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The women's rights movement / Don Nardo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nardo, Don, 1947- author.
- Series:
- The push for social change
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women's rights--United States--History--Juvenile literature.
- Women's rights.
- Feminism--History--Juvenile literature.
- Feminism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (80 pages) : illustrations (some color).
- Place of Publication:
- ReferencePoint Press
- San Diego, California : ReferencePoint Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- Beginning in the nineteenth century, women in the United States and some other Western countries began to demand equal rights with men. Through public demonstrations, complaints to newspapers and congressmen, and other means, women eventually gained the right to vote and hold public office. This book examines how and why social change occurs and the lasting influence of the womens movement.
- Contents:
- Centuries of second-class citizenship
- Women learn to fight for themselves
- Battles for recognition and jobs
- Striving for true equality
- The struggle for equality goes on
- .
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781682824269
- 1682824268
- OCLC:
- 1043778230
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