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  • 11women's movement — noun (also with caps) the movement amongst women to try to achieve equality with men, with regard to eg job opportunities, pay, legal status, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑woman …

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  • 12The March of the Women — This article is about the women s suffrage song. For the event in the French Revolution, see The Women s March on Versailles. The March of the Women was the anthem of the English women s suffrage movement.[1] It was composed in 1910 by Ethel… …

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  • 13The Women's Conference — Reinvented by Shriver, The Women’s Conference has reportedly become the largest meeting of women in the country [Maria Shriver s Job, http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la ed women26oct26,0,7619448.story?coll=la opinion leftrail] and a… …

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  • 14black women’s movement —    The black women’s movement emerged during the black and feminist consciousness raising decades of the 1970s, drawing upon Black Power and antiimperialist national liberation and women’s liberation movements. The black women’s movement gained… …

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  • 15Grandmother of the Women’s Movement — Margaret Mead …

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  • 16List of historical sites related to the Illinois labor movement — The following are historic points of labor history in the state of Illinois: Downstate Labor History Sites Beckemeyer Coal Miners MonumentMonument dedicated to Joseph Koch, who along with eight other local miners died in the 1947 Centralia mine… …

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  • 17Court of the women — The court of the women (Hebrew: ezrat hanashim עזרת הנשים) was the outer forecourt of the Temples in Jerusalem into which women were permitted to enter.[1] The court was also known as the middle court, as it stood between the Court of the… …

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  • 18women's movement — This term refers to the mobilization of women around the project of changing and improving their position in society. It is often used interchangeably with ‘Women s Liberation Movement’ to describe the second wave of feminism from the 1970s… …

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  • 19The Women's Social and Political Union — Die Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) war die führende Organisation, die sich für Frauenrechte in Großbritannien einsetzte. Es war die erste Gruppe, deren Mitglieder als Suffragetten bezeichnet wurden. Christabel Pankhurst eines der… …

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  • 20women's movement — /ˈwɪmənz muvmənt/ (say wimuhnz moohvmuhnt) noun the movement which seeks to free women from sexist discrimination and make available to them the opportunity to play any role in society they choose. Also, women s liberation …