https://padlet.com/smeyer127/18py7c507xel87oy en-us 2022-05-19 14:22:41 UTC 2022-05-21 00:51:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f469-1f393.png smeyer127 https://padlet.com/smeyer127/18py7c507xel87oy/wish/2191660345 Women in prison for acts done for the women's suffrage movement went on hunger strikes. This resulted in many women being discharged from the prison and allowed to leave. Later prisons tried to force-feed the women who were going on hunger strikes. News articles brought this to attention for cruelty which made the prisons look bad.

]]> 2022-05-19 16:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/smeyer127/18py7c507xel87oy/wish/2191660345 smeyer127 https://padlet.com/smeyer127/18py7c507xel87oy/wish/2191662044 Women refused to take part in the census saying “If women don’t count, neither shall they be counted”. This shocked the government and showed them how serious women were about the movement.]]> 2022-05-19 16:42:12 UTC https://padlet.com/smeyer127/18py7c507xel87oy/wish/2191662044 smeyer127 https://padlet.com/smeyer127/18py7c507xel87oy/wish/2191662421 Woodrow Wilson was elected as president and showed promise that he would further women's rights.]]> 2022-05-19 16:42:27 UTC https://padlet.com/smeyer127/18py7c507xel87oy/wish/2191662421 smeyer127 https://padlet.com/smeyer127/18py7c507xel87oy/wish/2191663103 The day before President Woodrow Wilson was inaugurated, Women took to DC in their biggest march yet to show the president that they were expecting him to further women's rights from the beginning of his presidency. ]]> 2022-05-19 16:42:56 UTC https://padlet.com/smeyer127/18py7c507xel87oy/wish/2191663103 smeyer127 https://padlet.com/smeyer127/18py7c507xel87oy/wish/2191663789 These constant protests from 1917 to 1918 caused president Woodrow Wilson to finally endorse the women's suffrage movement.

]]> 2022-05-19 16:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/smeyer127/18py7c507xel87oy/wish/2191663789 smeyer127 https://padlet.com/smeyer127/18py7c507xel87oy/wish/2191665088 Jeannette Rankin of Montana, an activist with the National Woman Suffrage Association, was sworn in as the first woman ever to be elected to Congress as a member of the House of Representatives on April 2nd 1917. ]]> 2022-05-19 16:44:24 UTC https://padlet.com/smeyer127/18py7c507xel87oy/wish/2191665088 smeyer127 https://padlet.com/smeyer127/18py7c507xel87oy/wish/2191665505 On August 18th, 1920 the 19th Amendment was passed. This was a huge victory for the women's rights movement. It gave women the ability to vote in all elections. ]]> 2022-05-19 16:44:31 UTC https://padlet.com/smeyer127/18py7c507xel87oy/wish/2191665505 smeyer127 https://padlet.com/smeyer127/18py7c507xel87oy/wish/2191665915 President Lyndon B. Johnson, signed the Civil Rights Act on July 2nd 1964. This act banned employment discrimination based on race, religion, national origin or gender. This helped women to get more prominent jobs that were previously only held by men. ]]> 2022-05-19 16:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/smeyer127/18py7c507xel87oy/wish/2191665915 smeyer127 https://padlet.com/smeyer127/18py7c507xel87oy/wish/2191666350 President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act on June 10th 1963. This act prohibited gender based wage discrimination in the workplace.

]]> 2022-05-19 16:45:09 UTC https://padlet.com/smeyer127/18py7c507xel87oy/wish/2191666350 smeyer127 https://padlet.com/smeyer127/18py7c507xel87oy/wish/2191666679 Tens of thousands of women marched down fifth avenue on August 26th, 1970. This was a celebration for the 50-year anniversary of the 19th Amendment being passed but also was used to show that even though it had been 50 years since they gained the right to vote, women and men were still not being treated equally.]]> 2022-05-19 16:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/smeyer127/18py7c507xel87oy/wish/2191666679 smeyer127 https://padlet.com/smeyer127/18py7c507xel87oy/wish/2191667121 On January 22nd, 1973, Roe V Wade was concluded. The verdict was in favor of the women, and gave them the right to get an abortion without excessive government restrictions. ]]> 2022-05-19 16:45:46 UTC https://padlet.com/smeyer127/18py7c507xel87oy/wish/2191667121