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Activism and Politics A lesbian couple in the gay liberation front rally, early 1970s. (uploads.ovarit.com)

posted by Philogynist

Activism and Politics Girls sent home from McKinley High School for wearing slacks and blue jeans, Chicago, 1946. (uploads.ovarit.com)

posted by Unicorn

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Activism and Politics New York Pride, 1984. (uploads.ovarit.com)

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Activism and Politics Yesterday, September 1st was the 200th anniversary of women’s rights to women only prisons, via the Gaols Act 1823. (en.wikipedia.org)

posted by Carrots90

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Activism and Politics “Early feminists were just interested in WHITE women!”

posted by GrendelsMother

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Activism and Politics On July 19, 1848, more than 300 people assembled in Seneca Falls, New York, for the nation’s first women’s rights convention

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Activism and Politics London Lesbians in Leather on their way to pride, 1988. (uploads.ovarit.com)

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Activism and Politics Charlene Mitchell, 92, Dies; First Black Woman to Run for President (www.nytimes.com)

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Activism and Politics Barbara Ehrenreich Dies at 81

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Activism and Politics Joan Little: First Woman Acquitted of Murder for Defense Against Sexual Assault | WE Survive Abuse (www.wesurviveabuse.com)

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Activism and Politics A Brave Young Woman Fought a Centuries-old Cruel Sicilian Tradition and Won (www.thevintagenews.com)

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Activism and Politics “Couple at International Gay & Lesbian March” — Photograph by Bettye Lane, September 19th 1984 (uploads.ovarit.com)

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Activism and Politics An Iranian women debating a Mullah during a protest on Women’s Day in Tehran (1979) (uploads.ovarit.com)

posted by Unicorn

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Activism and Politics Examples of women's rights getting reduced after periods of relative freedom

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Activism and Politics “Historical people are different from us, we can’t use modern ideas for them”

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Activism and Politics America's Forgotten Mass Imprisonment of Women Believed to be "Sexually Immoral" (www.history.com)

posted by Lipsy

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Activism and Politics Killed by abortion laws: five women whose stories we must never forget | Women's rights and gender equality | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

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Activism and Politics Polish-Swedish woman Danuta Danielsson hitting a marching Neo-Nazi with a handbag, 1985 (uploads.ovarit.com)

posted by Unicorn

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Activism and Politics There was a young woman who swallowed a lie / Women’s Liberation Movement Print Culture / Duke Digital Repository (idn.duke.edu)

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Activism and Politics Annie Besant's Life: an early feminist who was charged with obscenity for her contraception advocacy (eastendwomensmuseum.org)

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Activism and Politics Flag Bearer for Women’s Rights Standing Near White House (1917) (uploads.ovarit.com)

posted by Unicorn

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Activism and Politics Hatpin Panic: How Hat Pins Upended Gender Politics in the 20th Century!

posted by Femina

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Activism and Politics September 19, 1893: New Zealand Becomes The First Nation to Give Women the Right to Vote (blog.newspapers.com)

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Activism and Politics The Irish suffragette who followed Churchill around ringing a bell (www.irishcentral.com)

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Activism and Politics Boston women’s memorial (uploads.ovarit.com)

posted by MaryDyer

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