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More significant than isolated individuals , how- ever , are the forces exerted by groups of people having similar concerns and needs . One such force , a significant and generally constructive one , has been the force of women in ...
More significant than isolated individuals , how- ever , are the forces exerted by groups of people having similar concerns and needs . One such force , a significant and generally constructive one , has been the force of women in ...
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... Civil War she was appointed by the Freedmen's Bureau to train black women for employment . Well over eighty , she made it her business to board the Jim Crow Wash- ington streetcars , seat herself in the white compartment , and force ...
... Civil War she was appointed by the Freedmen's Bureau to train black women for employment . Well over eighty , she made it her business to board the Jim Crow Wash- ington streetcars , seat herself in the white compartment , and force ...
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Therefore she had a particular role to play in society , that of a regenerative force . However spurious this argument may sound to modern ears , it helped women over- come the sense of inferiority with which Victorian society had ...
Therefore she had a particular role to play in society , that of a regenerative force . However spurious this argument may sound to modern ears , it helped women over- come the sense of inferiority with which Victorian society had ...
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Theories of Women's Studies Gloria Bowles,Renate Duelli-Klein,Renate Klein No preview available - 1983 |