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History of Feminism

PassingFair

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6. I took one of my daughters and a friend of hers to an "American Girl"...

Reply to Warpy (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 14, 2015, 09:39 AM

Mar 2015

suffragette re-creation day at Greenfield Village.

We had a great time, rode in a Model T, wore big hats, visited period
houses ...

The day culminated in a short bus ride for a "Votes for Women" rally.
While on the bus, we were asked by the guide, "What single invention most freed women
from lives of household drudgery?"

I blurted out "the Birth Control Pill". Silence and glares from the other mothers....

The tour guide said, "I was thinking of the washing machine..."

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Seven women who changed the world [View all] shenmue Mar 2015 OP

K&R! marym625 Mar 2015 #1

I would argue that Margaret Sanger belongs there Warpy Mar 2015 #2

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I took one of my daughters and a friend of hers to an "American Girl"... PassingFair Mar 2015 #6

The tour guide should have stood there in shame Warpy Mar 2015 #7

Glad to see these 7 women honored mountain grammy Mar 2015 #3

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