Word: fought
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...abolition of slavery, and Stanton's associates eagerly joined the battle. They made speeches, raised money, collected signatures-often braving scorn and even physical threats-because they believed that abolition implied equal rights for all, Black and White, men and women. But when the Civil War was fought and won, they were appalled to learn that the newly drafted 14th Amendment guaranteed full citizenship to Blacks but only to "male inhabitants...
...national organization of 270,000 young business and community leaders in 7,000 chapters. The Minneapolis and St. Paul chapters of the Jaycees began admitting women in 1974 and '75. The national organization, steadfast in its men-only policy, threatened to cancel their charters. The Minnesota chapters fought back, citing the state's human rights act, which prohibits discrimination based on race or sex in public business facilities. The Jaycees argued in the Supreme Court that as a private fraternal group it was beyond the scope of discrimination laws, since such laws violated the organization's First...
DIED. Raoul Salan, 85, taciturn French general who led an aborted April 1961 putsch aimed at preserving French rule in Algeria, then founded and led the terrorist Secret Army Organization, which fought Algerian independence with a campaign of bombings and assassinations, including several attempts on the life of President Charles De Gaulle; in Paris. Famous as France's most decorated soldier, Salan commanded colonial troops in Indochina in 1952 and 1953; he was named French dele gate-general in Algeria when De Gaulle came to power in 1958. De Gaulle proceeded toward independence and ousted Salan, who later went...
...Harvard, activists have fought unsuccessfully for more than a decade to get the University to adopt a similar policy and divest from all companies operating in South Africa in an attempt to get the country to end its segregated apartheid system...
...young to fight on Dday; yet I fought in another war some 20 years later, half a globe away from Normandy [WORLD, June 18]. We had no Dday, but we had Tet. I have told my daughter I have no desire to return to Viet Nam. I wonder if history and world leaders will award us similar accolades on our 40th...