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Examines the potential & limits of addressing women's rights issues in the larger realm of human rights. The positions of Amnesty International & Human Rights Watch on women's rights issues are outlined. It is argued that women's rights are often perceived as a private, domestic matter outside the realm of government policy. Addressing women's rights in the larger sphere of human rights would challenge this convention & make them a state issue. M. Nichols-Wagner

The fight for women's rights has been going on for as long as the United States has been a nation. From the earliest colonial days, when women had virtually no rights, to the present day, where women are corporate executives and presidential candidates, females have struggled for equal rights and equal opportunities in society. It is a battle that has been fought by many strong and dedicated women. The fight will continue as women strive to reach their personal and professional goals, learning from the past, and refusing to accept limitations. Empower your students to take action for themselves and their friends through this essential book.

On the face of it, Wu Mei (not her real name) represents the modern Chinese woman who has achieved spectacular success. Just thirtyone years old, she makes around one million RMB (roughly $150,000) a year as an attorney in Beijing, a salary that likely places her in the top 1 percent income bracket in China. Slender and beautiful, she could be the perfect cover model for a magazine feature on "China's richest women." Yet, as she speaks, a darker picture emerges. Wu recently managed to obtain a divorce from her abusive husband after five years of marriage, but only by giving up her home, her life savings, and most of her belongings.

Intro -- Title Page -- PREFACE -- PART ONE -- The Seeds Are Planted: The 17th & -- 18th Centuries -- November 17, 1637 -- June 10, 1650 -- April 13, 1657 -- June 1, 1660 -- June 10, 1692 -- August 22, 1735 -- October 14, 1741 -- July 26, 1775 -- March 31, 1776 -- June 28, 1778 -- April 30, 1789 -- PART TWO -- The Movement Takes Root The 19th Century -- July 22, 1805 -- May 5, 1809 -- July 19, 1813 -- September 9, 1834 -- August 1, 1836 -- September 8, 1837 -- November 6, 1839 -- January 25, 1843 -- June 4, 1843 -- December 21, 1845 -- February 21, 1846 -- October 1, 1847 -- May 25, 1848 -- July 19, 1848 -- November 1, 1848 -- January 23, 1849 -- March 2, 1849 -- September 17, 1849 -- June 5, 1851 -- October 8, 1851 -- April 7, 1852 -- September 15, 1853 -- October 5, 1853 -- November 5, 1862 -- July 9, 1863 -- July 7, 1865 -- November 11, 1865 -- April 18, 1868 -- May 8, 1868 -- March 15, 1869 -- November 24, 1869 -- December 10, 1869 -- January 27, 1870 -- February 17, 1870 -- January 25, 1871 -- February 14, 1871 -- April 23, 1872 -- May 10, 1872 -- November 18, 1872 -- March 3, 1873 -- March 29, 1874 -- June 23, 1871 -- September 1, 1878 -- March 30, 1879 -- August 12, 1879 -- November 30, 1880 -- May 21, 1881 -- October 10, 1881 -- September 8, 1884 -- December 1, 1884 -- March 27, 1885 -- March 9, 1885 -- April 4, 1887 -- March 14, 1889 -- July 14, 1889 -- October 6, 1890 -- March 14, 1891 -- March 9, 1892 -- August 1, 1895 -- September 6, 1895 -- January 4, 1896 -- February 1, 1896 -- May 12, 1896 -- July 21, 1896 -- May 1, 1898 -- March 24, 1898 -- May 1, 1899 -- June 6, 1899 -- PART THREE -- 20th Century Reaching for the Sunlight -- February 2, 1901 -- September 10, 1901 -- November 2, 1903 -- February 1, 1903 -- September 11, 1906 -- August 31, 1908 -- February 24, 1908 -- September 16, 1910 -- September 12, 1910 -- March 25, 1911.

THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS FORBIDS DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF "RACE, SEX, LANGUAGE OR RELIGION." THIS ARTICLE STATES THAT IT WAS A STRUGGLE TO RID THE DECLARATION OF ALL DISCRIMINATION, ESPECIALLY IN THE CASE OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS. THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION CONTAINS FEW REFERENCES TO WOMEN'S RIGHTS, THE ARTICLE REVIEWS THESE AND STATES THAT THE DOCUMENT DOES NOT TREAT WOMEN AS INDIVIDUALS.

In recent decades, the woman suffrage movement has taken on new significance for women's history. Ellen Carol DuBois has been a central figure in spurring renewed interest in woman suffrage and in realigning the debates which surround it. This volume gathers DuBois' most influential articles on woman suffrage and includes two new essays. The collection traces the trajectory of the suffrage story against the backdrop of changing attitudes to politics, citizenship and gender, and the resultant tensions over such issues as slavery and abolitionism, sexuality and religion, and class and politics