That hereafter in this state every avenue of employment shall be open to women; and any business, vocation, profession and calling followed and pursued by men may be followed and pursued by women, and no person shall be disqualified from engaging in or pursuing any business, vocation, profession, calling or employment or excluded from any premises or place of work or employment on account of sex.
RCW 49.12.200
Women may pursue any calling open to men.
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Thibodeau v. Design Group One Architects, LLC (2002)
Most recently applied in Cudney v. ALSCO, INC. (September 2011)
1963 c 229 s 1; 1890 p 519 s 1; RRS s 7620.
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Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.