Bullet Point chart of the impact of federal government on women throughout the period , sorted into President, Congress and Supreme Court. Got an A in A-Level history.
Women’s Civil Rights – President, Congress and Supreme Court
Positive Negative
Presidents - Johnson’s Executive Order - 1/3 of Clinton’s
11375 1967 ECONOMIC appointments were female
Most Improvement in – - 1/3 of Clinton’s 1992 POLITICAL
ECONOMIC / POLITICAL appointments were female - Kennedy’s President’s
1992 POLITICAL Commission on the Status of
Least Improvement in - SOCIAL Women report 1963 SOCIAL
- Nixon vetoes Child
Development Act 1972 SOCIAL
- Bush vetoes bill providing
unpaid parental leave 1990
SOCIAL
Congress - 19th Amendment 1920 - Homestead Act 1862 SOCIAL
POLITICAL - Shepherd-Towner Act 1921
Most Improvement in – - Equal Pay Act 1963 (enforced SOCIAL
ECONOMIC by Equal Employment - Lanham Act 1943 ECONOMIC
Opportunities Commission - Servicemen’s Readjustment
Least Improvement in – 1964) ECONOMIC Act 1944 SOCIAL
SOCIAL / POLITICAL - Women’s Educational Equity
Act 1974 SOCIAL
- Civil Rights Act 1964
ECONOMIC
- Homestead Act 1862 SOCIAL
- Shepherd-Towner Act 1921
SOCIAL
- Lanham Act 1943 ECONOMIC
- Fair Labour Standards Act
1938 ECONOMIC
- Equal Credit Opportunity Act
1974 ECONOMIC
Supreme Court - Roe vs Wade 1973 - overthrew legislation
(supported by Webster vs reducing working hours for
Most Improvement in – Reproductive Health Services women 1922 ECONOMIC
SOCIAL 1989 and Planned Parenthood
of Pennsylvania vs Casey 1992)
Least Improvement in – SOCIAL
ECONOMIC / POLITICAL - Griswold vs Connecticut 1965
(supported by Eisenstadt vs
Baird 1972) SOCIAL
- Schultz vs Wheaton Glass
Company 1970 ECONOMIC
- Weeks vs Southern Bell 1965
ECONOMIC
- Eaton vs Iowa City 1979
SOCIAL
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