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The Battle for the 19th Amendment and Women's Right to Vote
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It's been 101 years since the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified. Why did it take so long for women to get the right to vote in the United States?
How Much do you Know About United States Voting Rights?
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Open elections are a linchpin of America's principles of freedoms and justice. Many citizens, though, take for granted their ability to cast fairly counted ballots. How much do you really know about American voting rights?
Susan B. Anthony: Suffragist, Abolitionist and Renegade
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Susan B. Anthony's legacy is her tireless work for women's voting rights. But there's more to her story. HowStuffWorks tell her life past suffragette.
What Makes a Protest Effective? 3 Movements That Got Results
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Is it millions of marchers with clever signs and slogans, or does effective protest take more than just raised voices and collective outrage?
Meet Florence Kelley: Labor Reformer, Abolitionist and Co-founder of the NAACP
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Grateful that U.S. law ensures decent working conditions and children go to school instead of working in mines? Thank Florence Kelley and her father.
Sober Curious? How Frances Willard's Temperance Movement Shaped Feminism
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Frances Willard and her followers believed that alcohol abstinence would lead to good health, but they also saw it as a way to create a just society.
Rockin' and A-rollin': The 'Schoolhouse Rock!' Quiz
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Unpack your adjectives, and have a go at what you know about Saturday morning's "Schoolhouse Rock!" — beyond the words to "Conjunction Junction," that is.
Top 5 Feminist Movements
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Feminist movements aren't all about bra-burning; they're serious efforts to change the way we think about gender equality. Read about five feminist movements.
75 Years After Her Debut, Wonder Woman Remains Iconic
Why has Wonder Woman endured for 75 years? Learn more about the creation of Wonder Woman in this HowStuffWorks Now article.
How Feminism Works
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Feminism can be defined as a movement, ideology or badge of honor. Above all, feminism is the belief in equality among men and women of all ethnicities.