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Showing 1 to 20 of 77 for “"equal rights"”.
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Virginia and the Equal Rights Amendment
In 1972, the campaign to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) began in the states. Many states quickly ratified the amendment but the ERA stalled fifteen states short of the necessary three-fourths to become part of the United States Constitution. Virginia was one of the states who did not …
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The Feminine Mistake: Burkean Frames in Phyllis Schlafly's Equal Rights Amendment Speeches
… the rhetorical functions of pro- and anti- Equal Rights Amendment messages in relation to communication studies. Although limited in scope, this literature acknowledges the tremendous impact of Phyllis Schlafly's STOP ERA campaign in the prevention of the ratification and unratification of …
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Identification, Image, and Social Movements: a Rhetorical View of the Equal Rights Amendment
… This approach is used in the study of the Equal Rights Amendment. The conclusion is drawn that such an approach to movements, both on a theoretical level and in the case study, is valuable in understanding such things as why some movements succeed and others fail.
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Politicians' attitudes toward the equal rights amendment: a study of the West Virginia and Virginia state legislatures
… was to explore politicians’ attitudes toward the Equal Rights Amendment. It was hypothesized that certain social, background and political variables would influence the politicians’ attitudes toward ratification or rejection of the Equal Rights Amendment. Data were collected from legislators and …
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From Soft-Sell to Hardball: The Evolution of thePro-Equal Rights Amendment Campaign In South Carolina, 1972-1982
<p>South Carolina did not ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) when the women's movement was at its peak in the 1970s and early 1980s. This may not be particularly surprising based on the state's conservative record on women's rights. Historians have not thoroughly studied this state's …
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“Kill That Snake": Anti-ERA Women and the Battle Over the Equal Rights Amendment in Louisiana, 1972-1982
This dissertation analyzes the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) ratification battle in Louisiana and the women who helped defeat it. The study emphasizes the role of anti-ERA women in the amendment’s defeat, but the views of pro-ERA women are also featured. Historical evidence shows that ERA advocates …
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Memory, History, and Forgetting in the Sandra Allen Collection of Papers on Mormonism: A Feminist Rhetorical Historiography of Institutional Intervention in the Equal Rights Amendment
… and foster political action during the Equal Rights Amendment ratification period (1976-1981). Chapter One provides readers with an orientation to the Sandra Allen Collection of Papers on Mormonism and argues that its creator, Sandra Allen, marshaled her understanding of archiving, …
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Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Germany and its obligation to equal leadership representation under CEDAW
CEDAW guarantees equal rights for men and women. Its member states are obliged to implement those rights through policies and legislation, to enact the overall goal of social and structural change. CEDAW and its Committee have not made clear whether that includes a right to equal representation of …
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The Silent Majority: Conservative Perception, Mobilization, and Rhetoric at the Utah State International Women's Year Conference
… was part of a national conspiracy to pass the Equal Rights Amendment. In addition, they wanted delegates who would represent them and their values at the National IWY Conference in Houston. While some conservatives voted blindly against resolutions, the rhetoric within workshops shows that many …
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Troubling Women: Female Texts and Voices of the Northern Irish Conflict, 1969-1998
… conflict. Some women campaigned for better and equal rights for women, some protested for political justice, some picked up guns to fight, and still others advocated for peace. Using the real women of history as a guide, it will create a lens through which to study these women as they are …
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The Evacuation of Japanese-Americans from Washington State During World War II: A Study in Race Discrimination
In 1964 Congress passed a major civil rights bill designed to give equal rights to all Americans regardless of race, but there was a time when that same government under pressures of war, denied civil rights to citizens as well as non-citizens strictly because of race. Going back twenty-three …
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The new traditionalist movement: a study of church, state, and economy
… getting prayer back in school, and defeating the Equal Rights Amendment. In this study, we first draw an historical comparison between the current moral reform movement and one of the past (e.q. McCarthyism). Second, we test the relative explanatory power of two different theories that attempt to …
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Framing Strategies of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Advocacy Organizations: The Case of Let California Ring's 'Garden Wedding' Commercial
… (LGBT) advocacy organizations using a frame of equal rights, with same-sex couples seeking equal treatment under the law. However, due to a lack of support for this argument, the organization Let California Ring introduced the 'Garden Wedding' commercial in the fall of 2007 that presented …
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ΟΙ ΣΥΝΕΠΕΙΕΣ ΤΟΥ ΔΙΑΖΥΓΙΟΥ
… BUT ON THE ECONOMIC NEED OF THE DIVORCED SPOUSE. EQUAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS ARE PROVIDED FOR. THE STATE OF HEALTH, AGE, WORKING ABILITY OR THE GUARDIANSHIP OF CHILDREN AND OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES BASED ON EQUITY TO THE EXTEND THAT COEXIST WITH THE GENERAL REQUIREMENT OFECONOMIC NEED JUSTIFY THE …
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Change in Educational Policy and Practice Through Online Communities of Practice
… came into place to meet the needs of civil rights laws, and equal rights protection, the federal government has become increasingly involved leading to the national legislation “No Child Left Behind.” Despite the increased standards and federal involvement, schools still suffer from a …
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Developing countries participation in the WTO Dispute Settlement System: how to facilitate?
… Although the World Trade Organization provides equal rights and obligation to enter into the dispute settlement process for all member countries, the litigation process is complex and costly for developing countries. There are various limitations for developing country participation when they …
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System And Hierarchy Of Human Rights: Collision Between Freedom Of Religion And Other Human Rights In The Inter-American System [before doctoral defense]
Whether certain human rights take precedence over others is not merely an abstract dilemma: courts and international bodies confront this question each time two formally equal rights lead to incompatible obligations. While the 1993 Vienna World Conference proclaimed human rights as indivisible, …
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Informal and non-formal learning amongst teachers in relation to the management of classroom discipline at a primary school
… acceptance of a humane constitution as well as equal rights for all its citizens necessitated the banning of corporal punishment in all schools under the South African Schools Act 84 of 1996. Accordingly, this change in the education policy as well as a change in society regarding equal rights …
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Uncommon Knowledge: A History of Queer New Mexico, 1920s-1980s
… of the larger struggle for gay civil rights that informs contemporary definitions of equal rights in America.</p>
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