HIST 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Business And Professional Women'S Foundation, National Organization For Women, Martha Griffiths
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The law, first adopted by the kennedy administration in 1963, was initially intended to prevent discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion and national origin. Women including alice paul and other members of national woman "s. Party, michigan congresswoman martha griffiths, and members of. "s clubs successfully lobbied for the addition of "sex" as a category protected from employment discrimination under title vii of the act. Howard smith, a virginian democrat, offered the "sex" amendment; since he was thought to be opposed to the civil rights act, he may have granted the wish of women in the hopes of killing the whole measure. However, the act passed both the house and the senate, and was signed in july. It took effect on 2 july 1965. Title vii forbids private employers, trade unions and employment agencies from discrimination on grounds of race, colour, ethnicity, national origin or sex, which originally excluded legislation from educational institutions and all levels of government.
