Women's rights in America

Сентябрь 5, 2022

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Women's rights in America

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2. The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention. It advertised itself as "a convention
3. BEFORE Married women – LEGALLY DEAD in the eyes of the law NO VOTE NO PROPERTY
4. The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1868, guarantees all people in all
5. TODAY The right to vote; Right to be elected to political position and to Hold Public
6. Men dominate many of the most esteemed professional fields – and get paid more for their
7. However, in spite of the progress that has been made, women aren't nearly where they need
8. Susan B. Anthony (1820 - 1906) was an early leader in the Women's Suffrage Movement and
9. Amelia Earhart (1897 – disappeared July 2, 1937) was an American aviator and the first female
10. Rosalind Franklin (1920 – 1958) was a British biophysicist and X-ray crystallographer who was instrumental in
11. Wilma Rudolph (1940 - 1994) was an American runner and Olympian. She became the first American
12. When Sandra Day O'Connor was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Ronald Reagan in 1981,
13. Sally Ride (1951 – 2012) was an astronaut and broke barriers in 1983 when she became
14. Madeleine Albright (born 1937) became the first female Secretary of State when she joined the Clinton
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The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention. It advertised itself

as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman". Held in Seneca Falls, New York, it spanned two days over July 19–20, 1848.

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BEFORE
Married women – LEGALLY DEAD in the eyes of the

law
NO VOTE
NO PROPERTY RIGHTS
COULD BE BEATEN AND IMPRISONED
WOMEN HAD TO PAY PROPERTY TAXES
NO PROFESSIONS SUCH AS MEDICINE OR LAW
NO EDUCATION
WITH ONLY A FEW EXCEPTIONS, WOMEN WERE NOT ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE CHURCH
WOMEN WERE ROBBED OF THEIR SELF-CONFIDENCE AND SELF-RESPECT, AND WERE MADE TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON MEN

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The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1868,

guarantees all people in all states the rights of citizens and prevents the states from discriminating against women by denying them legal rights because of their sex.

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TODAY
The right to vote;
Right to be elected to political

position and to Hold Public office
Authority to Take Part in a Lawsuit; Authority to be a Witness, Guardian, Administrator, Executor;
Juridical Status of Single Women;
Domestic Relations;
Inheritance;
Flexitime;
Child Care;
Social Security;

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Men dominate many of the most esteemed professional fields – and

get paid more for their work.
In 2004, only 16.8 percent of large law-firm partners were women.
Only 1 out of every 7 engineering students is female.
6 percent of chief executives of the top 100 tech companies.
Women earn an average of 77 cents for every man's dollar.

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However, in spite of the progress that has been made, women

aren't nearly where they need to be. Women are still embattled, facing the prospect of violence, unequal wages and, often, unequal treatment every day.

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