According to feminism it refers to those women who fought for the right to vote. Suffragettes fought throughout the 1920’s and 1930’s to get the vote. Since suffrage was allowed, suffrage equality was fought for. They just wanted the right to vote like people did. The Body: Second-Wave Feminism was introduced in the 1960s and […]
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Shirley Anita St. Hill was born on November 30, 1924 in Brooklyn, New York. Shirley was the daughter of immigrants, Charles and Ruby St. Hill. When she was just three years old, young Shirley was sent to Barbados to live with her maternal grandmother. She attended a British school there and she received a solid […]
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1982 saw technology continue to emerge and Michael Jackson soar with his monumental Thriller album. Meanwhile, President Reagan continued to revolutionize American politics, but the economy lagged behind. In the News At age 52, Princess Grace died of injuries suffered when the car she was in fell off a mountain road. The British overwhelmed Argentina […]
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“Gerald Ford was handed the presidency in exchange for a political favor.” “Gerald Ford set the table for himself, and sold out Richard Nixon to gain the Oval Office.” “Gerald Ford was a moderate Republican, and his appointment to the office of the President was an orchestrated move crafted to dupe Democrats into buying into […]