Make Lemonade, then and now!
The Past and Present of Sexism, Racism, and Heresy
Women's Discrimination in The United States 1900-2015
Introduction
20th century ideology against women, black people, and Indians
Sexism, Racism, and Heresy
Fighting back
Modern Discrimination in America
Women's Discrimination
Racial Discrimination
Religious Discrimination
Modern Discrimination is the World
Modern Discrimination Against Women in the World
Modern Discrimination Against Race in the world
Modern Religious Discrimination in the World
Examples of Prejudice in LHS
Women's Rights Movements in the 20th Century
Important Moments in the History of Women's Rights
- 1903 The National Women's Trade Union League (WTUL) is established to improve wages for women, and improve their working conditions.
- 1913 Alice Paul and Lucy Burns form the Congressional Union to pass an amendment to the constitution to allow women the right to vote.
- 1919 The women's' suffrage act, originally proposed by Susan B. Anthony in 1878, is passed.
- 1920 The Women's Bureau is established to safeguard working conditions for women.
- 1935 Mary McLeod Bethune organizes The National Council of Negro Women, a coalition of black women who fight sexism and racism.
- 1955 The Daughters of Bilitis is the first lesbian organization in The United States, founded first as a social group, it evolved into a political one for basic acceptance of lesbians in the United States.
- 1961 President John F Kennedy founds the President's Commission on the Status of Women with Eleanor Roosevelt as Chairwomen. (see above under "20th Century Ideology")
- 1963 Betty Friedan publishes a very successful book called "The Feminine Mystique" about the dissatisfaction is house wives across The United States.
- 1966 The National Organization for Women is established, seeking the end of sexual discrimination.
- 1968 The EEOC bans segregated news paper ads and help wanted calls.
- 1970 The equal pay act is passed allowing for women to receive the same pay as men.
- 1976 The first martial rape law is passed in Nebraska making it illegal for a husband to rape his wife.
- 1978 The Pregnancy Discrimination act is passed making it illegal to discriminate against pregnant women.
- 1986 The supreme court finds sexual harassment a form of job discrimination
- 1994 The Violence against women act is established to make federal punishment for sex offenders worse.
- 1999 Women can now sue for being sexually harassed.
Susan B Anthony
Lucy Burns
Alice Paul
Mary McLeud Bethune
Betty Friedan
National Organization for Women
Women vs. Men Today.
Global Differences Between Women and Men.
Local to Global, People Fighting for Women's Rights
Make Lemonade and Women's Rights
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