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Buy the Right Size Women's Shoes
How many pairs of shoes do you have lurking in your closet that hurt your feet? Amazingly, approximately seven out of every ten women are wearing the wrong size shoes.
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Mary Wollstonecraft Philosophy
A brief insight of Mary Wollstonecraft as an original 18th century woman great thinker of her time.
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Standing Tall
For centuries women have let men lead their lives. Whether we did it voluntary or not, that's the way things have always been. When women started standing up for themselves, they started to become more equal to their male peers. Don't sit back now! We still have to stand up and make sure no one forgets that we are all humans who deserve the same equal chances, no matter what your gender is.
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The Women's Rights Movement
Are the freedoms that female human rights activists fought so hard to obtain now being taken for granted?
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A Mind of Her Own--Part 3
The work of Holly Springs, Mississippi, native Ida B. Wells for equal rights for all was almost forgotten until recently.
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Human Rights Bloggers Persecuted
Bloggers in some nations are being imprisoned for publicizing human rights abuses over the Internet. Organizations in the free world have been coming to their defense.
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Mary Wollstonecraft's Life
A brief look at the life of Mary Wollstonecraft, English Feminist pioneer and writer, social campaigner and mother of Mary Shelley.
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Nellie McClung, one of the Famous Five, and Women's Suffrage in Canada
Before women in Canada were Persons, socially conscious women who recognized a wrong were moved by the suffering of others to create change. Nellie McClung was one of those Canadians.
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Strange Foes: Traditional 'Feminist' Condemnation of Surrogacy
Why traditional feminist thought is against surrogacy, and why I am against traditional feminist thought. Can feminism encompass the freedom OF reproduction as well as the freedom from it?
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United Nations CEDAW Program
All about The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
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Frankenstein: Themes, Images and Metaphor
In 1818 Shelley created a much loved Gothic novel, Frankenstein, which she would use as a medium to present her ideas and thoughts on birth, biology and feminism.
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The Freedom to Think
The freedom to think for themselves, in this article explore the Women's Liberation Movement, how that effects one woman's life, and some prominent literature pieces that have influnced the process of this movements.
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Dressing to Suit One's Body Shape
A woman's size is not important. But her shape is, and there are twelve distinct body shapes. Finding out which shape one is can enable anyone to look fantastic.
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HIV/AIDS and Swaziland
What would you say is the best way to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS?
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Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft's writings helped influence the attitudes and philosophies of nineteenth-century women's rights activitsts despite her radical and scandalous life.
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The Millennium Peace Prize for Women
How women abuse is committed during war and conflict situations.
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The Road to Women's Suffrage
Canadian women got the vote in 1916. March 8 is Women's Day.
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The Stoning of Soraya
Cyrus Nowrasteh, director and screenplay writer, has taken the best selling book, The Stoning of Soraya and turned it into a highly-acclaimed movie.
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Ayann Hirisi Ali
Ms. Ali explains how the West, a liberal democracy, and the Islamic culture are diametrically opposed morally and philosophically especially with respect to human rights.
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Youth Forum In Sudbury
A youth forum was held in Sudbury on March 14, the purpose of which was to find out the most common concerns among the young people in the city, but also to inform them.
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Daring Women
A list taken by a postcard book, "Women Who Dared," revisits brave women from all walks of life who made a positive difference in the lives of women and men.
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Women's Suffrage Movement in the United States
A brief history of the Suffragists fight for the right to vote. Lydia Taft, Abigail Adams, Mary Wollstonecraft, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Lucretia Mott and Susan B. Anthony
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Intro 4b: Late Enlightenment Precursors to Religious Humanism
Part of a series on Modern Humanism, and the second half of an article on precursors to Religious Humanism during the Enlightenment. This half focuses on the latter half of the Age of Enlightenment.
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Canada Out of Afghanistan
The Canadian public is being sold a bill of goods when it comes to military involvement in Afghanistan. Here are reasons why the Canadian government should withdraw.
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Canadian Women at War
Canadian women have been in the forefront of Canadian military service since 1885. And continue to serve proudly and with distinction.
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Case Continues against Kansas Abortion Provider
The criminal case continues against Dr. George Tiller of Wichita, Kansas despite possible ethics complaints against the original State Attorney in charge of the case.
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Disney News: Nemo On Ice starts this fall
Oscar winner Finding Nemo makes the transition to ice production this fall, with as 25th season of Disney On Ice. Also, a quick review of Disney's The Three Musketeers.

Make a Mother`s Day Gift Box
You want to let your Mom know she is special, you have special gift for her. Wrap the gift in a custom gift box that you made.
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Napoleonic Codes
After the French Revolution, Napoleon establishes a new set of laws known as the Napoleonic Code. Many countries still use the ideas from the Napoleonic code today.
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New Afghan Law Restricts Women's Rights
A new Afghani law severely limits the mobility and basic human rights of the county's minority Shi'a women, harkening back to Taliban-era policies on women's rights.
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North Dakota Passes Anti-Discrimination Bill
The North Dakota Senate passes a bill banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing, and other areas.
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Primrose Day in England
When Benjamin Disreaeli died on April 19, 1881Queen Victoria sent two floral wreaths to be placed on his coffin. England's Primrose Day sprang from this simple gesture.
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Shirley Chisholm: a true Pioneer
In addition to her ground-breaking 1972 presidential campaign that blazed a new trail, Chisholm was the first African-American woman elected to Congress
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The Martyrdom of Anne Askew Pt. 4
This article discusses the questioning of Anne Askew & her responses to the questions posed to her.
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The Woman Who Was Pharaoh

U-Z Essential 1700s and 1800s British Literature
Continuing the guide to the "musts" of the poetry, prose, and plays of eighteenth and nineteenth century British writers and their works...
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What About The Women and Children of Afghanistan?
How the Taliban affects Afghan women and children.
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Women in Afghanistan 1992-1996
Life has been hard for the women of Afghanistan for decades.
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An Introduction To Aphra Behn
Aphra Behn was a poet, playwright, novelist, translator and spy. Born in 1640, she was one of the first English women to become a professional writer.
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Aren't I a Woman: Celebrating as Black and Female
Discussion of African American women's historic inability to separate who we are as Blacks and who we are as women as we celebrate African American history month and women's history month.
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Defining Female Genital Cutting
Female genital cutting (FGC) resides within a highly controversial and complex terrain marked by diverse discourses, practices, experiences, and elimination efforts.
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Feminism of Today's Society
Sexism and the patriarchal society that should have died out in 1912 when women were given the right to vote still exist today.
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Fourth of July History and Facts
Although the nation has celebrated July 4th since the end of the 18th Century, the holiday has been frequently transformed to address contemporary national issues.
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Freedom At Last
The women in Afghanistan have gone through so many years of oppression by their government and today I read about something wonderful. The beginning of “Freedom at Last,” for these women. The seed to a future of women’s rights in Afghanistan.
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Helen Herron Taft
Helen Herron Taft (1861-1943), the wife of twenty-seventh president William Howard Taft, was interested in the social issues of her day and acted upon this interest.
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Karzai's "Abhorrent" Law to Be Reviewed
Pressured by the international community, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai ordered the review of a new law that legalizes marital rape in the Shi'a minority.
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Media and Human Rights
This article deals with the relationship of media and people especially in matters of human rights. I hope that readers will find it interesting specially as it originates in Indian situation
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Modern Australian Labour Movement
A summary of the Australian labour movement from the 1970s to today, including union achievements and changes in government policy relating to unions and the workforce.
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Negative Stereotypes of the Islamic Religion
Since the attacks of September 11, many Muslims in America have been harrassed or killed based on negative stereotypes of the Islamic religion brought on after Sept. 11.
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Permit Federal Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research
The abortion and embryonic stem cell research debates revolve around the same issue.


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