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Women's Rights

By MelindaSchl

  • Women's Suffrage Act

    Women's Suffrage Act
    The right of women to vote in elections. Passed by Congress June 4, 1919 and ratified August 18, 1920.

  • Women's Liberation Movement

    Women's Liberation Movement
    Political alignment of women and feminist intellectualism in the late 1960's.

  • Title IX

    Title IX
    The Education Amendments Act of 1972: "No person in the United States shall on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."