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Women's Rights Timeline

By grrebels

  • The Colonies the English System.

    This say women can not have property in their name or keep their own earnings.

  • All state pass a law that take away women's rights.

  • The first state lets women vote in an election.

    The fist state was Wyoming.
  • The 19th amendment is ratified.

    The 19th amendment is ratified.

    The 19th amendment is ratified.

  • The first draft of the "Equal Right Amendment" is Introduced

    It says "Men and women shall have equal right throughout the United States and any place subject to its jurisdiction.

  • The Equal Pay Law is passed by Congress.

    This law ensured equal wages for the same work regardless of race, color, religion, nation origin or sex of the worker.

  • Title VII of the Civil Rights Act passes.

    This made it so that sex discrimination can not happen at jobs.

  • The Supreme Court establishes the right for married people to use contraception.

  • California Adopted our nations first "no fault" law.

    This meant that divorce could happen with mutual consent.

  • Sandra Day O'Connor is the first women on the United States Supreme Court.

  • The "Me Too" movement started.

    This is a way to help women who have survived sexual violence.