In the colonies, men and women who owned land had the right to vote.

Women could not vote in the colonies or own property.

Explanation:

It wasn't until the 19th Amendment that women had the right to vote, and also a woman couldn't technically own land, she could however stop her husband from doing something to the land she didn't agree with.

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