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    History of women’s rights See also: Legal rights of women in history and Timeline of women’s rights (other than voting) China The status of women in China was low‚ largely due to the custom of foot binding. About 45% of Chinese women had bound feet in the 19th century. For the upper classes‚ it was almost 100%. In 1912‚ the Chinese government ordered the cessation of foot-binding. Foot-binding involved alteration of the bone structure so that the feet were only about 4 inches long. The bound feet

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    that if she had lived a little over 150 years ago‚ her future dreams would be quite different. Women living a life of religious freedom‚ having a voice in government‚ and attending schools is normal in our everyday lives as we reach the new millennium . However‚ women did not always have an equal say or chance in life. In our American History‚ women have demonstrated and worked for reform of women’s rights. Through seven generations‚ it took many meetings‚ petition drives‚ lobbying‚ public speaking

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    explain how Americas changed physically‚ socially‚ and politically since 1787. In paragraph two I will talk about how Americas changed physically. In paragraph three I will talk about how Americas changed socially. In paragraph four I will talk about how Americas changed politically. Than in paragraph five I will go over all of the important things that I have covered in the previous paragraphs. So let’s get started in 1787 as a small but confident country. Our country‚ America‚ has changed physically

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    and women have equal rights? Koffi Annan once said‚ “Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty‚ promoting sustainable development and building good governance.” Men and women should have equal rights because we are both needed to ensure survival of the human race‚ there is no science that proves one gender is more superior to the other‚ and there are no laws that state men and women should not be equal. Men and women should

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    history‚ Anonymous was a woman” (Virginia Woolf). Women‚ as history knows it had been unrecognized by the society in which they dwell in for many years. They had no say in the affairs surrounding them and were subordinate to males. In a sense‚ they were “owned” by their fathers and husbands. As time passed and the country developed‚ women gradually gained rights otherwise not permitted to them before. But the battle to get this far was not easy. Women such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony

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    Women’s Rights Women had it difficult in the mid-1800s to early 1900s. There was a difference in the treatment of men and women then. Married women were legally dead in the eyes of the law. Women were not even allowed to vote until August 1920. They were not allowed to enter professions such as medicine or law. There were no chances of women getting an education then because no college or university would accept a female with only a few exceptions. Women were not allowed to participate in the affairs

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    Women’s Rights Women’s rights have been slowly progressing throughout the history of our country. They have been stuck at home keeping the house clean‚ taking care of the kids‚ making dinner‚ and completing other tasks around the household. Two articles will be overviewed to help show the progression and the difficulties of women trying to gain more rights and to break out of their current social status. The article “Women’s Rights as Human Rights: Toward a Re-Vision of Human Rights” by Charlotte

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    child yes I have the right to vote now but many women still do not. Many women are still denied the vote regardless of their efforts during the war‚ we are still unequal to men. Child only women over thirty who either own a house or is the wife of a householder or a university graduate have been given the right to vote under the Representation of the People’s Act 1918. Women had been left out of The Reform Acts of 1832‚ 1867 and 1884‚ even when women in other countries were receiving the right to vote

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    What Are Women Rights? Women’s rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls of many societies worldwide. In some places these rights are institutionalized or supported by law‚ local custom‚ and behavior‚ whereas in others they may be ignored or suppressed. They differ from broader notions of human rights through claims of an inherent historical and traditional bias against the exercise of rights by women and girls in favour of men and boys. Issues commonly associated with

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    How have computers changed our world? Today in this modern world‚ computers have made a mark able position in almost everyone’s life. From students to business men‚ everyone owns a computer. Without a computer‚ life seems quite impossible. It is the most versatile machine ever been made. Anyone can use a computer according to his or her own desire. For example‚ a small kid may use a computer to play games or a student may use it as a medium to extract information from the internet‚ etc. The importance

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