women's rights
Saudi girl’s story exposes oppression of women
October 7, 2013The film audience cringes as Wadjda's flowering pre-teen youth is hammered with humiliations and denials of even the slightest sign of human growth.
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Women’s rights hero Wendy Davis enters Texas governor race
October 4, 2013AUSTIN, Texas - State Sen. Wendy Davis made it official Thursday: she is running as the Democratic candidate for Texas governor.
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Letter from North Carolina: I was arrested with Rev. Barber 2013
July 18, 2013North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed an anti-woman bill on abortion that the state House had passed into law, which restricts how abortions can be carried out.
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Texans stand with women
July 15, 2013In Dallas 200 Texans attended a "Stand with Texas Women" rally and press conference in front of City Hall. The night before, some 1,100 attended a rally there.
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Today in labor history: Activist Agnes Nestor born
June 24, 2013On June 24, 1880, labor and women's rights activist Agnes Nestor was born in Grand Rapids, Mich. She moved to Chicago in 1897 and started working at the age of 14 in the glove industry
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