POLS 206 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Native American Rights Fund, National Woman Suffrage Association, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
29 Sep 2017
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Lgbt individuals have suffered discrimination and been denied rights and liberties. Women: women were prevented from voting and owning property and denied political, social, educational, and economic opportunities, historical background, women couldn"t vote in the 1833 philadelphia conventions to form the american. 1961 american women : equal pay act of 1963 mandated equal pay for equal work performed under equal conditions, national organization for women (now) 1966 feminist organization formed by. People with disabilities: smith-sears veterans" rehabilitation act passed in 1918 to help veterans disabled in. Top 10 takeaway points: civil rights are the obligations laced on government to protect the freedom of people. Civil rights are conceptually different from civil liberties. Civil liberties ensure that government doesn"t use its coercive power to arbitrarily limit individuals" freedom to make the choices they please. Opponents argue that it replaces one form of discrimination with another: the most notorious example of government tolerance of inequality is the historical treatment of african americans.
