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Women's suffrage car in a parade in Orlando, Florida in 1913. After Chamberlain left, women's suffrage mainly remained dormant in Florida until around 1912. [5] One exception was a petition to the United States Congress for a federal women's suffrage amendment that was circulated by John Schnarr of Orlando in 1907.
February 13: The Political Equality Club of Lake Helen is organized. [4] February 27: The Equal Suffrage Club of Orlando is formed. [5] March 3: Florida women march in the Woman Suffrage Procession. [6] April: Equal Franchise League of Jacksonville asks the Florida Legislature to pass a women's suffrage amendment for the state constitution. [7]
The California Supreme Court rules in favor of abortion rights after hearing an appeal from Dr. Leon Belous, who had been convicted of referring a woman to someone who could provide her with an illegal abortion; [114] California's abortion law was declared unconstitutional in People v. Belous because it was vague and denied people due process ...
On the eve of the Civil War, Florida had the smallest population of the Southern states. It was invested in plantation agriculture, which was dependent on the labor of enslaved African Americans. By 1860, Florida had 140,424 people, of whom 44% were enslaved and fewer than 1,000 were free people of color.
As a result, it did not participate in the 1864 presidential election. [6] With the end of the Civil War, Florida rejoined the Union and participated in the 1868 presidential election. This was the sole presidential election in Florida not decided by the popular vote; instead, the state legislature chose Ulysses S. Grant. [7]
1870: The Utah Territory grants suffrage to women. [7]1870: The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is adopted. The amendment holds that neither the United States nor any State can deny the right to vote "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude," leaving open the right of States to deny the right to vote on account of sex.
In Florida this year, a new law that cracked down on employment of undocumented immigrants and made it a felony to transport into Florida anyone who has entered the country illegally has had ...
The civil rights movement (1896–1954) was a long, primarily nonviolent action to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all Americans. The era has had a lasting impact on American society – in its tactics, the increased social and legal acceptance of civil rights, and in its exposure of the prevalence and cost of racism.