WOMEN’S HARD LABOR Fighting for their equal rights.

WOMEN’S HARD LABOR

Fighting for their equal rights

A project in tribute to Women’s History Month

March 14-16, 2012Evan Brees, Rm. 7

By

GerardoHattieJorge

Jessica

WOMEN SYNOPSIS

This slideshow will talk and show important events

and people concerning the evolution of women’s

rights.

ABORTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS

Roe V. Wade 410 U.S. 113 (1973) is a landmark decision by the united states supreme court on the issue of

abortion. Decided simultaneously with comparison case Doe V. Bolton the court ruled that a right to privacy

under the due process cause in the fourteenth constitution extends a woman's decision to have a abortion

but that right must be balanced against the states two ligament interest for regulating abortions : protecting

parental life and protecting the women's health saying that these states interest become stronger over the

course of a pregnancy, the court resolved this balancing test by trying to state regulations of abortion to the

women's current trimester of pregnancy. The court later rejected Roes trimester frame work, while affirming

roes central holding that a person has a right to an abortion until viability. The roe decision defined “viable” as

being potentially able to live outside the mothers womb, albeit with artificial aid,” adding that visibility is

usually placed at about seven months (28 weeks) but may occur earlier, even at (24 weeks).” in disallowing

many state and feral restrictions on abortion in the United States, Roe vs. Wade prompted a national debate

that continues today, about issues including whether and to what extent abortion should decide the legality of

abortion, what method the supreme court should be of religious and moral views in the political sphere. Roe v.

Wade reshaped national politics, dividing much of the united states into pro-choice and pro-life camps, while

activating grassroots movements on both sides.

GRISWOLD VS. CONNECTICUT(1965)

One of the important cases in women’s rights history, Griswold

vs. Connecticut dealt with a Connecticut state law banning the

use of contraceptives. This landmark ruling established a right

to privacy within a marriage, even though this was explicitly

guaranteed in the constitution. Married woman were granted

the undeniable right to use contraceptives by the right to

privacy. While this ruling did not address the question of use

contraception outside of marriage, it was a step in the right

direction for woman's rights.

MULLER V. OREGON (1908)

While this Supreme Court case outcome was not exactly successful for

women’s rights, it was a landmark case in the history of gender equality.

Unanimously, the Supreme Court upheld an Oregon state law limiting

women to working no more than ten hours a day (which was not the case

for men). This ruling was negative in that it expressed an opinion of

inequality between men and women. Claiming that the ruling was set in

place to "protect" women, this result only upheld the patriarchal ideal

that women are the lesser sex. However, Muller v. Oregon did ignite some

positive consequences, beginning a widespread public discussion of

women’s rights and gender equality.

IMPORTANT WOMEN LABOR EVENTS

1765-The first society of working women, the Daughters of Liberty, is organized as an auxiliary of the

Sons of Liberty, a workingman's association.

1825-The first union for women only formed: The United Tailoresses of New York.

1872-Congress passes a law giving women federal employee equal pay for equal work.

1912-Teddy Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party became the first major political party to include a woman's

suffrage plank in its official platform.

1917-During WWI women's wartime work in heavy industry and public service jobs expanded

women's roles in society.

1933-Francis Perkins, the first women in a presidential cabinet, served as Secretary of Labor

throughout the Roosevelt administration, 1933-1945.

1966-The National Organization for Women (NOW) is founded by a group of feminists including Betty

Friedan. The largest women's rights group in the U.S. NOW seeks to end sexual discrimination,

especially in the workplace, by means of legislative lobbying, litigation, and public demonstrations.

WOMEN LABOR EVENT PART II

1981-Sandra Day O'Connor was the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme

Court.

1990-Women serve in combat for the first time, during the Gulf War.

2007-Arlene Holt Baker is named executive vice president by the AFL-CIO

Executive Council, becoming the first African-American to be elected to one of

the federation's three highest offices and the highest-ranking African-American

woman in the union movement.

2008-Randi Weingarten, Antonia Cortese and Loretta Johnson are elected to the

top leadership positions in the American Federation of Teachers. It's the first

time three women hold the top posts in AFT, whose membership is more than 70

percent female.

HALLEY BERRY

Halle Berry is an American actress

and former beauty queen. She won

an Academy Award for Best Actress

and was also nominated for a

BAFTA Award in 2001 for her

performance in Monster's Ball,

becoming the first woman of African

American descent to have won the

award. She is one of the most highly

paid actresses in Hollywood and

also a Revlon spokeswoman.I've pretty much learned I can let that [being black] hinder me if I want to ... or I can fight for different kinds of roles.

-Halle Berry

Q: In what year did Halley Berry win a Oscar?

To find out the answer go to Halley Berry/biography.com

OPRAH WINFREY

Media giant Oprah Winfrey was born

in the poor rural town of Kosciusko,

Mississippi on January 29, 1954. In

1976, Winfrey moved to Baltimore,

where she hosted a hit TV chat show,

People Are Talking, after which she

was recruited by a Chicago TV station

to host her own morning show. Later

she went on to pursue her two-and-a-

half decade stint as host of the wildly

popular Oprah Winfrey show.

Q: What secret did Oprah revel in the last episodes of her talk show?Find out at Oprah

Winfrey/biography.com

"The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.“ -Oprah Winfrey

DR. MAE C. JEMISON

Dr. Mae C. Jemison On September 12,

1992, Jemison flew into space with six

other astronauts aboard the Endeavour

on mission STS47. She became the 1st

female African American Astronaut in

the U.S. History. Jemison received

several awards and honorary doctorates.

After leaving the astronaut corps in

March 1993, Jemison accepted a

teaching fellowship at Dartmouth. She

also established the Jemison Group, a

company that seeks to research, develop,

and market advanced technologies.

Q: How old was she when she became

an astronaut?

To find out the answer go to Mae C.

Jemison biography.com

Quote "Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.”

-Mae C. Jemison

MARIE ANTOINETTEMarie Antoinette was 37yrs of age.

When she was 14 in 1769 she was

asked of she would marry king Louis.

1773, she and her husband ran away.

They were caught and had gotten

arrested for treason. 1789, she and her

family were arrested and were held like

pioneers in Versailles, Paris. January

21st, 1793 she was beheaded and her

daughter knew she was up soon. She is

one of the most important women

because of her inner strength.

APHRA BEHN

Aphra Behn (1641-1689), when she

was 23yrs old , she lived in

Suriname for about a year. In 1664,

she married a Dutch man which is

where she got the last name Behn.

Her husband later passed away in

1665 a year after they were married.

In 1670, Aphra made her first play

that was called “ the Farced

Marriage”. 1676 she came out with

a play called “Abdelazer”.

TUBMAN’S JOURNEY

During the Civil War, Harriet was a nurse,

a spy, and a scout, and Thomas Garrett,

her partner for many of the trips, died in

1871. Harriet joined Thomas Garrett in

death in 1913. Her birth year hasn't been

exactly determined, so it isn't known how

old she was when she died. But, it has

been determined she was born between

1816 and 1823. Harriet Tubman was the

"Moses of her people". She deserves that

name because of her epic, heroic

expeditions leading fugitive slaves to the

promised land where they would be safe.

TZU ITSI

Tzu Itsi (1835-1988) she gave birth to

her son in 1856, her husband passed

away soon after that. In 1873, her son

became the emperor. She started out

as no more then Hsian – Feng emperor

concousin. 1898 she decided to

eliminate China's corruption as best as

she could. In 1900, she was forced to

agree to flee and accept the peace

agreement terms. She passed away on

Nov. 13th. The day after her dad passed

away.

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1ST WOMEN TO BE ELECTED INTO

CONGRESS

Jeanette Rankin becomes the first

woman to serve in the U.S. Congress,

when most states don’t grant women

the right to vote. In 1916 she runs for

Congress as a progressive Republican

and wins serving one term, then

unsuccessfully ran for the Senate.

After a twenty year hiatus, working for

anti-war organizations, Rankin

successfully runs again for the House

in 1940. She follows her conscience

and votes against U.S. entry into

World War II, as she had done in the

previous war. She does not run for

reelection, instead choosing to devote

the rest of her life to promoting peace

in the United States and abroad.

THE 1ST WOMEN TO VOTE

July 1848 at Seneca Falls,

woman's rights

convention Charlotte

Woodward, she was

nineteen at the time in

1920 when women really

won the vote throughout

the nation.

ANNE FRANK

On July 6, 1942 Anne and her family went

into hiding during the holocaust in the

“secret Amex “an attic above her fathers

office. August 4, 1944 she and her family

were owned by the Nazi’s. they were

betrayed to the Nazis and all of them were

put in concentration camps. Ann frank is

one girl who influenced us all and she will

not be forgotten. Anne had left behind a

diary in the attic that she received on her

13th birthday. In 1933 her family moved to

Holland without her to flee from the Nazis

who were gaining power in Europe.

QUEEN ISABELLA

Born on April 22, 1451 in Madrigal

de las atlas Torres castile.1498 she

was proclaimed as the kings heiress

by the accord Ortoros de Guisando.

When she was 3yrs old her brother

became king henry. She was the

leader or Christopher Columbus

when he supposedly found the new

world. 1479, she married Aragorn.

She passed away on November 26,

1504 in Medina del campo, Spain.

QUOTES

“If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion and will not

hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.”

-Abigail Adams, U.S. First Lady, 1776

“I am prepared to sacrifice every so-called privilege I possess in order to have a few rights.”

-Inez Milholland, Suffragist 1909

“Modern dance isn't anything except one thing in my mind: the freedom of women in America.”

-Martha Graham, choreographer, 1946

“I do not know the word 'quit.' Either I never did, or I have abolished it.”

-Susan Butcher, Iditarod winner, 1988

“The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.”

-Roseanne Barr

“In politics if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.”

-Margaret Thatcher, British politician

QUOTES

“That there is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave among

his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his.”

-Helen Keller

“Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.”

-Gloria Steinem, feminist

“If women could go into your Congress, I think justice would soon be done to the Indians.”

-Sara Winnemucca, Piute tribe activist, 1883

“There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.”

-Mae West

“How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!”

-Maya Angelou, African American poet

1.)Oyez.com

2.)100 most important women in history

3.)History alive

4.) Wikipedia

5.)Biography.com

6.)Google images

7.)About.com/women history month

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