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[4] Nevada: Married women are granted separate economy, trade licenses, and control over their earnings. [4] Iowa: Married women are granted trade license. [4] The Comstock Law was a federal act passed by the United States Congress on March 3 as the Act for the "Suppression of Trade in, and Circulation of, Obscene Literature and Articles of ...
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 ...
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 ...
Women's rights activism in Canada during the 19th and early 20th centuries focused on increasing women's role in public life, with goals including women's suffrage, increased property rights, increased access to education, and recognition of women as "persons" under the law. [124]
One hundred and forty-six people, mostly women and young girls working in sweatshop conditions, died. [26] 1912 (United States) Massachusetts passes the first minimum wage law for women and minors. [26] 1912 (United States) Chicago newspaper strike occurred. [26] 1912 (United States) Fur Workers' Strike occurred. [26] 1912 (United States)
The woman's club movement became part of Progressive era social reform, which was reflected by many of the reforms and issues addressed by club members. [3] According to Maureen A. Flanagan, [4] many women's clubs focused on the welfare of their community because of their shared experiences in tending to the well-being of home-life.
Virginia colony: The Virginia colony passed a law incorporating the principle of partus sequitur ventrem, ruling that children of enslaved mothers would be born into slavery, regardless of their father's race or status. [58] This was in contradiction to English common law for English subjects, which based a child's status on that of the father ...
In the 1920s, Virginia's registrar of statistics, Walter Ashby Plecker, was allied with the newly founded Anglo-Saxon Clubs of America in persuading the Virginia General Assembly to pass the Racial Integrity Law of 1924. [4] The club was founded in Virginia by John Powell of Richmond in the fall of 1922; within a year the club for white males ...