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Latin American Independence Movements
In early human communities, and in many societies today, men dominate Many, but not all, Neolithic societies tended to be patriarchal leading to gender inequities. The Industrial Revolution dramatically changed gender roles by engaging women in employment outside of their homes. The Age of Revolutions slowly broadened suffrage, first to include men of property, next adult males, and lastly women. The contributions women made during World War I rendered arguments against female suffrage unrealistic. On December 18, 1979 the United Nations General Assembly resolved in its Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women that ”discrimination against women violates the principles of equality of rights and respect for human dignity, is an obstacle to the participation of women, on equal terms with men, in the political, social, economic, and cultural life of their countries, hampers the growth of the prosperity of society and the family, and makes more difficult the full development of the potentialities of women in the service of their countries and of humanity.”

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Unit 8A

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Thebes Constantinople Ch'ang-an Madrid St. Petersburg Paris London Washington DC Jerusalem New Delhi Buenos Aires Status of Women Cities of Interest
 
Related Turning Points:  Related Topics:

  • Enlightenment
     
  • Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Female Citizen
     
  • Roles of Maria Josefa, Manuela Sanz de Santamaria and Manuela Canizares in the Latin American Independence Movements
     
  • Women Suffrage
     
  • United Nations Declaration of Human Rights

 

 

 

 

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