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Map of women’s rights in May 1970

Equal pay required by law or ratified treaty · second-wave feminism

Women’s rights in May 1970: Equal pay required by law or ratified treaty. Since November 1961, 88 territories changed status on this map: including Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas and 85 more.

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Map of women’s rights in May 1970 (second-wave feminism): Equal pay required by law or ratified treaty. Colours show Right won in law, Partial or unequal; treaty signed only; transition.
MAY 1970 · PROTEST AND CHANGE: SECOND-WAVE FEMINISM AND TUNISIA, 1945–2015

What changes on the map

AlaskaPartial or unequal; treaty signed only; transition → Right won in law
AlabamaRefused: women excluded; ERA never ratified → Right won in law
ArkansasPartial or unequal; treaty signed only; transition → Right won in law
FloridaPartial or unequal; treaty signed only; transition → Right won in law
GeorgiaPartial or unequal; treaty signed only; transition → Right won in law
IdahoPartial or unequal; treaty signed only; transition → Right won in law
KansasPartial or unequal; treaty signed only; transition → Right won in law
LouisianaPartial or unequal; treaty signed only; transition → Right won in law
MinnesotaPartial or unequal; treaty signed only; transition → Right won in law
MissouriPartial or unequal; treaty signed only; transition → Right won in law
MississippiRefused: women excluded; ERA never ratified → Right won in law
North DakotaPartial or unequal; treaty signed only; transition → Right won in law
New HampshirePartial or unequal; treaty signed only; transition → Right won in law
NevadaPartial or unequal; treaty signed only; transition → Right won in law
New YorkPartial or unequal; treaty signed only; transition → Right won in law
Rhode IslandPartial or unequal; treaty signed only; transition → Right won in law
South CarolinaRefused: women excluded; ERA never ratified → Right won in law
TennesseePartial or unequal; treaty signed only; transition → Right won in law
VirginiaPartial or unequal; treaty signed only; transition → Right won in law
WashingtonPartial or unequal; treaty signed only; transition → Right won in law
WisconsinPartial or unequal; treaty signed only; transition → Right won in law
United KingdomRight won in law → Partial or unequal; treaty signed only; transition
IrelandRight won in law → No reform yet / outside this story
Isle of ManRight won in law → No reform yet / outside this story

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