*"The new Constitution’s promised rights were fully enjoyed only by certain white males. Women were treated according to social tradition and English common law and were denied most legal rights. In general they could not vote, own property, keep their own wages, or even have custody of their children." [http://www.equalrightsamendment.org/era.htm]
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*"The new Constitution’s promised rights were fully enjoyed only by certain white males. Women were treated according to social tradition and English common law and were denied most legal rights. In general they could not vote, own property, keep their own wages, or even have custody of their children."
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*"... the first Woman’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls ... a two-day meeting of 300 women and men to call for [[justice]] for women in a society where they were systematically barred from the [[rights]] and [[privilege]]s of citizens." [http://www.equalrightsamendment.org/era.htm]