Women's Rights: Social Studies Dictionary - Women's Rights

Definition and meaning of Women's Rights

Women's Rights

Women's rights are economic, social, legal, and political rights for women equal to those granted men. Beginning in the 1840s many women sought equal representation through suffrage (the right to vote). The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protected this right. The amendment was first presented to Congress in 1878 and ratified in 1920. Women remained subject to discrimination and in 1923 women's rights leaders submitted the Equal Rights Amendment to Congress. The ERA strove to prevent unfair treatment on the basis of gender. In the early 1970s, activists renewed efforts to pass the ERA in an attempt to strengthen protection for women as workers and as property holders. Three-fourths of the state legislatures never approved the amendment. When the time limit for consideration expired in 1982, 35 states had ratified the ERA, three short of the number required. Regardless, some states adopted more equal measures in their state constitutions to protect property rights, and women gained greater employment opportunities.

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The meaning of Women's Rights is an excerpt from Texas Education Agency - The Social Studies Center at Texas University:

"The Social Studies Center (2000-2003) was the successor to the Social Studies Center for Educator Development, which was funded by the Texas Education Agency from 1997 - 2000. The Texas Education Agency awarded a grant to Educational Service Center Region VI in Huntsville, in collaboration with Texas A&M University in College Station and Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, to create a social studies center for professional development in curriculum and assessment."

See the website here: http://www.tea.state.tx.us

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