19th Century

19th Century • Elaborate Pornography Franz von Bayros

The 19th Century-1848 • The first women's rights convention in the United States is held in Seneca Falls, New York. Many participants sign a "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions" that outlines the main issues and goals for the emerging women's movement. Thereafter, women's rights meetings are held on a regular basis. Elizabeth Cady Stanton

In the Origin of the Species, Charles Darwin suggests that humans are animals and like other animals have a natural history. Darwin proposes two processes important in evolution: 1) natural selection, and 2) sexual selection.

19th Century • Some of the first scientific and medical investigations of sex - Freud & Ellis

Some developments in the 20th century United States--- 1920 - 19th Amendment passed Women in the US allowed to vote 1952 - first Presidential election where women vote in equal proportions to men 1960s -“The Pill” available in US

Also in the 1960s 1964 - Civil Rights Act outlaws employment discrimination based upon sex 1965 -In Griswold v. Connecticut Supreme invalidates state laws prohibiting physicians from providing contraception advice -upholds right to privacy

1973 In Roe v. Wade Supreme Court rules that right to privacy includes abortion decision

The 1990s - Women vs. men in employment Women were- •horizontally segregated 98.5% of secretaries 71.8% of non-univ. teachers 84.5% of nurses 1.2% of construction workers 27.2% of physicians ---were women

The 1990s - Women vs. men in employment Women were- •vertically stratified 3-4% of major corporation. directors were women •underpaid women earned 72% of what men earned in the same jobs

Alabama Arizona Arkansas* Florida Georgia Idaho Kansas* Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri* Montana* North Carolina The 1990s - States with Sodomy Laws

Oklahoma Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee* Texas Utah Virginia * Restriction applies to same-gender sex only. The 1990s - States with Sodomy Laws

19th Century

19th Century

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19th Century Progress

19th-Century Nationalism

19th Century Realist Art

19th century British Press

19th-Century Nationalism

19th Century Authors

19th Century American Nativism

19th Century England

19th Century Imperialism: Asia

The 19th century

19th Century Imperialism

19th Century Novels

19th century American poets

The troubled 19th century

SPANISH 19th CENTURY

19th Century Urbanization

19th Century Europe

19TH CENTURY NATIONALISM

19th Century Antiques

19th-Century Nationalism

SPANISH 19th CENTURY