Word: feminist
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been focused upon him on account of the return to Egypt of his mother, by permission of the Egyptian Government. Shortly before her arrival, King Fuad, while driving through the streets of Alexandria, was greeted with "Vive Khedive Abbas Hilmy!" This event forced the Government to forbid a feminist welcome to the ex-Khedive's mother and so incensed public feeling. Moreover, the body of the ex-Khedive's son, Prince Abdel Kader, who died recently, was due to arrive in Egypt. Again the Government forbade any public demonstration, which further incensed sections of public opinion. Then...
...stimulus of the men's mind is generally accepted as being good for women, as is shown by the fact that even such a feminist institution as Bryn Mawr habitually has a majority of men on its faculty...
...doctoresse Pelletier, ardent feminist, created a sensation at the Faubourg Club in Paris by stating that women are as brave and as enduring as men and should be soldiers. Her suggestion was voted down with cries of: " Yes, we have no red trousers today...
...married. The Tenth Commandment also remains intact. It still reads: "Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is his." Miss Maude Royden, persistent feminist agitator, endeavored to have "wife " eliminated. " Women dislike to be categoried with...
...tuberculosis, anemia and other disease conditions among their women employees. There is not a bank in the "Street" that is not supporting one or more tuberculous employees in hospitals or sanitariums, says Mr. Curtis. The rapid, artificial, neurasthenic life; the poor physical standards of clerical workers; unhygienic clothes; the feminist cigarette are among the culprits blamed for these conditions. The Federal Reserve Bank has an efficient medical department with six nurses and five doctors, and provides six months' leave on salary for employees who need it. Other banks are reticent, but admit the presence of the problem...