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Equal Treatment
Set of 12 resolutions is adopted calling for equal treatment of women and men under the law and voting rights for women. -
PERCEPTION
After the Seneca Falls first women's convention, some people are in favor of women's suffrage movements and some are not. The Oneida Whig did not approve of the convention, writing of the Declaration: "This bolt is the most shocking and unnatural incident ever recorded in the history of womanity. If our ladies will insist on voting and legislating, where, gentleman, will be our dinners and our elbows? Where our domestic firesides and the holes in our stockings? -
Wyoming & Women's Suffrage Law
Wyoming passes the first women’s suffrage law. The following year women begin serving on juries in the territory. -
Voting Rights
-NAWSA wages state-by-state campaigns to obtain voting rights for women. -
Colorado- Voting
Colorado is the first state to adopt an amendment granting women the right to vote. -
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PERCEPTION
By the twentieth century, several groups and organizations still opposed women’s suffrage. Brewers and distillers were scared of women encouraging prohibition. Politicians were scared women would disrupt their understanding of the voting demographics. Even still, some were scared that women would shine light on eliminating child labor. The New York Times, which was originally in favor of the movement, even said women would make impossible demands, such as, "serving as soldiers and sailors, polic -
Wages & Conditions
WTUL (National Women’s Trade Unions League) advocates for improved wages and working conditions. -
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New Morality is a term that refers to freedom and equality among all members of society. This liberalism only existed in the middle/upper class and North and West parts of U.S. Female attendance climbed in college, but they went to school mainly to find a husband. -
Federal Amendment Right to Vote
2 women working toward the passage of federal amendment to give women right to vote. -
New Moralilty
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Birth Control
Opens the first U.S. birth control clinic in NY. Shut down 10 days later and she was arrested. She won support through the court and open another one -
19th Amendement
The 19th Amendment to the Constitution granting women the right to vote is signed into law. -
Women can't do anything
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PERCEPTION
Women were scrutinized during WWII for entering the work force for two main reasons: taking away men’s jobs and neglecting their families. The media railed against working mothers, failing to recognize that the large numbers of married women who entered the Depression-era labor force did so out of absolute necessity in an effort to save their families from starvation and homelessness. -
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Women are starting to be accepted in the war with the development of WAC and WAVES. Women can also be considered professional athletes with the founding of The All American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1943. -
PERCEPTION
During this time, when the Seneca Falls first women's rights convention joined, many were not in favor of the women's movement. The Oneida Whig did not approve of the convention, writing of the Declaration: "This bolt is the most shocking and unnatural incident ever recorded in the history of womanity. If our ladies will insist on voting and legislating, where, gentleman, will be our dinners and our elbows? Where our domestic firesides and the holes in our stockings? -
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Not many women are getting an education at this point. Only 1.2 percent are attending college. The typical woman persona of homemaker and housewife is exaggerated in this era. -
DOB
Daughters of Bilitis- first lesbian organization in United States is founded. -
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Women are still earning a small fraction of what men earn. The National Organization of Women was founded to ensure full equality. -
President John Kennedy
President John Kennedy establishes the Presidents Commission on the Status of Women.
- Discrimination against women in the workplace and makes specific recommendation for improvement (fair hiring practices, paid maternity leave, and affordable child care) -
Equal Pay Act
Equal Pay Act- making it illegal for employers to pay a women less than what a man would make for the same job -
NOW
National Organization for Women- seeks to end sexual discrimination. -
Pear shaped
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Shoes
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PERCEPTION
In the 1970’s, women were progressing in rights. They could divorce freely, they were noted in ads for things other than home-making goods, and they could hold jobs that were considered men’s work like cops and business men. However, there is still work to be done. Many people still publically made a point of this so called wrongful behavior. -
80's baby
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Women make huge improvements in school in the 1980’s. They show their intellectual side by 1986 when over half of college grads are women and over half of the master’s degrees earned are from women. -
EMILY's List
EMILY's List (Early Money Is Like Yeast) is established as a financial network for pro-choice Democratic women running for national political office. The organization makes a significant impact on the increasing numbers of women elected to Congress. -
Oprah
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PERCEPTION
With women like Margaret Thatcher and Hilary Clinton in office, women take on political roles and show they mean business in the 1990’s. Women in Hollywood like Helen Hunt in Twister conveyed as a female scientist make strides for societies view of the gender. Most movies like Pretty Woman still show the typical woman needing a rich man to make her life better. Some music was derogatory towards women like “smack my bitch up” by Prodigy. Body image issues continue to worsen. -
Kolstad v American Dental Association
In Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education, the Supreme Court rules that Title IX, which prohibits discrimination based on sex, also inherently prohibits disciplining someone for complaining about sex-based discrimination. It further holds that this is the case even when the person complaining is not among those being discriminated against. -
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PERCEPTION
A research study conducted by Karen Brown at Oklahoma state shows at least 50 percent of 9-year-olds and 80 percent of 10-year-old girl have become concerned about their weight. Hawkins said “that there have beenchildren as young as 4 and 5 years old admitted to her clinic; these children have been participating in unhealthy weight control behaviors such as purging and vomiting”.Dual income is more normal now but women still only make up about 15 percent of CEO’s. Fortunately, now there are pl -
Jackson v Birmingham
In Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education, the Supreme Court rules that Title IX, which prohibits discrimination based on sex, also inherently prohibits disciplining someone for complaining about sex-based discrimination. It further holds that this is the case even when the person complaining is not among those being discriminated against. -
Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
President Obama signed the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, which allows victims of pay discrimination to file a complaint with the government against their employer within 180 days of their last paycheck. Previously, victims (most often women) were only allowed 180 days from the date of the first unfair paycheck. This Act is named after a former employee of Goodyear who alleged that she was paid 15–40% less than her male counterparts, which was later found to be accurate. -
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After everything, women still earn considerably less than men, about 75 cents per a man’s earned dollar. The struggle for body image persists but movements involving Dove commercials and target ads portray normal women as models. -
Allowed in the Military
Women will be allowed to serve in any job in the armed services, provided they meet gender neutral performance standards. This move, initiated in 2013 and finalized under Defense Secretary Ash Carter, will open approximately 220,000 jobs to females.
