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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]
1883: Women in the Washington territory are granted full voting rights. [3] 1884: The U.S. House of Representatives debates women's suffrage. [6] 1886: The suffrage amendment is defeated two to one in the U.S. Senate. [6] 1887: The Edmunds–Tucker Act takes the vote away from women in Utah in order to suppress the Mormon vote in the Utah ...
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]
Abortion opponents “found out” about the “power of women” “when reproductive freedom was on the ballot and won in 2022, 2023, and they will find out again, in 2024,” Biden said.
Vicki Power also mentions that the film "reminds us of her ground-breaking Beijing speech of 20 years ago in which she exhorted the world's leaders to treat women's rights as human rights". She wrote in The Daily Telegraph that "the film is an admirable consciousness-raising exercise pointing out that violations against women in the 21st ...
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.
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 .
Some of the most incredible inventors, writers, politicians, & activists have been women. From Ida B. Wells to Sally Ride, here are women who changed the world. 22 Famous Women in History You Need ...