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Own their property
By this year, every state had passed legislation granting married women the rights to keep their own wages and to own property in their own name. -
Giles v. Harris
Refuse to order the board to register African Americans to vote -
Jeannette Rankin
of Montana, is the first women to be elected to the U.S. House of Representative -
Margaret Sanger
open a birth control clinic in Brooklyn, she won her suit in New York to allow doctors to advise married patients about birth control and their health -
Women's suffrage
Women won the right to vote -
Jackie Robinson
He breaks Major League Baseball's color barrier when he is signed to the Brooklyn Dodgers by Branch Rickey -
Rosa Parks ( bus boycott )
Refuse to give her seat at the front of the colored section of a bus to a white passenger -
Little Rock Nine
Nine black students were blocked from entering the school. Despite a year with violence threat, they manage to graduate from Central High -
Racial Equality
Hundreds of thousands of Americans took part in the March on Washington to call for racial equality -
Voting Rights Act
Prohibits the denial or restrictions of the rights to vote, and forbids discriminatory voting practices nationwide -
Executive Order 11375
Federal agencies and contractors must take active measures to ensure that women as well minorities enjoy the same educational and employment opportunities as white males -
Equal Pay Act
A U.S. court of appeals rules that jobs held by women and men need to be substantially equal -
Ms. Magazine (Modern Feminist Movement)
The magazine became the major forum for feminist voice -
Supreme Court
Established a women's right to safe legal abortion, overriding the anti-abortion laws of many states -
The Equal Credit Card Opportunity Act
Prohibits discrimination in consumer credit card practices on the bases of sex, race, martial status, religion, national origin, age, or receipt of public assistance -
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act
employments discrimination against pregnant women.Under the act, women cannot be fired or denied a job or a promotion because she is or may become pregnant, nor can be forced to take a pregnancy test and cannot leave if she is willing and able to work. -
Dr. Sally K Ride
becomes the first american women to be sent to space -
Americans with disabilities Act
signed the law to protect persons with disabilities from discrimination in many aspects of living, including employment, education, and access to public accommodations. -
Family and medical Leave Act
gave employees the right to take time off from work in order to care for a new born ( or recently adopted ) child, or to look after an ill family member -
pres. Bush signs Homeland security law
The large and powerful department in task with protecting the U.S. against terrorist attacks. -
Protest against Illegal immigrants
Millions of immigrants and their supporters take to the streets to protest against plans to criminalize illegal immigrants -
Obama's Election
Democrats in congress succeed in passing a bill on health care -
Rights for the same-sex
Declare same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states -
Trump sign executive order
Restricting visas for people seeking to enter the U.S. from certain Muslim-Majority countries, and barring funding for cities that shelter illegal immigrants
