HIS 2366 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Lochner V. New York, Literacy Test, Hull House
13 Dec 2015
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Lecture #15 notes lauren poor his 2366 (fall 2015) New definition of women"s rights to choose to have children or not. Businesses support because it"s bad business to have to keep replacing female workers when they get pregnant. Men still highly involved because they, in a sense, would need to approve these changes. Wrote and lectured making claims that women should have access. Focused on educating women on the issue. Constantly fighting for free speech (comstock confiscating magazines) Opens birth-control clinic in brooklyn arrested (vice) didn"t stop. Worldwide movement not just u. s. debate/issue. Those trying to change look outside us for model cities (london, paris, etc. ) Reduce power of political bosses reduce impact of business in bed w govt . Progressives believe that we must have the gov"t involved in order to preserve rights and freedoms. Looked to and relied on professors to justify actions and opinions. 17th amendment: expanded democratic rights voting in senators.
