Partie 2: timelines of US laws that have advanced gender equality
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Atualizado: 30 mar 2022
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National Woman’s Party proposes a Constitutional amendmentRadice v. New York, a New York state case, upholds a law that forbade waitresses from working the night shift but made an exception for entertainers and ladies’ room attendants.American Indian suffrage granted by act of Congress.The National Recovery Act forbids more than one family member from holding a government job, resulting in many women losing their jobs.The U.S. The Supreme Court upholds Washington state’s minimum wage laws for womenThe Fair Labor Standards Act establishes minimum wage without regard to sex.the U.S. The Supreme Court says women are equally qualified with men to serve on juries but are granted an exemption and may serve or not as women choose.The U.S. The Supreme Court upholds rules adopted by the state of Florida that made it far less likely for women than men to be called for jury service on the grounds that a “woman is still regarded as the center of home and family life.”The Equal Pay Act is passed by Congress, promising equitable wages for the same work, regardless of the race, color, religion, national origin or sex of the worker.Title VII of the Civil Rights Act passes including a prohibition against employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex.A major triumph in the fight against restrictive labor laws and company regulations on the hours and conditions of women’s work, opening many previously male-only jobs to women.Executive Order 11246 prohibits sex discrimination by government contractors and requires affirmative action plans for hiring women.the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that women meeting the physical requirements can work in many jobs that had been for men only.The U.S. The Supreme Court outlaws the practice of private employers refusing to hire women with preschool children.the Education Amendments prohibits sex discrimination in all aspects of education programs that receive federal support and the Supreme Court rules that the right to privacy encompasses an unmarried person’s right to use contraceptives.The U.S. Supreme Court bans sex-segregated “help wanted” advertising as a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended and declares that the Constitution protects women’s right to terminate an early pregnancy, thus making abortion legal in the U.S.Housing discrimination on the basis of sex and credit discrimination against women are outlawed by Congress and determines it is illegal to force pregnant women to take maternity leave on the assumption they are incapable of working in their physical condition.Taylor v. Louisiana, 419 U.S. 522 (1975), denies states the right to exclude women from juries.
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