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House Speaker Mike Johnson declared Wednesday that women's facilities in the Capitol complex are reserved for biological females as Congress is poised to swear in its first openly transgender rep.
The Women’s March is a peaceful protest to support issues that are important to women. The first one was held around the world on January 21, 2017, on the first full day of Donald Trump 's ...
The “Conga” and “Rhythm is Gonna Get You” singer, a spokesperson for the National Women’s Shelter Network (NWSN), is pushing Congress to pass the Women’s and Family Protection Act ...
The Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues is a bipartisan membership organization within the House of Representatives committed to advancing women's interests in Congress. [1] It was founded by fifteen Congresswomen on April 19, 1977, and was originally known as the Congresswomen's Caucus.
January 19 – Women's March on Washington (and many other local marches) [73] February 16 – Take Back the Vote, march on Washington before Congress introduces the new Voting Rights Act. [74] March 14 – Kids at Washington Liberty, Yorktown, and other schools near D.C, marched against gun violence. Kids wore orange and held big signs to protest.
That same year, Congress approved a change to Title 10 USC Section 6015 to permit the Navy to assign women to fill sea duty billets on support and noncombatant ships. [ 211 ] The Mann Act originally made it a felony to engage in interstate or foreign commerce transport of "any woman or girl for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery , or for ...
After several election cycles of progress in expanding the number of women in Congress, and following a record-breaking cycle for female governors, the 2024 election saw this progress stall, as ...
[50] [52] In the early years of women in Congress, such a seat was usually held only until the next general election, and the women retired after that single Congress, thereby becoming a placeholders to finishing elected terms of their husbands. [52] As the years progressed, however, more and more of these widow successors sought reelection.