Laws and Women's Rights
The legal system has served as both a vehicle for and an impediment to equal rights for women. Read about legislation related to voting rights, equal employment opportunity, and basic citizenship and property rights in these articles.
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Biography of Norma McCorvey, 'Roe' in the Roe v. Wade Case
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How Women Became Part of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
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Law of Coverture
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United States v. Susan B. Anthony (1873)
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Women's Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment
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Craig v. Boren
The Blackstone Commentaries and Women's Rights
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The 1969 Redstockings Abortion Speakout
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A Brief History of CEDAW
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The President's Commission on the Status of Women
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Sex Discrimination and the U.S. Constitution
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Which States Have Ratified the Equal Rights Amendment?
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Women's Trade Union League - WTUL
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The Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921
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Comparable Worth: Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value
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Equal Rights Amendment
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The History of the Comstock Law
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Married Women Win Property Rights
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Supreme Court Decisions and Women's Reproductive Rights
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Reed v. Reed: Striking Down Sex Discrimination
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Magna Carta and Women
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Griswold v. Connecticut
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Salic Law and Female Succession
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Myra Bradwell Biography
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ILGWU
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Belva Lockwood
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Women and Unions
Frontiero v. Richardson
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Minor v. Happersett