Which of the Following Was an Achievement of the Women's

question 43

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was an achievement of the women's movement of the 1970s?

• A) Women helped pass an amendment prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex.
• B) Women gained access to affirmative action programs in higher education.
• C) Women gained the right to one year of maternity leave for all jobs.
• D) Women secured the federal right to marry other women.

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Definitions:

Roger Williams

A Puritan minister, theologian, and founder of the colony of Rhode Island, he is known for his advocacy for religious freedom and separation of church and state in the early 17th century.

Anne Hutchinson

A Puritan spiritual adviser, mother of 15, and an important participant in the Antinomian Controversy that shook the infant Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1636 to 1638.

Puritans

A religious group from England who sought to purify the Church of England and who established colonies in New England in the early 17th century.

Overseas Empire

A group of territories or nations under the rule of a single sovereign state or monarch, usually spread across continents.