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California: Married Women's Property Act grants married women separate economy. [13] Wisconsin: Married Women's Property Act grants married women separate economy. [13] Oregon: Unmarried women are given the right to own land. [14] Tennessee: Tennessee becomes the first state in the United States to explicitly outlaw wife beating. [15] [16] 1852
Mariana Thompson Folsom conducts a more than ten week tour of Texas, giving women's suffrage lectures in various cities. [6] 1888. The Texas chapter of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) becomes the first chapter in the South to endorse women's suffrage, although they lose members because of their stance. [3]
Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) represents formal changes and reforms regarding women's rights. That includes actual law reforms as well as other formal changes, such as reforms through new interpretations of laws by precedents .
Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countries, these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behavior, whereas in others ...
The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday scrutinized efforts to clarify exceptions to the state's abortion ban, which a growing number of women say forced them to continue pregnancies despite serious ...
In October 1913, Suffragists began hosting activities in support of women's suffrage at the Texas State Fair. [37] A booth was rented and decorated with white and yellow and pennants reading "Votes for Women." [37] From the booth, they were able to provide literature and gave out free women's suffrage magazines. [37] This became an annual event ...
We should see more women running for office and winning. Texas women are active politically. They vote. In the 2020 presidential election, 6.3 million Texas women voted, compared with 5.6 million men.
Statement: If a woman in Texas takes “abortion pills voluntarily,” she would be “charged with murder.” Some social media posts are using the criminal sentencing of a man in Texas to ...