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Gender Is Powerful: The Long Reach Of Feminism

318 Words2 Pages
Kylie Cunningham
November 16, 2017
HIST-324
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Introduction

Women’s Rights Movement

Second-wave feminism of the sixties and seventies made huge leaps for women’s rights and gender equality. Women once again were fighting for gender equality, but this time, the movement encompassed a much broader array of issues women face. A major goal of the movement was protection from employment discrimination.

As mentioned by Nancy MacLean in her article, Gender is Powerful: The Long Reach of Feminism, “some of feminism 's greatest policy victories in the1960s and 1970s came as a result of using tools won by other movements,” (pg. 20). She expands on this by citing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, specifically, Title VII. “Women used it not only to
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