Women's Rights (3C) by Jackie Chisam https://padlet.com/chisamjm/bph9ovzk9lfz Use words, phrases, pictures, videos, etc. to define what "women's rights" means to you. en-us 2018-01-03 13:35:54 UTC 2025-12-23 20:19:56 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/chisamjm/bph9ovzk9lfz/wish/218570399 2018-01-03 17:12:40 UTC https://padlet.com/chisamjm/bph9ovzk9lfz/wish/218570399 https://padlet.com/chisamjm/bph9ovzk9lfz/wish/218572260 2018-01-03 17:17:16 UTC https://padlet.com/chisamjm/bph9ovzk9lfz/wish/218572260 1920 – The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, ensuring the right of women to vote.1923 – The first version of an Equal Rights Amendment is introduced. It says, "Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction."1932– Hattie Wyatt Caraway, of Arkansas, becomes the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate.1932 – The National Recovery Act forbids more than one family member from holding a government job, resulting in many women losing their jobs.1933– Frances Perkins becomes the first female cabinet member, appointed secretary of labor by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.1953 – Jerrie Cobb is the first U.S. woman to undergo astronaut testing. NASA, however, cancels the women's program in 1963. It is not until 1983 that an American woman gets sent into space.1963 – The Equal Pay Act is passed by Congress, promising equitable wages for the same work, regardless of the race, color, religion, national origin or sex of the worker.1964 – Title VII of the Civil Rights Act passes, prohibiting sex discrimination in employment. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is created.1965 – The Supreme Court establishes the right of married couples to use contraception.1968 – President Lyndon B. Johnson signs an executive order prohibiting sex discrimination by government contractors and requiring affirmative action plans for hiring women.1969 – California adopts the nation's first "no fault" divorce law, allowing divorce by mutual consent.Wellesley College graduate Hillary Clinton becomes the first student to address the graduating class at commencement. https://padlet.com/chisamjm/bph9ovzk9lfz/wish/218573420 2018-01-03 17:18:46 UTC https://padlet.com/chisamjm/bph9ovzk9lfz/wish/218573420 Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an activist in the Civil Rights Movement, whom the United States Congress called "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement" https://padlet.com/chisamjm/bph9ovzk9lfz/wish/218574486 2018-01-03 17:21:38 UTC https://padlet.com/chisamjm/bph9ovzk9lfz/wish/218574486 https://padlet.com/chisamjm/bph9ovzk9lfz/wish/218574978 2018-01-03 17:22:52 UTC https://padlet.com/chisamjm/bph9ovzk9lfz/wish/218574978 https://padlet.com/chisamjm/bph9ovzk9lfz/wish/218575093 2018-01-03 17:23:14 UTC https://padlet.com/chisamjm/bph9ovzk9lfz/wish/218575093 Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. She is known for human rights advocacy, especially the education of women and children in her native Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northwest Pakistan, where the local Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school. https://padlet.com/chisamjm/bph9ovzk9lfz/wish/218575346 2018-01-03 17:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/chisamjm/bph9ovzk9lfz/wish/218575346 https://padlet.com/chisamjm/bph9ovzk9lfz/wish/218576113 2018-01-03 17:24:36 UTC https://padlet.com/chisamjm/bph9ovzk9lfz/wish/218576113 Voting rights https://padlet.com/chisamjm/bph9ovzk9lfz/wish/218576157 2018-01-03 17:24:46 UTC https://padlet.com/chisamjm/bph9ovzk9lfz/wish/218576157 https://padlet.com/chisamjm/bph9ovzk9lfz/wish/218576524
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