Personal Narrative: The Women's Rights Movement

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If I was a time traveler I would go back to the 1960’s here in the United States, when the women’s right movement started up again and big changes were happening at that time. I want to see and be part of the movement, going out and fighting for what I believe in. I believe in human rights and I believe in feminist and what they fight for. We want change in this era, I want to change, and being able to go back and see what all these women were doing would be an amazing experience. I would love to listen to what women would have to say about fighting for rights and caring about future generations to come. Which is where I am now, in the present where we are working and struggling to have our voices heard, to have someone take note and listen

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