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Amendment XIX or 19
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this arcticle by appropriate legislation -
Revival of the womens movemet
Women began to quistion weather they were equal to men or not and what should they do about it. -
The Feminine Mystique
Had led a national debate about the rights of women. As women talked about the disscrimination they began to realize they were not just experiencing individual disscrimination but a disscrimination of gender. What was Ironic is that the civil rights movement whose motives were to eliminate discrimination had discrimatory attitudes tword women. -
Formal Inquiry
John F. Kennedy ordered a formal inquiry into the positon of the womens society. The commision of the status of women "reporeted that women did experience discrimination at work" Women were payed less than men and also promoted less often. This showed many people that women were indeed being discriminated against. -
National Organization for Women
Feminists foarmed a group refered to as NOW. Women fought against gender discrimination, it also helped to cause spousal abuse to decline. These were achived by filing lawsuits, staging rallies, marching for civil rights, and non violent protests. -
Roe VS Wade
Campaing for abortion rights. The Supreme court had struck down all state laws that banned abortion in the 1973. The courts ruled that a law that would bann abortion would violate constitutional right to privacy. Some people had the nerve to say things such as"women could not achieve equality until they could control when or weather to have childern
