The Women's Rights Movement

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This paper details political, economic and personal gains achieved for woman as a result of the women's rights movement. The paper traces the history of the movement and discusses economic, political and social issues addressed by the movement as well as its accomplishments and goals yet to be achieved.

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Divorce and Economics
Divorce and Child Custody
Women's Medical Rights
The New Workplace
Lesbian Mothers
Is this Enough?

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"One of the most dramatic changes that has occurred in the twentieth century has been in the field of women's rights. Prior to 1960, the most important new policies were the right to vote, accomplished early in the century, and advances in birth control methods. A significant step in birth control occurred in the early 1960s with the availability of oral contraceptives, giving women greater control over pregnancy as well as greater sexual freedom than had ever existed before. Many sociologists consider this a jumping off point for the rapid advances in women's rights that were to take place during the next thirty years."

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