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Women were 15% of the total work force (1.8 million out of 12.5). They made up one-third of factory "operatives", but teaching and the occupations of dressmaking, millinery, and tailoring played a larger role. Two-thirds of teachers were women.
Michigan: Married women are given the right to own and manage property in their own name during the incapacity of their spouse. [4] 1848. New York: Married Women's Property Act grants married women separate economy. [12] Pennsylvania: Married women are granted separate economy.
In the Mosaic law, for monetary matters, women's and men's rights were almost exactly equal. A woman was entitled to her own private property, including land, livestock, slaves, and servants. A woman had the right to inherit whatever anyone bequeathed to her as a death gift, and inherited [2] equally with brothers and in the absence of sons ...
The history of women in the United States encompasses the lived experiences and contributions of women throughout American history . The earliest women living in what is now the United States were Native Americans. During the 19th century, women were primarily restricted to domestic roles in keeping with Protestant values.
Spain: Law 31/1972 changed the law in respect to articles 320 and 321. It reduced the age of majority to 21 in all cases for women, and allowed women to act as an adult in civil life. This meant both men and women reached majority when they were 21. Spain: The law changed in 1972 to give women more freedom from their fathers.
France: Divorce is abolished for women in 1804. France: Equal inheritance rights for women were abolished in 1804. [4] 1810. France: Until 1994, France kept in the French Penal Code the article from 1810 that exonerated a rapist in the event of a marriage to their victim.
By 1943 there were 310,000 women working in the US aircraft industry, which made up 65% of the industry's total workforce. [7] This was a huge increase since the number of women working in the aircraft industry prior to the war was only 1%. [7] During the war, 350,000 women worked for the US Armed Forces. By 1945 the Women’s Army Corps had ...
Catholic women were reluctant to vote in the early 1920s, but they registered in very large numbers for the 1928 election—the first in which Catholicism was a major issue. A few women were elected to office, but none became especially prominent during this time period. Overall, the women's rights movement declined noticeably during the 1920s.