Word: equalizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...When you step up on that starting block everyone's equal...it's a mental game in the water to see how tough you are, how mentally prepared you are to accept those challenges...The race doesn't go to the strongest team, the fastest team, but the one that's most intelligent," Bernal says...
...women's movement, stung by the defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment in 1982, had redoubled its efforts to secure a greater role for women in the nation's political life. The Democratic Convention was the spectacular culmination of those efforts. Women across the country spoke of feeling validated, of being at last included, of, simply, being proud. That pride grew as it became clear that Ferraro was especially suited to her historic role...
...Women's Movement to become an effective protest movement--one which would lead to legislative changes--its leaders had to attract wide-ranging public support from men as well as women. With due praise for the role of male feminists in the struggle for equal rights. Klein distinguishes between men's and women's commitment to feminist ideals. Although men may say they support big-F Feminism, they do so more out of a belief in traditional liberal doctrine than a recognition that discrimination has held women back...
...Ferraro took a memorable drubbing at the polls, political pundits have been analyzing how the Democratic Party should reposition itself for the future. Last week, in her first speech since the campaign, Ferraro offered her own analysis, cautioning the party not to lose sight of its "core" belief in equal opportunity as it strives to attract new voters. Said Ferraro: "The last thing this country needs is two Republican parties...
...there was one thing my campaign stood for this fall, it was the great idea of equal opportunity for every American...