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2. Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ...

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   The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.Usually considered one of the most consequential amendments, it addresses citizenship rights and equal protection under the law and was proposed in response to issues related to formerly enslaved Americans following the American Civil War.

3. Timeline of women's legal rights in the United States (other ...

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   Ohio: Married women are given the right to own (but not control) property in their own name. [4] Michigan: Married women are given the right to own and manage property in their own name during the incapacity of their spouse. [4] 1848. New York: Married Women's Property Act grants married women separate economy. [12]

4. Women's suffrage in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Arguing that the U.S. Constitution implicitly enfranchised women, this strategy relied heavily on Section 1 of the recently adopted Fourteenth Amendment, [120] which reads, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No ...

5. Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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   [note 1] While women had the right to vote in several of the pre-revolutionary colonies in what would become the United States, after 1776, with the exception of New Jersey, all states adopted constitutions that denied voting rights to women. New Jersey's constitution initially granted suffrage to property-holding residents, including single ...

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7. Worldwide influence of the Constitution of the United States

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   The Model T has a male driver with a banner "Votes for women" on the car, women riders and marchers as though in a parade. The Second Polish Republic issued a commemorative of the U.S. and Polish Constitutions in 1938 under the government of Prime Minister, Major General Składkowski The stamp features George Washington in military regalia ...