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The Committee ran volunteer patrols of women to discourage, observe, and report on what was perceived as "immoral" behaviour of the town's women. In November 1916, the Committee issued a report "on the Moral Condition of Oxford", warning that the town's streets were "crowded with young girls, whose dress [and] behaviour show that they are ...
Virginia Caroline Rappe (/ r ə ˈ p eɪ /; July 7, 1891 – September 9, 1921) [2] was an American model and silent film actress. Working mostly in bit parts, Rappe died after attending a party with actor Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle , who was accused of manslaughter and rape in connection with her death, though he was ultimately acquitted of both ...
Ohio: Married women are given the right to own (but not control) property in their own name. [4] Michigan: Married women are given the right to own and manage property in their own name during the incapacity of their spouse. [4] 1848. New York: Married Women's Property Act grants married women separate economy. [12]
[200] [199] Marriage laws in 1921 still had separate standards for married women's citizenship status depending on her state of residence. [200] Finally, in 1922, the United States Congress passed the Married Women's Act , granting married women their own nationality in the United States. [ 199 ]
Four Jim Crow laws were enacted in Montana between 1871 and 1921. The school segregation act was repealed in 1895. A 1909 miscegenation law prohibited marriage between Caucasians and blacks as well as Chinese and Japanese. 1871: Education [Statute] Children of African descent would be provided separate schools.
Category: 1921 in Ohio. ... Columbus City Hall (1872–1921) This page was last edited on 8 February 2024, at 21:55 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Poland: Article 96 of the Polish constitution of 1921 provided that all citizens were equal under law, however, it did not apply to married women. [75] On 1 July 1921 the Act on the Change of Certain Provisions of the Civil Law Pertaining to Women's Rights was enacted by the Sejm, to address the most obvious inequalities for women who were ...
Women achieved many groundbreaking firsts in the 1920s and 1930s. In 1921, Edith Wharton became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, for her novel "The Age of Innocence". [228] In 1925, Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first woman elected as a governor in the United States, for the state of Wyoming. [229]