jukido Senior Member
Posts : 93 Join date : 2011-08-04
| Subject: Nixon implemented the Philadelphia Plan Sun Aug 21, 2011 10:43 am | |
| Nixon implemented the Philadelphia Plan, the first significant federal affirmative action program in 1970.[125] Nixon also endorsed the Equal Rights Amendment after it passed both houses of Congress in 1972 and went to the states for ratification as a Constitutional amendment.[126] Nixon had campaigned as an ERA supporter in 1968, though feminists criticized him for doing little to help the ERA or their cause after his election, which led to a much stronger women's rights agenda. Nixon increased the number of female appointees to administration positions.[127] Nixon signed the landmark laws Title IX in 1972, prohibiting gender discrimination in all federally funded schools and the Equal Employment Opportunity Act. In 1970 Nixon had vetoed the Comprehensive Child Development Act, denouncing the universal child-care bill, but signed into law Title X, which was a step forward for family planning and contraceptives. It was during the Nixon Pre NeedakGeschirr mieten | |
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