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On December 3, 1919, the ESSCC dissolved and reformed as the League of Women Voters (LWV) of Arkansas with Cotnam as president. [24] She also later became president of the LWV of Little Rock. [27] Cotnam helped educate women about voting and politics in citizenship schools held around the country after the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. [29]
On November 25, 1968, the suit against the Southern Pacific Railroad was settled and the California women's protective laws were declared unconstitutional. [112] 1969. Arkansas, Delaware, Kansas, and New Mexico: Arkansas, Delaware, Kansas, and New Mexico reform their abortion laws based on the American Law Institute (ALI) Model Penal Code (MPC).
By the end of the 1800s, all states in the Union except Louisiana had therapeutic exceptions in their legislative bans on abortions. [4] In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, New Mexico, North Carolina and Oregon made reforms to their abortion laws, with most of these states providing more detailed medical guidance on when therapeutic abortions could be ...
The top Arkansas election official has rejected petitions submitted to qualify an abortion rights measure for November's ballot in the Republican-dominated state, saying organizers failed to ...
Voting rights have changed a lot in Arkansas since 1965 and in the last ten years. History of Arkansas voting laws a back-and-forth of Black progress, tighter restrictions Skip to main content
The Arkansas General Assembly passes a law that creates a type of literacy test for voters. [6] 1893. The Arkansas Senate passes a bill for women's school board suffrage, but it does not pass in the House. [2] Arkansas institutes a poll tax. [2] The Woman's Chronicle ceases publication. [7] 1895. Lide Meriwether tours and speaks on women's ...
The case is also notable for being an early 14th Amendment challenge to sex discrimination in the United States. In this case the United States Supreme Court held that Illinois constitutionally denied law licenses to women, because the right to practice law was not one of the privileges and immunities guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment.
Women mayors of places in Arkansas (4 P) Pages in category "Women in Arkansas politics" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.