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Florida: Mary R. Grizzle introduces and passes the Married Women Property Rights Act, giving married women in Florida, for the first time, the right to own property solely in their names and to transfer that property without their husbands' signatures. [136] 1971. Barring women from practicing law becomes prohibited. [137]
International: The Convention on the Political Rights of Women was approved by the United Nations General Assembly during the 409th plenary meeting, on 20 December 1952, and adopted on 31 March 1953. The Convention's purpose is to codify a basic international standard for women's political rights.
During the 19th century, women were primarily restricted to domestic roles in keeping with Protestant values. The campaign for women's suffrage in the United States culminated with the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920. During World War II, many women filled roles vacated by men fighting overseas.
1920 – The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, ensuring the right of women to vote. 1923 – The first version of an Equal Rights Amendment is introduced.
Overall, the women's rights movement declined noticeably during the 1920s. Passage of the Nineteenth Amendment did not in actual practice provide suffrage to all women in the United States. [282] Women's rights to a public identity were restricted by the common law practice of coverture. [283]
The Dansk Kvindesamfund's efforts as a leading group of women for women led to the existence of the revised Danish constitution of 1915, giving women the right to vote and the provision of equal opportunity laws during the 1920s, which influenced the present-day legislative measures to grant women access to education, work, marital rights and ...
The early 1900s, 1910s and 1920s also saw a growth of women into the workforce in industries like nursing and education. These women also joined unions. [9] During this period, the Partido Socialista Obrero Español did not overall want to address women's rights as they saw the movement as bourgeois. They wanted to focus on union organization.
Shortly thereafter, the Electoral Act (Reichswahlgesetz) was passed on November 30, 1918, granting voting rights to all German citizens aged 20 and above, including women. This marked a significant milestone for women's rights in Germany, following years of advocacy by women's movements and the consistent support of the Social Democratic Party ...