Word: equalization
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...possibly win, places one or more of these counters in the centre of the table in a pile, which is called the "pot." Those who do this are then privileged (but not required) to call on the dealer for from one to five cards more, after having discarded an equal number. All hold their cards concealed. The player at the dealer's left then places a stake in the pot. In clockwise order, according to the value which they set by their cards, the players in order may then place an equal or a greater number of chips...
...Girl mothers are dying like flies in Egypt and Persia through the lack of necessary legislation. In other countries girls are denied equal opportunities for education. Again, in many countries women are having a terrific fight for the vote. Yet the Woman's Party would make the issue of equal industrial rights of paramount importance under such conditions. It is ridiculous...
Sentiment in the meeting seemed almost evenly divided. The officials told the delegates that it would equal a vote of no confidence in their officers if they voted for the Woman's Party. Then the ballot was taken. The Woman's Party was refused admission, 123 to 48. Later the same day the Alliance voted down, 91 to 78, a resolution of the type favored by the Woman's Party...
...After women won the vote in the United States, the Woman's Party preferred to work for a Federal amendment to give equal rights under the law to women with men. The Consumers' League and the Women's Trade Union League protested and the Federation of Labor sided with them. If such an amendment to the constitution became effective it would either take away from women the protective legislation they have secured or bring men under the same laws. The women workers have no such organization as the men and need protection...
...There are two types in the woman's movement today, feminists and social workers. The social welfare people think about infant care, etc., while the feminists are out all the time for equal rights. Therefore, the sight of you makes tho social welfarers shiver. Keep these women out. You are dangerous they say, and so you were barred We all know now where our spiritual homes lie and we are one body. We are the feminists of the world...