Thread by @CareIsEssential

Women have been fighting for equal rights since before 1834. ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏿 Here’s how we went from textile unions to the first woman & Afro-Indian US Vice President. #WomensHistoryMonth

The Founding Fathers’ principles of “life, liberty, and property” didn’t apply to any women until 1900 when married women were finally able to access property and wages.

White women won the right to vote 122 years ago. Black women finally won the right to vote in 1965 – only 57 years ago.

The introduction of the Equal Rights Amendment showed a public interest in granting women the same legal rights and freedoms as men.

While men were sent to war, women stepped up to not just provide care at home but fill the jobs that kept the country moving.

The Equal Pay Act intended to secure equal wages regardless of gender. Unfortunately, there is still a fight to close the pay gap across gender and race.

The Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. All women were now legally protected from discrimination.

“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” Rep. Shirley Chisholm did exactly that in her glass ceiling-shattering run for Congress and later President of the United States.

48 years ago the Equal Credit Opportunity Act finally gave women a new kind of financial independence.

Survivors of domestic violence had little to no recourse against their attackers until 1994. The Violence Against Women Act improved criminal, legal and community-based responses for survivors of sexual and domestic assault.

In 2022, the Virginia Attorney General withdrew support of the Equal Rights Act. Because of this, the ERA no longer is eligible for constitutional ratification.

From Attorney General of California to Senator to Vice President, Kamala Harris has paved the way for women of color to be represented at all levels of government.