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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.

Height worked alongside Mary McLeod Bethune, Eleanor Roosevelt and Martin Luther King, Jr. to end segregation.

A brief insight of Mary Wollstonecraft as an original 18th century woman great thinker of her time.

Are the freedoms that female human rights activists fought so hard to obtain now being taken for granted?

Law students interested in women's equality can join a student organization, write papers from a feminist perspective, or volunteer to link women's rights and the law.

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.

March 8th signifies a day for Women that is celebrated around the world.

A brief look at the life of Mary Wollstonecraft, English Feminist pioneer and writer, social campaigner and mother of Mary Shelley.

The women's rights' movement is often misunderstood as an angry protest towards men and the family. It is time to go back to the most basic principal of what feminism is.

The Quran states that oppression is worse than death. As such the Spirit of a Muslim people in the face of oppression cannot be annihilated.

The marriage of a 60-year-old man to a girl of eight has created an unwelcome controversy for Saudi Arabia's conservative government.

The Women's Rights Movement was instrumental in bringing rights to all women of America. What tends to be forgotten are the other women who fought in their own way.

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.

The poet Caroline Norton campaigned for a change in the law following the breakdown of her marriage and the refusal of her husband to grant her access to her children.

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.

The entry level job search is always difficult, but young women looking to start with a feminist organization in the economic crisis are in particular trouble.

Mary Wollstonecraft's writings helped influence the attitudes and philosophies of nineteenth-century women's rights activitsts despite her radical and scandalous life.

Cyrus Nowrasteh, director and screenplay writer, has taken the best selling book, The Stoning of Soraya and turned it into a highly-acclaimed movie.

In the decades before the Revolution, most Boston women were literate, many ran shops. Also, abortion was legal and getting a divorce was easier than in England.

Relegated to the household and the loom, Greek women enjoyed few rights but found outlets in other areas like religion and festivals.

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.

Pastor Steven L. Anderson started his Tempe, Arizona based Faithful Word Baptist Church on Christmas Day of 2005. Anderson is also the face of hatred and bigotry.

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.

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.

Commentary on Mary Wollstonecraft's essay, Vindication on the Rights of Woman, exploring how male dominance causes womanly behaviors that men have grown to despise.

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

Sen. Obama has come under fire for controversial comments made by his pastor Jeremiah Wright. Sen. McCain has embraced controversial pastors and been given a pass.

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.

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.

Negative media attention about Israelis and Palestinians keeps the existence and accomplishments of the courageous Interfaith Encounter Association a well-kept secret.

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.

The Missouri House of Representatives has approved an amendment that would allow pharmacies to refuse to stock or distribute emergency contraception.

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.

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.

The North Dakota Senate passes a bill banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing, and other areas.

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.

Many of Sarojini Naidu's poems are infused with political and social commentary; but, quite a few are simply musings on life; meditative and halcyonic.

In addition to her ground-breaking 1972 presidential campaign that blazed a new trail, Chisholm was the first African-American woman elected to Congress

When the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed in 1920, American women won the right to vote. This was a hard-won victory.

Continuing the guide to the "musts" of the poetry, prose, and plays of eighteenth and nineteenth century British writers and their works...

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.

Bogomilism was simply a synthesis of the ancient spiritual wisdom and the moral purity of the authentic Christianity

Female genital cutting (FGC) resides within a highly controversial and complex terrain marked by diverse discourses, practices, experiences, and elimination efforts.

Sexism and the patriarchal society that should have died out in 1912 when women were given the right to vote still exist today.

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.

Brief biography of French author George Sand, famous for her Bohemian lifestyle. Like George Eliot, Sand was a woman.

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.

Vermont is often overlooked as far as states go, being the nation's second smallest state per capita and tucked away in its northeastern corner.

Use weighted hula hoops to trim waist and tighten stomach muscles with only 30 minuts of exercise each day. Hooping is a recent workout fad with aerobic benefits.

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.