Give us a chance to show you that those so-called protective laws to aid women – however well intentioned originally – have become in fact restraints, which keep wife, abandoned wife, and widow alike from supporting her family.
About Martha Griffiths
Martha Wright Griffithswas an American lawyer and judge before being elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1954. Griffiths was the first woman to serve on the House Committee on Ways and Means and the first woman elected to the United States Congress from Michigan as a member of the Democratic Party.
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Before I leave this Earth, I would like to know they have given women the same benefits and promotions as men.
American politician (1912-2003)
Give us a chance to show you that those so-called protective laws to aid women – however well intentioned originally – have become in fact restraints, which keep wife, abandoned wife, and widow alike from supporting her family.
American politician (1912-2003)
All I want to be is human and American and have all the same rights and I will shut up.
American politician (1912-2003)