Sometimes you never realize what we've got -- until it's gone.
Given the chance Republicans will make all this hard-won progress -- simply go away.
Their rollback agenda gets bolder every year. Clearly they must not be given the chance to stop progress ... to rollback Equal Rights -- attained ...
To halt the progress of the Women's Rights Movement in the U.S.
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Women's Rights Movement in the U.S.
Timeline of Key Events in the American Women's Rights Movement
by Ann-Marie Imbornoni -- Infoplease.com
[selected events]
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1893
Colorado is the first state to adopt an amendment granting women the right to vote. Utah and Idaho follow suit in 1896, Washington State in 1910, California in 1911, Oregon, Kansas, and Arizona in 1912, Alaska and Illinois in 1913, Montana and Nevada in 1914, New York in 1917; Michigan, South Dakota, and Oklahoma in 1918.
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1916
Margaret Sanger opens the first U.S. birth-control clinic in Brooklyn, N.Y. Although the clinic is shut down 10 days later and Sanger is arrested, she eventually wins support through the courts and opens another clinic in New York City in 1923.
1919
The federal woman suffrage amendment, originally written by Susan B. Anthony and introduced in Congress in 1878, is passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate. It is then sent to the states for ratification.
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1921
Margaret Sanger founds the American Birth Control League, which evolves into the Planned Parenthood Federation of America in 1942.
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1936
The federal law prohibiting the dissemination of contraceptive information through the mail is modified and birth control information is no longer classified as obscene. Throughout the 1940s and 50s, birth control advocates are engaged in numerous legal suits.
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1961
President John Kennedy establishes the President's Commission on the Status of Women and appoints Eleanor Roosevelt as chairwoman. The report issued by the Commission in 1963 documents substantial discrimination against women in the workplace and makes specific recommendations for improvement, including fair hiring practices, paid maternity leave, and affordable child care.
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1964
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act bars discrimination in employment on the basis of race and sex. At the same time it establishes the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to investigate complaints and impose penalties.
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1965
In Griswold v. Connecticut, the Supreme Court strikes down the one remaining state law prohibiting the use of contraceptives by married couples.
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1972
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is passed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification. Originally drafted by Alice Paul in 1923, the amendment reads: "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." The amendment died in 1982 when it failed to achieve ratification by a minimum of 38 states.
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1973
As a result of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court establishes a woman's right to safe and legal abortion, overriding the anti-abortion laws of many states.
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1974
The Equal Credit Opportunity Act prohibits discrimination in consumer credit practices on the basis of sex, race, marital status, religion, national origin, age, or receipt of public assistance.
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1976
The first marital rape law is enacted in Nebraska, making it illegal for a husband to rape his wife.
1978
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act bans employment discrimination against pregnant women. Under the Act, a woman cannot be fired or denied a job or a promotion because she is or may become pregnant, nor can she be forced to take a pregnancy leave if she is willing and able to work.
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1984
EMILY's List (Early Money Is Like Yeast) is established as a financial network for pro-choice Democratic women running for national political office. The organization makes a significant impact on the increasing numbers of women elected to Congress.
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1994
The Violence Against Women Act [VAWA] tightens federal penalties for sex offenders, funds services for victims of rape and domestic violence, and provides for special training of police officers.
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2009
President Obama signed the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, which allows victims of pay discrimination to file a complaint with the government against their employer within 180 days of their last paycheck. Previously, victims (most often women) were only allowed 180 days from the date of the first unfair paycheck. This Act is named after a former employee of Goodyear who alleged that she was paid 15–40% less than her male counterparts, which was later found to be accurate.
Timeline of Key Events in the American Women's Rights Movement
Given the chance Republicans will reverse all this hard-won progress..
Their rollback agenda gets bolder every year. Clearly they must not be given the chance to turn back the clock ...
to take America back to a place, where only old, wealthy, white men had a voice in the world.
Those bad-old-days no longer exist -- except in their inadequacy imaginations ...
And that Grandiose Old Patriarchs party must not be allowed to rollback all this Equality Progress
... simply because their spokesmen are SO good at: spreading hate, smear, and fear.
As the mayor of Chicago put it recently, talking about Mitt Romney, the club's new ring leader:
If he can't stand up to Rush, how is he going to stand up to Russia?