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More and more women became convinced of the necessity of participating in politics and of the need for suf- frage . In no field of reform was this more spectacularly demon- strated than in the temperance movement .
More and more women became convinced of the necessity of participating in politics and of the need for suf- frage . In no field of reform was this more spectacularly demon- strated than in the temperance movement .
Page 128
They also became concerned with the more deep - seated causes of poverty and attacked the sweatshop system , the exploitation of women , child labor , the miserable wages paid to unorganized workers , and other such evils .
They also became concerned with the more deep - seated causes of poverty and attacked the sweatshop system , the exploitation of women , child labor , the miserable wages paid to unorganized workers , and other such evils .
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Her keen social awareness was put into her husband's service after his attack of polio in 1921 , when she became his researcher and his contact with people he could not physically reach . Participating in Democratic party politics on a ...
Her keen social awareness was put into her husband's service after his attack of polio in 1921 , when she became his researcher and his contact with people he could not physically reach . Participating in Democratic party politics on a ...
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Theories of Women's Studies Gloria Bowles,Renate Duelli-Klein,Renate Klein No preview available - 1983 |
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| Title | The Woman in American History Specialized studies in American history series |
| Author | Gerda Lerner |
| Publisher | Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1971 |
| ISBN | 0201042274, 9780201042276 |
| Length | 207 pages |
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