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Oregon: Married women are given the right to own and manage property in their own name during the incapacity of their spouse. [4] 1859. Kansas: Married Women's Property Act grants married women separate economy. [13] 1860. New York's Married Women's Property Act of 1860 passes. [18] Married women are granted the right to control their own ...
Cuba: Universities opened to women. [3] Denmark: Maternity leave for all women. [4] Sweden: Women were given four weeks maternity leave. [5] 1902. Australia: A section in 1902 and 1922 Acts stated that every female officer was deemed to have retired from the Commonwealth Public Service of Australia upon her marriage. [6] [7]
United States: In 1893, the South Carolina General Assembly "mandated that women should be allowed to attend [ South Carolina College] as special students". (Two years later, the college's Board of Trustees made the decision to allow female students into the school.) [ 152 ] [ 153 ]
Prior to the enactment of DOMA, the GAO identified 1,049 federal statutory provisions [2] in which benefits, rights, and privileges are contingent on marital status or in which marital status is a factor. An update was published in 2004 by the GAO covering the period between September 21, 1996 (when DOMA was signed into law), and December 31, 2003.
Before this it was common for married women to use their husband's name in everyday life but this had no legal recognition. Saudi Arabia: Saudi women were first allowed to ride bicycles, although only around parks and other "recreational areas". [324] They also had to be dressed in full body coverings and be accompanied by a male relative. [324]
[66] English Common Law transferred property held by a wife at the time of a marriage to her husband, which contrasted with the Sura: "Unto men (of the family) belongs a share of that which Parents and near kindred leave, and unto women a share of that which parents and near kindred leave, whether it be a little or much – a determinate share ...
Women hold two-thirds of America's student loan debt, according to a report from the American Association of University Women (AAUW). When they graduate, they can expect to earn just 74% of what ...
(1) the right to enter one state and leave another (an inherent right with historical support from the Articles of Confederation), (2) the right to be treated as a welcome visitor rather than a hostile stranger (protected by the "Privileges and Immunities" clause in Article IV, § 2), and