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More Than The Vote: The Nineteenth Amendment As Proxy For Gender Equality, Tracy Thomas
More Than The Vote: The Nineteenth Amendment As Proxy For Gender Equality, Tracy Thomas
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The original idea behind the Nineteenth Amendment was never just about the vote. Instead, the first women's rights movement 175 years ago, like the modern movement for the Equal Rights Amendment, sought comprehensive equality for women in all avenues of life. The constitutional text for women’s full equality and emancipation has changed over the centuries; first embodied in the grant of the vote as a proxy for structural change, and now incorporated into the demand for “equal rights.” Yet women have been consistent over time in understanding the radical idea that systems of governance, family, industry, and church need dismantling …
After Suffrage Comes Equal Rights? Era As The Next Logical Step, Tracy Thomas, Tracey Jean Boisseau
After Suffrage Comes Equal Rights? Era As The Next Logical Step, Tracy Thomas, Tracey Jean Boisseau
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