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Women & the North
Carolina Constitution
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14th and19th Amendments•14th – Passedpostcivilwar
•DueProcessofLaw•EqualProtectionofLaw
•19th – Passedpostwomen’ssuffragemovement.Allowedwomentovote.
•Priortolaw,NCwomendidnothavetherighttovote.
NoSuffrageFullSuffragePresidentialSuffrage
HarrietJacobswasanAfricanAmericanwomanwhoescapedslaverytowriteanautobiographyaboutherexperienceasaslave.HerworkinfluencedotherstoendthepracticeofslaveryintheUnitedStates.
TheNorthCarolinaConstitution• ArticleI,Section1
– Life,liberty,happiness• ArticleI,Section19
– Equalprotection• ArticleI,Section26
– JuryDutyandWomen• ArticleX,Section4
– Women’sPropertyRights• However,manyoftheitemstookawhiletobe
provided:– ArticleIX,Sec.9– Providehighereducationforfreeorcheaplyas
possible.• Womendidn’treceivehighereducationuntil1877.
– Fundsforblackandwhiteteacherstobetrained– In1887,appropriatedforNativeAmericans
CorneliaPhillipsSpencerwasthefirstwomaninUNChistorytoreceiveanhonorarydegree.ShapedthedirectionofUNC,advisingmenonthedirection.Thefirstfemalegraduatewasin1898.
SomeAreastoAddress
• ArticleII,Sec.6• ArticleII,Sec.5• ArticleIII,Sec.2(2)• Whatdotheyhaveincommon?
• Whatisthemeaningof“men?”
FamousMomentsinNCHistory
1774– EdentonTeaParty• 51womenprotestingtheTeaActpassedbyGreatBritain.
• NottakenseriouslyinBritainbecauseitwas“organizedbywomen.”
1878– TabithaHolton•TabithaHoltonbecamethefirstfemalelawyerin1878.
•AnnieAlexanderbecamethefirstfemalephysicianin1887.
•SallieStockardbecamethefirstfemaletograduatefromUNCin1898.
1919– KirkpatrickV.Crutchfield
• InterestingcasethatdefinesthepropertyrightsofmarriedwomeninNorthCarolina.
• Cameoneyearbeforewomen’ssuffrage.
• Whywouldpropertyrightsbedeniedtowomen?
• Whywouldwomennotbeallowedtosue?
1920– FirstFemaleRep/Suffrage
• LillianExumClementbecamethefirstNCRepresentative.
• TheLeagueofWomenVotersdistributedpamphletstogetwomentovote
SusieSharp•1949– GovernorKerrScottAppointsSharptobethefirstfemalesuperiorcourtjudgeinNC.
•1962– BecomesthefirstfemaleAssociateJusticeoftheNCSupremeCourt.
•1974– BecomesthefirstfemaleChiefJusticeoftheNorthCarolinaSupremeCourt.
SomeOtherRecentFirsts• 2000– BevPerduebecomesthefirstfemaleLt.GovernorofNC
• 2002– ElizabethDolebecomesNC’sfirstfemaleUSSenator
• 2008– BevPerduebecomesthefirstfemaleGovernorofNC
• 2008– KayHagandefeatsDoletobecomeaUSSenator
