{"id":10109,"date":"2019-06-06T23:25:58","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T23:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.security.org\/?page_id=10109"},"modified":"2025-09-10T09:07:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T17:07:12","slug":"best-worst-states-womens-rights","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/www.security.org\/resources\/best-worst-states-womens-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Best &#038; Worst States for Women\u2019s Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2020 marks the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.2020centennial.org\/\">100th anniversary<\/a> of the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guaranteed women the right to vote. While women had been permitted to vote in some states and cities, there were no protections on the national level until the 19th Amendment became part of the Constitution on Aug. 26, 1920.<\/p>\n<p>The passage and ratification of the amendment is seen as a pivotal turning point in the women\u2019s rights movement, and while much progress certainly has been made over the past century, women, especially women of color, still face workplace discrimination, make less money on average and are subject to medical restrictions and scrutiny that men are not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21298,"template":"views\/lp\/lp-2021.blade.php","class_list":["post-10109","resources","type-resources","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Best &amp; Worst States for Women\u2019s Rights | Security.org<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"D.C. ranks highest for women&#039;s rights in the U.S., with Louisiana at the bottom. 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