https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5 Sexism in the U.S. en-us 2021-10-19 14:44:18 UTC 2026-01-25 15:25:11 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1827554194 The first Woman's Rights Convention, Seneca Falls Convention, was held in New York to sign the Declaration of Sentiments, which sparked decades of activism and eventually led to the passage of the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote. 

]]> 2021-10-19 15:13:25 UTC https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1827554194 https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1827582218 Sojourner Truth, a former enslaved person who then became an abolitionist and women's rights activist, gave her famous “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech at the Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio. Her speech states, “And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man—when I could get it—and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman? I have borne 13 children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman?”

]]> 2021-10-19 15:21:30 UTC https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1827582218 https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1827592145 In the 1800's most states excluded black women, both free and enslaved, from rape laws. Slave women frequently endured violent sexual abuse which often resulted in pregnancy and if a slave woman attempted to defend herself against such abuse, she would be severely beaten. ]]> 2021-10-19 15:24:11 UTC https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1827592145 123sabrown3 https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1827598360 Claude a philosopher wrote about the believes of woman being less then men. He said "all men and women have the same size brains and so the same
intellectual potential, and it was lack of educational opportunities that prevented women from
making progress."]]> 2021-10-19 15:25:52 UTC https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1827598360 123sabrown3 https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1827627433 All states pass laws which take away women’s right to vote.]]> 2021-10-19 15:33:48 UTC https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1827627433 123sabrown3 https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1830564503 The first sexually integrated jury hears cases in Albany, New York.]]> 2021-10-20 14:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1830564503 123skkosino https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1830651418  Before this year, some states were passing laws that women could keep their own wages and to own property in their own name instead of their husband's. However it wasn't until 1900 that every state had passed this legislation.

]]> 2021-10-20 14:51:27 UTC https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1830651418 123smwyrick https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1830652386 The Anti-Suffrage Party is founded. Many people, including prominent women, such as Ellen Sherman, wife of General William Tecumseh Sherman, challenged the notion of suffrage as a “natural right,” and opposed its extension to women. In their view, women’s political participation threatened their important roles as wives, mothers, educators, and house up-keepers. They did not want women to be seen as equals.

]]> 2021-10-20 14:51:43 UTC https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1830652386 123skkosino https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1830664079 Jeannette Rankin, who lived in Montana, was the first ever woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. She was elected in November of 1940. She was an American politician and a women's rights activist. 

]]> 2021-10-20 14:54:56 UTC https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1830664079 123smwyrick https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1830677139 Women could now vote in only four states (Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah).]]> 2021-10-20 14:58:29 UTC https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1830677139 123smwyrick https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1830692134 The first state (Mississippi) grants women (disregarding women of color) the right to hold property in their own name, but only with their husbands permission. This was due to the Married Women's Property act. ]]> 2021-10-20 15:02:33 UTC https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1830692134 123skkosino https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1830702948 As men went into World War ll, women took their places in what was known as "men's work". Between 1941 and 1945 the female labor force increased by more than six million, wages were increased, and women were doing jobs they never thought they'd do before.

]]> 2021-10-20 15:05:27 UTC https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1830702948 123smwyrick https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1830713484 The first woman suffrage law in the U.S. is passed in Wyoming, giving women in that state the right to vote.]]> 2021-10-20 15:08:19 UTC https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1830713484 123skkosino https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1830728970 The Equal Rights Amendment which wanted legal equality for women and was banned discrimination on the basis of sex in 1923, was finally passed by Congress in 1972. However, it was sadly never ratified by enough states to become law at this time.]]> 2021-10-20 15:12:41 UTC https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1830728970 123smwyrick https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1830737465 Celia, a 19-year-old enslaved Black woman killed the white man who owned her and was trying to rape her. Missouri law stated that a woman could use force when in “imminent danger of forced sexual intercourse,” but the judge ruled an enslaved woman had no right to refuse her “master.” Celia was convicted of murder, sentenced to death, and hanged on December 21, 1855.]]> 2021-10-20 15:15:04 UTC https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1830737465 123skkosino https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1830786555 The Roe v. Wade in 1973, was a decision that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled saying that the Constitution would protects a pregnant woman's right to choose to have an abortion without excessive government restriction. Feminists celebrated this Supreme Court decision!

]]> 2021-10-20 15:28:58 UTC https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1830786555 123skkosino https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1830842434 In 1910, the United States Supreme Court denied wives the right to prosecute their husbands for assault. This meaning, a husband could do anything he wanted to his wife, and the court would do absolutely nothing about it.]]> 2021-10-20 15:44:28 UTC https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1830842434 123skkosino https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1830863086 As Britain and other countries allowed women to vote, America passed the 19th amendment on August 26, 1920. The 19th amendment guarantees the right to vote for all women in America. ]]> 2021-10-20 15:50:21 UTC https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1830863086 123skkosino https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1833827202 In 2020, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) tracked a record number of violent fatal incidents against transgender and gender non-conforming people. Many of these people were trans women of color. A total of 44 fatalities were tracked, marking 2020 as the most violent year on record since the HRC began tracking these deaths in 2013. The fight for acceptance and rights is sadly still very relevant.

]]> 2021-10-21 14:59:18 UTC https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1833827202 123skkosino https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1833850457 On January 21, 2017, the first full day of Trump’s presidency, hundreds of thousands of people joined the Women's March in Washington D.C.. This was a huge protest aimed at the new administration and at Trump because many statements of his were offensive to women as well as many different groups of people. The protests were all across the country, not just at the capital. That day, people stood up for women's rights, LGBTQ+ rights, racial equality, reproductive rights, and so much more.]]> 2021-10-21 15:06:07 UTC https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1833850457 123skkosino https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1833873363 The March for Women's Lives was held in Washington, D.C. in 2004. It was held to support the right to abortion, birth control, accurate sex education, and over all rights for women. Over 1 million people participated in this event.]]> 2021-10-21 15:12:54 UTC https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1833873363 123skkosino https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1833912436 These issues are still very relevant in day to day life. People still treat women, trans people, non-binary people, even men, and all other genders unfairly. We are all human, we should all treat each other as such. Educate yourself on new things, be respectful, and learn how you can better yourself to be accepting others. Educate yourself as well as others on how you may be sexist without even knowing, and change that. You have the power to change yourself and move others to change as well! Sadly, we have had to fight this battle and we still have to, but we have made so much progress and we will only continue to do so! ]]> 2021-10-21 15:23:57 UTC https://padlet.com/123sabrown3/zwb7ek4a89a0glr5/wish/1833912436