Tag: women's rights

The court decided that the contraception mandate in the Affordable Care Act could not require closely held corporations to provide health coverage that includes contraceptives. Beyond setting a horrible precedent with this case, the ruling is another horrifying blow to both women’s rights and workers’ rights.

June 4, 1919 is the day congress put forth the 19th Amendment, women's right to vote. It took 70 years from the historical First Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, for women to get the right to suffrage.