The Winning of the First Bill of Rights for American WomenF. Putnam, 1924 - 92 páginas |
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... offered in Congress this winter , when adopted — and it will finally be adopted — will place all American women upon a plane of complete equality with men in the enjoyment of all of the rights and privileges of citizenship , as now they ...
... offered in Congress this winter , when adopted — and it will finally be adopted — will place all American women upon a plane of complete equality with men in the enjoyment of all of the rights and privileges of citizenship , as now they ...
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... offering sug- gestions . From that hearing all the women , and there were many present in addition to those who spoke , hurried over to the As- sembly Judiciary committee to speak against the bill providing that all citizens shall serve ...
... offering sug- gestions . From that hearing all the women , and there were many present in addition to those who spoke , hurried over to the As- sembly Judiciary committee to speak against the bill providing that all citizens shall serve ...
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... offered amendment No. 1 S - Amend the bill by striking out the comma after the word residence and insert the words " for voting pur- poses " and recommended passage . Rules were suspended and bill read a second time . We were waiting ...
... offered amendment No. 1 S - Amend the bill by striking out the comma after the word residence and insert the words " for voting pur- poses " and recommended passage . Rules were suspended and bill read a second time . We were waiting ...
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... offered by Senator Bird , striking out the words " freedom of contract . " Now Senator Conant was offering an amendment to that , strik- ing out the words " and in all other respects . " Before we could get over our astonishment at ...
... offered by Senator Bird , striking out the words " freedom of contract . " Now Senator Conant was offering an amendment to that , strik- ing out the words " and in all other respects . " Before we could get over our astonishment at ...
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... offered in Congress and in the legislature of each of the forty - eight States in the near future . We wanted Wisconsin to have the honor of being the first State to grant its women these rights , as Wisconsin was the first State to ...
... offered in Congress and in the legislature of each of the forty - eight States in the near future . We wanted Wisconsin to have the honor of being the first State to grant its women these rights , as Wisconsin was the first State to ...
Términos y frases comunes
Ada James administrative officers Amalie Jahn asked assemblymen Bill of Rights chairman Chapter 529 choice of residence clause common law consin construction will deny conveying property Crownhart custody of children Dane County discriminations against women District of Wisconsin enacted endorsed enjoy Equal Rights Law executive and administrative exercise of suffrage favor females the special Follette Frank Putnam freedom of contract given equal right given the right Governor Blaine holding and conveying holding office husband introduced Joseph Jastrow jury service League of Women legislation married women Milwaukee Miss Gena Thompson National Woman's Party officers shall construe promised protection and privileges RAY STEVENS Regular Session Representative Republican rights and privileges Section Senate Judiciary committee Senator Conant Senator Huber special protection surety tion told United States Senate welfare wife Wiscon Wisconsin law Wisconsin legislature Wisconsin women woman women equal rights women jurors Women Voters Women were given Women's Rights bill
Pasajes populares
Página 85 - The limitations which this statute places upon her contractual powers, upon her right to agree with her employer as to the time she shall labor, are not imposed solely for her benefit, but also largely for the benefit of all.
Página 43 - It provides that women shall have the same rights and privileges under the law as men in the exercise of suffrage, freedom of contract, choice of residence for voting purposes, jury service, holding office, holding and conveying property, care and custody of children, and in all other respects.
Página 85 - ... her physical structure and a proper discharge of her maternal functions — having in view not merely her own health, but the well-being of the race — justify legislation to protect her from the greed as well as the passion of man.
Página 66 - ... care and custody of children, and in all other respects. The various courts, executive and administrative officers shall construe the statutes where the masculine gender is used to include the feminine gender unless such construction will deny to females the special protection and privileges which they now enjoy for the general welfare. The courts, executive and administrative officers shall make all necessary rules and provisions to carry out the intent and purposes of this statute.
Página 83 - These are the chief legal effects of marriage during the coverture; upon which we may observe, that even the disabilities which the wife lies under are for the most part intended for her protection and benefit: so great a favourite is the female sex of the laws of England.
Página 69 - ... other respects. The various courts, executive and administrative officers shall construe the statutes where the masculine gender is used to include the feminine gender unless such construction will deny to females the special protection and privileges which they now enjoy for the general welfare. The courts, executive and administrative officers shall make all necessary rules and provisions to carry out the intent and purposes of this statute.
Página 85 - ... either sex is for that reason inferior or superior to the other. By recent legislation in this country, the sexes have been brought to an absolute equality of right and privilege before the law, but that fact does not and should not strike down sex as a basis of classification in the enactment of laws relating to the health, morals, and general well-being of our people. This statute, as are other statutes relieving married women from disabilities incurred by marriage at common law, is remedial...
Página 84 - ... there used; it is the feminine. Rights are thereby conferred not upon men, but upon women. True it is that the. rights conferred are to equal those which men enjoy, but rights are granted to women, not to men. Even if it were held applicable, the disability of a married woman at common law to make a contract was not, as we have seen, a special protection or privilege which she enjoyed for the benefit of the general welfare. Under the common law, the rights of the wife were subordinate to those...
Página 86 - It is not even contended here that the legislation under consideration in any way violates any provision of the Constitution. It is clearly within the legislative field, and it . is the duty of the courts to so construe and apply it as to confer upon women, including married women, all the rights and privileges under the law now enjoyed by men. No doubt some difficulty will be encountered in the application of this statute to the law generally. These difficulties, however, will not be insurmountable....
Página 83 - Manifestly it was not intended that the act should receive a construction that would be subversive of the beneficent purposes for which it was enacted, and which would almost necessarily tend to strike down the protection it was intended married women should have under it in the use and enjoyment of their separate estates." The purpose of these statutes, in general, was to remove the limitations imposed by the common law upon married women, and at the same time leave them with such protection as...