Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by
appropriate legislation.
The District of Columbia was formed in 1802 from bits of Maryland and
Virginia.
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Women's Rights
The equality of the genders is a recent development. Switzerland
granted women the right to vote in national polls only in 1971 - long
after Muslim women in Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and Indonesia, for
instance, were enfranchised. Britain allowed them to cast ballots only
in 1928-9. Women in France were not allowed be sole signatories of
cheques until 1962.
In the USA women were barred from jury duty and public office until
the early 1930s. Women in both the Republican and Democratic parties
were relegated to special "Divisions" until 1952. The Equal Rights
Amendment was proposed in 1923 and passed both houses of Congress only
in 1972. It expired in 1982, three states short of adoption.
The first woman governor - Ella Grasso of Connecticut - was elected in
1974 and the first judge of the Supreme Court - Sandra Day O'Connor -
was appointed in 1981.
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