate economy. [4] 1849. Alabama: Married women are given the right to own and manage property in their own name during the incapacity of their spouse. [4]
1902: Women from 10 nations meet in Washington, D.C., to plan an international effort for suffrage. Clara Barton is among the speakers. [3] 1902: The men of New Hampshire vote down a women's suffrage referendum. [3] 1904: The National American Woman Suffrage Association adopts a Declaration of Principles. [6]
United States: The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108–105 (text), 117 Stat. 1201, enacted November 5, 2003, 18 U.S.C. § 1531, [38] "PBA Ban") is a United States law prohibiting a form of late-term abortion that the Act calls "partial-birth abortion", referred to in medical literature as intact dilation and extraction. [39]
Utah women citizens voted in municipal elections that spring and a general election on August 1, beating Wyoming women to the polls. [28] The women's suffrage law was later repealed as part of the Edmunds–Tucker Act in 1887. May 10, 1872, New York City: Equal Rights Party nominates Victoria C. Woodhull as their candidate for US President.
Native American women and men were nominally granted the right to vote in 1924 with the passage of the Indian Citizenship Act. Even so, until the 1950s, some states barred Native Americans from voting unless they had adopted the culture and language of American society , relinquished their tribal memberships , or moved to urban areas .
“The vast majority of Americans accept the biological fact that men cannot be women and should not be allowed to invade women’s private spaces,” Heritage Action said in a statement released ...
Key takeaways. Women and minorities faced credit discrimination for decades. The Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 made it easier for both groups to obtain credit cards and loans.
1837: The first American convention held to advocate women's rights was the 1837 Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women held in 1837. [4] [5] 1837: Oberlin College becomes the first American college to admit women. 1840: The first petition for a law granting married women the right to own property was established in 1840. [6]