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    to make everything equal for all men and women - no matter their skin color, race,…

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    necessarily through the eyes of men and women of the early 1970s. Despite the beginning of the women’s rights movement, the early 1970s was an extremely sexist time period compared to 2016. However, the 1970s, compared to previous decades, showed the beginning of women standing up for themselves and society changing for the better, slowly but surely. It is important to understand the context of women’s rights in the early 1970s to understand how the women are portrayed in Goldman’s book.…

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    Second Bill Of Rights

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    Second Bill of Rights. A decade before the enactment of a general civil law, Roosevelt insisted on an antidiscrimination principle. (Page13) Then he had listed the eight most important relevant rights. Number one was the right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nations. At that time of period African Americans were discriminated as well as the women when it came to jobs. This right indicated them the right to work. Number two was the right to…

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    The American Equal Rights Association is an organization, which strived for the equal rights of every citizen in the United States including women and people of colors. It was established in 1866 and based on the Eleventh National Women's Rights Convention. In 1867, on the first annual meeting of the American Equal Rights Association, they mainly debated that all women should be given the same rights as men were entitled and the black men and women should be given equal rights at the same time.…

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    believed this amendment would ensure women’s full equality in the eyes of the law” (Women’s Rights Movement by Jennifer Joline Anderson, page 75-76). Although Alice Paul hoped that the ERA would cut out all sexism, the amendment has received much criticism from civilians, business owners, and world leaders. Over 100 newspapers, websites, and articles are devoted to showing the bad effects of the ERA. This goes to show how much sexism is needed to be cut from society, as protesting a right made…

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    Before the 1960s women rights was a very sensitive topic. Women had no rights so there basically was no discussion. Women were expected to remain submissive and do only what they were told. The 1960s is when a union of women were formed and decided to take action to have equal rights not only for whites and blacks but for women as well. Shirley Chisholm was one of these women. In her “Equal Rights for Women” speech, she decided to speak out about acquiring equality for women by establishing an…

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    for Women was founded on June 30, 1966, in Washington D.C., by people attending the Third National Conference of the Commission on the Status of Women. National Organization for Women is trying to teach people (mostly women) how to fight for their rights and how to be better people by knowing how important their role is to the society. The purpose NOW was created was because people wanted to end sex discrimination. The demographic that typically supports National Organization for Women is by…

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    20th Century Women

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    Life has never been easy for women, but during the 20th Century, it was especially hard. The 20th Century was a time of change for women. Women were slowly gaining rights and discovering their own place in society. They were no longer sitting at home waiting for orders, but protesting and becoming activists for their own rights. Many of them had mixed emotions about their status in society while others knew exactly where they belonged. The 20th Century was a time of exploration and discovery for…

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    will never be able to achieve as high as their male peers. For thousands of years, women have had to suffer through the pains of inequality. On August 26, 1920 the 19th Amendment was passed and women were given the right to vote (“The Fight for Women’s Suffrage”). However, nearly 100 years later women are still fighting to be equal to men. America is one of the only developed countries to not…

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    independent and breadwinners of this generation than back in the middle ages. Women are also more freely to choose what they want to do with their life and who they want to have in their life. As stated on Medieval Gender, in the Middle Ages, women rights were not the same as men. Medieval Gender states: “The role of a wife was very important and women were expected to tend to their husband’s needs at all times; the man, in turn, usually went out to work in order to earn the money needed to…

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