women's rights
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1. When was women’s suffrage?
2. Are women’s Rights equal throughout the world?
3. What did Women do to get the right to vote?
4. When did women serve in the military?
5. What types of jobs did they have before they were equal?
Suffrage- The right to vote in political elections
Equitable- Fair and impartial
Sexual discrimination- discrimination (usually in employment) that excludes one sex (usually women) to the benefit of the other sex
Strike- Refuse to work as a form of organized protest, typically in an attempt to obtain a particular concession or concessions from their employer
Mortality- The number of deaths in a given area or period, or from a particular cause
Women’s Suffrage
1848 Seneca Falls, New York 1868 advocates divide
◦ The National Women Suffrage association ◦ The American Women Suffrage
Association 1890 they merged WW I August 26, 1920
Suffrage- The right to vote in political elections
Laws for Women’s Rights
Year The law that was made
1947 Women are qualified with men to serve on juries but may serve as they choose
1963 Equal Pay for Equal work
1964 Prohibition against employment discrimination
1969 Women that meet physical requirements can work in many jobs that were once Men-only
1969 Divorce with mutual consent
1973 Abortion legal
1974 Illegal to force women to take maternity leave
1978 Bans employment discrimination on pregnant women
Laws for Women’s Rights
Video- Women’s Suffrage Video- Women’s Suffrage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeOHPfsCtFo
Susan Brownell Anthony
Feb. 15, 1820
Cause of the Women's Suffrage Movement
1920 (14 years after death)
National Women's Suffrage Association
Elizabeth Candy Stanton
Amelia Earhart Born July 24, 1897 Her first ride Bought her own June 1928 What does she have to
do
with women’s rights Two flights around the
world First Second
Where did she crash Did they ever find the
plane…or her
Women rights defenders! Mexico-
Colombia-
China-
Iran-
How Women Were treated before they were equal with men.
Married women There husbands
could do… Work Taxes Suffrage Laws Education Church Affairs Self-confidence and
Self-respect
They Were Considered…ChildrenStupidWorthlessTemptation and evilWeak
Time line
1850- 1869- 1890- 1893- 1896-
1903- 1916- 1919- 1920-
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5384993n
JOBS !!! 1765- women’s work 1824- first strike! 1831- 1,600 strike for
higher pay 1872- law passes for equal pay 1881- largest, effective strike in in the
history of south. 1916- first women elected 1935- National Counsel of Negro Women
JOBS CON.
1963- its now illegal to pay a women less than a man
1966- National Organization for Women 1970- It’s illegal to change title so they can
pay women less 1990- women can serve the army. 1992- first African- American women senate
Connection to theme
This topic, Women’s Rights, connects to our theme, Human Rights, because women are Human, and women deserve rights. Just as men have rights so should they!
IS IT RELEVANT ?
Still fight for them
Other countries
Still have rights
SCIENCE BEHIND (CONSEQUENCES)
60s and 50s divorce rate increased
1963 equal pay act, promised equitable pay
1964 Lawsuits, sexual harassment, sexual discrimination
Labor available for both men and women
Q. When was women’s suffrage?
A. Well it began in 1837 when Susan B. Anthony asked for equal pay. and women actually got the right to vote in 1920.
Q. Are women’s rights equal throughout the world?
A.No there not. In different part of the world women are treated differently
Q. What did women do to get the right to vote?
A. They did a lot. They organized associations, went on strike, protested in front of white house, ECT.
Q. When did women serve in the military?
A. They served in the military in 1990 and their first war was at the gulf, and that was when they could fight, not just be the nurses.
Q. What types of jobs did they have before they where equal?
Lower paying jobs, intellectually dumber jobs, And because of their low pay the living conditions of a single women were poor.
Bibliography http://www.amnestyusa.org/violence-against-women/stop-violence-
against-women-svaw/women-human-rights-defenders/page.do?id=1108333
http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/anth-sus.htm
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenstimeline1.html
http://www.nysut.org/newyorkteacher_12304.htm
http://www.helium.com/items/1166792-womens-rights-movement-1964-job-discrimination-rooney-rule-affirmative-action
BIBLIOGRAPHY http://www.acepilots.com/earhart.html
http://www.amnestyusa.org/violence-against-women/stop-violence-against-women-svaw/women-human-rights-defenders/page.do?id=1108333
http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/anth-sus.htm
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenstimeline1.html
http://www.nysut.org/newyorkteacher_12304.htm
BOOKS
Sister hood is globle by robin morgan
Woman rights, human rights by julie peters Women’s sufferage and womens rights by
carol debus
Women's rights by wendy moss
Women's suffrage by hellen blackburn