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61Women's Service Guilds — The Women s Service Guilds, initially known as the Women s Service Guilds of Western Australia, was an organizing body of the feminist movement in Australia. Founded in 1909, they integrated the campaigns for improved status and welfare of women… …
62women in sport — Historically, women have struggled to be allowed to compete, attract television and sponsor interest, and bring their sporting excellence to public attention. But in the 1990s, the picture changed and, crucially, television and sponsors became …
63Women in Hinduism — The role of women in Hinduism is often disputed, and positions range from quite fair to intolerant. Hinduism is based on numerous texts, some of which date back to 2000 BCE or earlier. They are varied in authority, authenticity, content and theme …
64Women's Missionary Union — Woman s Missionary Union is an auxiliary of the Southern Baptist Convention that was founded in 1888. It is the largest Protestant missions organization for women in the world.HistoryOriginsDuring the meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in …
65Women in philosophy — Although women have engaged in philosophy throughout the field s history, philosophy as a profession was long closed to women by law and custom. Even today, philosophy departments are disproportionately male. USDE reportsU.S. Department of… …
66Women in Azerbaijan — Though women in Azerbaijan nominally enjoy the same legal rights as men, gender discrimination is common. Particularly in rural communities, women who appear in public unaccompanied, smoke in public, drive automobiles, or visit certain theaters… …
67Women's Premier League — FA Women s Premier League Verband Football Association Erstaustragung 1991 Mannschaften …
68women, employment patterns — There have been significant increases in the proportion of women who work. Data from the Labour Force Survey indicates that, in 1961, women made up 32.3 percent of the labour force; in 1981 they made up 39.5 percent, and in 1993 they made up… …
69women in business — In the late 1990s, women are still grossly underrepresented in business. In 1997, only 5 percent of directors and 15 percent of managers were women. Although these figures are low, they represent a significant increase on previous years; but… …
70WOMEN'S LEAGUE FOR CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM — Founded in 1918 as the National Women s League of the United Synagogue of America, this new organization responded to the call of solomon schechter to harness women s energies and talents to promote an American Judaism that was rooted in history… …
