Argumentative Essay: America's Gift To My Generation

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“America’s Gift to My Generation”

America has given my generation many things, but the best gift has to be Women’s Rights and freedom of speech. Women’s Rights give over 160,000,000 women equal privileges to men, and give everyone in the U.S.A. the freedom to share their opinions. While you read this paper you will find out what possibly could be two of the biggest gifts from America.
How many women receive these rights in the U.S.? As of October 20th, 2017, at 9:40AM there are 165,766,992 females in America who receive many rights while growing up. We are allowed to vote, work for equal pay, and own our own land while in some countries women can’t even have a voice in their government. Even though some people don’t recognize that they have

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