Womens Rights

WOMEN 'S RIGHT DURING 1960s AND 1970s

Americans remember the remarkable decade between 1960s and 1970s as the time of women 's liberation movement . During this period , women showed great interest and pursuance in attaining equal rights in the society Indeed , women have proven that they are important addition to the country 's workforce and they impart important contributions to the society

Women first met with the abolitionist movement who fight to abolish slavery in the country . Women learned to make arguments that women should be given equal rights as to

those of white male citizens . The rights that women pushed in their fight for parity include suffrage property rights , college and university admission and the right to equal pay for equal work

Women , together with the ethnic minorities , pursued their requests to change in 1960s during the civil rights movement . Crusaders of women 's right first succeeded in the field of education . The group was able to produce the first female medical doctor , Elizabeth Blackwell , who graduated from the Medical College of Geneva in 1849 . Twenty years after , Ada H . Kepley is the first woman to graduate in the law school At the end of the Civil War , many women colleges were established across the country which allowed more opportunities for women aside from the teaching profession and motherhood

The right to own and inherit property rights was also a landmark of the women 's movement . By the year 1900 , married women were given the partial control over their...