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A Day Without a Woman was a strike action held on March 8, 2017, on International Women's Day.The strike, which was organized by two different groups—the 2017 Women's March and a separate International Women's Strike movement—asked that women not work that day to protest the policies of the administration of Donald Trump.
California: Married Women's Property Act grants married women separate economy. [13] Wisconsin: Married Women's Property Act grants married women separate economy. [13] Oregon: Unmarried women are given the right to own land. [14] Tennessee: Tennessee becomes the first state in the United States to explicitly outlaw wife beating. [15] [16] 1852
United States: The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, also known as the Matthew Shepard Act, is an American Act of Congress, passed on 22 October, [198] and signed into law by President Barack Obama on 28 October [199] as a rider to the National Defense Authorization Act for 2010 (H.R. 2647).
2017-01-03: List of acts of the 114th United States Congress: 329: 0 2017-01-03: 2019-01-03: List of acts of the 115th United States Congress: 442: 1 2019-01-03: 2021-01-03: List of acts of the 116th United States Congress: 344: 0 2021-01-03: 2023-01-03: List of acts of the 117th United States Congress: 362: 3 2023-01-03: 2025-01-03: List of ...
In 2021, she announced the launch of "We, As Ourselves"with actor Jurnee Smollet and in partnership with the National Women's Law Center and the TIME'S UP Foundation. She aims to reshape the ...
Only 12 women (7% of judges) of color were on the U.S. courts of appeals. [16] In addition to other task forces, the Ninth Circuit's report found that many women believe that a major hindrance to attaining a judicial position is the lack of women "power players" in the connected "old boys' clubs" that often influence judicial appointments ...
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.
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.