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Trailblazing women breaking barriers to empower a new generation
I am woman, watch me soar, into the future, to the fore. Two among the many young Singapore women determined to carve out a path for themselves in society have their say in the final instalment of our three-part salute to SG women
Dr Lavenniah Annadoray, research fellow at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Singapore Muslim Women s Association (PPIS) president Hazlina Abdul Halim. PHOTOS: MOHD KHALID BABA, PPIS
PublishedFeb 14, 2021, 4:00 am SGT
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Major Civil Rights Movements in All 50 States
By Andrew Lisa, Stacker News
On 2/6/21 at 10:00 AM EST
A land of contradictions from the outset, the United States was founded by slave owners who spoke passionately and eloquently about liberty, freedom and justice for all. In the beginning, all was limited to men of European ancestry who were wealthy enough to own land. The Constitution s protections did not apply to most of the people living in America for most of America s history at least not in full.
Women about 50 percent of the population were not included in the country s concept of all, likewise millions of slaves and for a long time, their offspring. The descendants of the original inhabitants of the United States were commonly excluded from the promise of America, as were many immigrants, ethnic groups, and religious minorities.
by Alison M. Parker
Alison M. Parker is the chair and the Richards Professor of American History at the University of Delaware. She is the author of Unceasing Militant: The Life of Mary Church Terrell.
Portrait of Mary Church Terrell by Betsy Graves Reynau, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Today, Black women’s influence in political campaigns is visible and dramatic. In recent presidential and midterm elections, over 90% of Black women’s votes went to the Democratic candidates. Preliminary figures for the 2020 presidential election indicate that the Biden/Harris ticket received approximately 55% of women’s votes, but over 90% of Black women’s votes. Not only did Black women vote in 2020, they registered others, organized get-out-the-vote drives, and fought widespread and varied voter suppression measures. Despite the recent concerted efforts of white domestic terrorist insurrectionists, they have put Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the White Ho
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