the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in proportion.” It is the first time “citizens” and “voters” are defined as “male” in the Constitution.ġ869 The first woman suffrage law in the U.S. is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State.
Celia, a Slave, a Black woman is declared to be property without a right to defend herself against a master’s act of rapeġ866 The 14th Amendment is passed by Congress (ratified by the states in 1868), saying “Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective members, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed.But when the right to vote. The terms “persons,” “people” and “electors” are used, allowing the interpretation of those beings to include men and women.ġ839 The first state (Mississippi) grants women the right to hold property in their own name, with their husbands’ permission.ġ848 At Seneca Falls, New York, 300 women and men sign the Declaration of Sentiments, a plea for the end of discrimination against women in all spheres of society.ġ855 In Missouri v. It said, “By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in the law? The very being and legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated into that of her husband under whose wing and protection she performs everything.”ġ777 All states pass laws which take away women’s right to vote.ġ789 United States Constitution ratified. Timeline of Legal History of Women in the United Statesġ701 The first sexually integrated jury hears cases in Albany, New York.ġ769 American colonies based their laws on the English common law, which was summarized in the Blackstone Commentaries.
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