Word: genderism
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...preacher husband while she was a graduate student at the New England Conservatory of Music. Following the Rev. King's assassination in 1968, she sought to sustain her husband's legacy-largely through the King Center for Non-Violent Social Change, which she founded in Atlanta-while pushing for gender and racial equality under the banner of the civil-rights movement...
...Friedan founded America’s National Organization for Women (NOW) and became its first president, campaigning for gender equality, abortion rights, and maternity leave...
Friedan’s examination of the female condition has influenced the direction of gender studies today...
...Bachelet also announced the rest of her cabinet, fulfilling her promise of gender equality by offering half of the posts to women...
...countries like the United States, gender gaps in education are to the advantage of girls, said Summers, In the United States, he said, 130 women graduate from college each year for every 100 men; among African-Americans, 200 females graduate for every 100 males. Women also dominate honor roles at U.S. high schools, Summers said...