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Lavinia Dock: Adams County Suffragette

, 1997
In the aftermath of the anniversary celebrations held to commemorate women\u27s right to vote, it is fitting to remember an Adams county resident who figured prominently in the most militant phase of the suffrage campaign-Lavinia Lloyd Dock. Lavinia Dock
Schwartz, Mary Lou
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Empowered Women Empower Women

, 2020
Good afternoon and thank you for your determination to hold this important event today regardless of the weather. When Jenny said that we would go forward rain, sleet, or snow, I did not anticipate that we would have all three in the same day! Maybe your
Douds, Anne S.
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[Review of] Robert L. Allen. Reluctant Reformers: Racism and Social Reform Movements in the United Stales [PDF]

, 1984
Allen, editor of The Black Scholar and chair of the Mills College Ethnic Studies Department, reviews in this volume the ideological impact of racism on six distinct social reform movements in United States history.
Abbott, Linda M. C.
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London’s Suffragettes, Votes for Women, and Fashion [PDF]

Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies, 2018
Suffragettes’ militant campaigns for voting rights are commonly dissociated from fashion, yet, in fact clothing and accessories were widely used by Emmeline Pankhurst and her fellow activists to gain visibility and increase public support for the ...
Katarzyna Kociołek
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Women's Enfranchisement and Children's Education: The Long-Run Impact of the U.S. Suffrage Movement

, 2016
While a growing literature has shown that empowering women leads to increased short-term investments in children, little is known about its long-term effects.
Kose, Esra, Kuka, Elira, Shenhav, Na'ama
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Women in Elected Office: Challenges & Opportunities in Erie County [PDF]

, 2018
This report offers a snapshot of the political landscape in Erie County with a focus on women in elected office. Women comprise 52% of Erie County\u27s total population , 49.5% of its labor force, and 53% of the county\u27s registered voters.
Erie County Commission on the Status of Women
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Editorial: Citizenship and democratization: perspectives from different gender-theoretical approaches. [PDF]

Front Sociol, 2023
Günther J, Hinterhuber EM.
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What (Counter) Monuments for Feminism? The Debates over Monumental Commemoration and the Search for New Feminist Memory Frameworks

Histories
At the intersection of memory and feminist studies, this article examines the issue of suffrage and feminist monumental commemoration in the United States.
Claire Sorin
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THE IMPLICATIONS AND LEGACIES OF CHIAPAS’ 1925 WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE DECREE

Revista Pueblos y Fronteras Digital, 2007
En 1925, Chiapas otorgó el derecho a voto a las mujeres del estado, así como los derechos de ciudadanas, declarándolas jurídicamente iguales a los hombres; esto se dio veintiocho años antes que cuando la federación lo dispuso para el ámbito nacional ...
Sarah Osten
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Public Histories of Australian and British Women's Suffrage: Some Comparative Issues

Public History Review, 2007
In this article I consider the ways in which activists in the British suffrage movement became the public historians of their own pasts. I analyse the different forms in which the history of suffrage feminism was created and the ways in which it both ...
Hilda Kean
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