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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"women voters"”.
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"WE WON'T GIVE UP ON THIS UNTIL WE GET IT": THE WOMEN'S JURY MOVEMENT IN MISSISSIPPI, 1938-1968
… Amendment in 1920, many former suffragists and women’s rights activists began statewide campaigns for jury service for women. While the women’s suffrage movement has been studied extensively, the subsequent movement for women’s jury service has largely been overlooked within historical …
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A "Quiet Activist" During The Second-Wave Feminist Movement: Katharine Rea A Historical Case Study
… of Dr. Katharine Rea in her role as Dean of Women and later faculty member in the higher education and student personnel program at the University of Mississippi. As the Dean of Women in the 1960s Rea was responsible for the well-being and quality of the educational experience of the women …
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The political socialisation of schoolgirls in England, 1870-1914
… Schools trained some of the first generation of women voters for citizenship. Schoolgirls developed valuable political skills as the drive for more effective citizenship instruction and child-led pedagogical ideals converged. The school debating chamber offered girls new opportunities to …
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From Soft-Sell to Hardball: The Evolution of thePro-Equal Rights Amendment Campaign In South Carolina, 1972-1982
… 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 involvement with the modern …
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Moterų lyderių fenomenas radikalios dešinės partijose: Italijos atvejis /
… have male leaders, male representatives and male voters, which leads to them advocating for patriarchal norms and having ideologies that are discriminatory to women. However, over the past few years, we have seen an increase of women leading radical right parties all over Europe, which could be …
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"Ungadinwa Nangomso - don't get tired tomorrow" : a history of the Black Sash advice office in Cape Town 1968 to 1980
… had a membership limited to white South African women voters, was challenged by a group of women Tram its Western Cape Region who wished to transform the aims and objectives of the organisation. Under the leadership of these women, the organisation initiated contact with Africans in Cape Town and …
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A woman’s place is in the House…of Representatives: How Labour women can use Direct Voter Contact to support their election campaigns
… barriers to and pathways to election for women at local and central government level. The thesis also discusses the use of Direct Voter Contact in a New Zealand environment.
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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 …