WMS 50 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Coverture, National American Woman Suffrage Association
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Women rights in the united states ch4 keynote. Result of the debates over the 14th and 15th amendments: voting moved to the top of advocates" lists of women"s rights, the demand for suffrage acquired new forces. The creation of national women"s clubs and organizations in the 1870s, 1880s, and. 1890s was one result of improved educational opportunities. New legal limitations fell with special weight onto women and men from racial and. Women of all racial and ethnic backgrounds were increasingly present and visible in the work force during the decades after reconstruction. Despite being citizens under the 14th amendment, married women were still subject to the restrictions of coverture. in dispute: their right to pursue work or careers separate from their husbands remained. But other women did not have their right to marry partners of their choosing at all. In the south, the establishment of white supremacist governments in the aftermath of reconstruction.
