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72 years after the meeting in Seneca Falls, NY, the 19th amendment is ratified and women are finally given the right to vote.
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Employers must give equal pay to employees who do the same tasks regardless of sex, race, color, religion. or natural origin.
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Supreme Court gives women the right to choose. It is ruled that it is a woman's constitutional right to carry a pregnancy to term or have an abortion.
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Began to change the way that violence against women was handled. Penalties against sex offenders were tightened and more funds and programs were devoted to victims of rape and domestic violence
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Victims of pay discrimination are now allowed to file a complaint against their employers for discrimination of pay 180 days after their last paycheck (in the past it was 180 days after the first paycheck).
