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Mississippi grants women the right to hold property in their own name, with their husbands permission.
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Was created by elizabeth Stanton for the womens rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York. Demanded equality with men before the law in education and employment.
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Amelia Himes Wlaker was one of 16 women arrested for picketing White House for the womens suffrage caause. They were arrested for obstructing traffic and sentenced to 60 days in a workhouse.
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August 1995 marked 75 year anniversary of the ratification of the 19 th amendment. This gave women the right to vote. It was a lengthy and difficult struggle and took decades of agitation and protest.
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Federal government approves birth control pill to be used only by a doctor's prescription.This is a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation to prevent getting pregnant.
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This was a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that declared a pregnant womenis entitled to have an abortion until the end of the first trimester.
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Denies states the right to exclude women from juries.
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To prohibit sex discrimination on th basis of pregnancy. They must treat women the same as any other temporarily disabled employee. Employee must hold their job until released from maternity leave.
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U.S. Supreme Court rules that excluding women from the draft is constitutional.
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Called for prosecution of the violent crime perpetrated against women. Draafted by U.S. senator Joseph R. Biden office with support from several advocacy organizations.