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protectionism and women in law

Protectionism and Women

The Constitution of United States of America provides protection to women through many laws and amendments . For example , the nineteenth amendment states , The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex . Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation ' This amendment was proposed as a response to the women 's suffrage movement on 04 June , 1919 , and was ratified on 18 August , 1920 . This law was used

to overrule the judgement of the case of Minor v . Happersett , 88 U .S . 162 (1874 . In this case , Virginia Minor challenged Reese Happersett for not allowing her to register to vote She called it an infringement of her rights under the Fourteenth Amendment which broadened the definition of `citizenship . Citizenship was previously denied to slaves . Under this amendment all people were equal under law and overrules the Dred Scott v . Sandford (1857 ) law Happersett , who was a Missouri state registrar , had stated that only male citizens were allowed to vote and this decision was upheld by the Supreme Court of Missouri . It said that the terms `citizenship ' and `eligibility to vote ' were not synonymous . This decision was overruled by the Nineteenth Amendment which conferred the right to vote even to female citizens

In the Muller v . Oregon , 208 U .S . 412 (1908 ) case...

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