In 1848 elizabeth cady stanton and lucretia mott organized the seneca falls convention to address the issue of equal rights for women. the convention produced a declaration of sentiments, which laid out a list of injustices done to women by men. given your knowledge of the first wave of the women’s movement, what do you think was first on their list?

do you have a list of sources to choose from?

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts