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Michigan: Married women are given the right to own and manage property in their own name during the incapacity of their spouse. [4] 1848. New York: Married Women's Property Act grants married women separate economy. [12] Pennsylvania: Married women are granted separate economy.
The Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) was established in 1873 and championed women's rights, including advocating for prostitutes and for women's suffrage. Under the leadership of Frances Willard , "the WCTU became the largest women's organization of its day and is now the oldest continuing women's organization in the United States."
2022 Women's March. On May 2, 2022, a series of protests erupted in the United States following the leak of a U.S. Supreme Court document, revealing the possible overturn of Roe v. Wade, [1] a law protecting the right to abortion in the United States. Soon after, a Women's March took place on May 3, 2022, and then again on May 14, 2022, [2] as ...
Feminism. The timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) represents formal changes and reforms regarding women's rights. The changes include actual law reforms, as well as other formal changes (e.g. reforms through new interpretations of laws by precedents ).
The legal status of women in the United States is, in comparison to other countries, equal to that of men, and women are generally viewed as having equal social standing as well. In the early history of the U.S., women were largely relegated to the home. However, the role of women was revolutionized over the course of the 20th century.
1912: Kansas grants women suffrage. [6] 1913: Alice Paul becomes the leader of the Congressional Union (CU), a militant branch of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. [3] 1913: Alice Paul organizes the Woman's Suffrage Procession, a parade in Washington, D.C., on the eve of Woodrow Wilson 's inauguration.
October 15–16: Second National Woman's Rights Convention, held in Brinley Hall in Worcester. [5] 1852. May 26: Ohio Women's Convention at Massillon. [8] June 2–3: Pennsylvania Woman's Convention at West Chester. [9] September 8–10: Third National Women's Rights Convention, held in Syracuse, New York. [5]
Feminism. Women's suffrage, or the right of women to vote, was established in the United States over the course of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, first in various states and localities, then nationally in 1920 with the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution. [2] The demand for women's suffrage began to ...