Word: equal
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...voted for federal funds to provide abortions in cases of rape, incest and endangerment of the mother's life. "I have been blessed with the gift of faith," she explains. "But others have not. I have no right to impose my beliefs on them." She championed the Equal Rights Amendment, and considers herself a feminist. She sponsored legislation that would help women in private pension plans by lowering the age at which a woman becomes vested; an amendment permitting wives to set aside the same amount in IRA accounts as their husbands; and a measure to give better pension...
...White House. With one swift stroke, however, the Democrats have made it possible for women to enter the final phase of their enfranchisement. Win or lose in November, Geraldine Ferraro is now emblematic of the truest, purest facet of the American dream: that every citizen is entitled to an equal chance. In this version of the dream, the idea is that every child can grow up to be President. Her immigrant father, Ferraro recalled last week as she stood alongside Walter Mondale in St. Paul, made her believe that "in America, anything is possible if you work for it...American...
...baked, half-conscious bias should slough away. "Kennedy proved that Catholics had finally arrived in American society, that they could win any office, run any corporation, achieve any social position," says Stuart Eizenstat, a Presidential Adviser in the Carter Administration. "This shows that women are now full-fledged and equal members of society, that women can enter at every level of American life. The role of women will never be the same again...
...willing to consider voting for a female candidate for President, according to a Gallup poll. By 1969, just over half said they would consider it. Last year the figure had risen to 80%. And this week the Democrats are nominating a woman for Vice President. In the struggle for equal opportunities, this is what is meant by progress. -By Kurt Andersen. Reported by Barbara B. Dolan/Detrolt and Elizabeth Taylor/ New York
...Mott was visiting near by. The two got together and decided to organize their meeting. As an agenda, Stanton boldly updated the Declaration of Independence as drafted by Thomas Jefferson. "We hold these truths to be self-evident," said the Stanton version, "that all men and women are created equal...