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    People’s lives are influenced and structured by the trials and triumphs in their personal life, their relationships with others and their surroundings. In the Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath explores the role of women in society in 1950s New York City through her relationships and interactions. Esther Greenwood is the major character and is therefore central to the novel. The book is considered to be a “roman a` clef” portraying the painful summer of Sylvia Plath’s psychotic breakdown in 1953, and contains

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    By 1966, 28 women, including Betty Friedan, established the National Organization for Women (NOW). Betty Friedan was known as the mother of the second wave civil right movement. In 1963, she published a book, “The Feminine Mystique”, about Women’s Liberation Movement, which was known as “the book that started it all”. She had an extreme thought on how men look down on women. The main focus of her thought is the equality between humans. According to Betty Friedan, “A woman is handicapped by

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    once again (“Prosperity and Protest…” 964). An important author living during this era was Betty Friedan, because she

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    top of that, she was a loving mother to her children and a wife. All these traits describe Betty Friedan. Betty Friedan is one of the few voices , starting around the 60’s, who stood up for women’s rights. In the article , “Betty Friedan” by Mario Kaplan from the Jewish Women’s Archive website,it states, “[c]onsidered by many as the “mother” of the second wave of modern feminism, activist and writer Betty Friedan was one of the most influential feminist leaders of the 20th century”. Popular television

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    well as lending a hand in the kitchen. Every day they open their doors to volunteers at 3pm and we work to prepare the dinner and help Mr. Robert and his wife Grandma Betty in the dining room. Within the kitchen, duties range from food prep, clean-up, and serving people that come through the line. In the dining hall, Grandma Betty runs a tight ship. We assisted her with prepping every table, the drink station, and assisting people as they exited the line. As dinner progressed, we worked to walk table

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    We chose the topic of The Miss America Protest because we wanted to do something that has to do with feminism. We were first thinking about doing something with Amelia Earhart or Rosa Parks, but then our history teacher told us about the Miss America Protest in 1968. We started off research the protest of 1968 and we started to really get into the idea. We got excited to work on this and have enjoyed it since. We liked that this topic showed how feminism was evolving and how the pageant has changed

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    Superhero Training Camp Technology: Collaboration Math: Measurement & Data and Operations & Algebraic Thinking 60 Minute Lesson Superman, Wonder Woman, The Hulk, Cat Woman, Flash and Raven Cards Bullseye Handout Page Pockets (1 per pair) holding: Superhero Training Camp Data Sheet Dry erase markers (1 per pair) Sticky notes (1 per student) Measuring tape (2) Balls (5) String Masking tape Melee Circle (10 minutes) Stations, Everyone! (30 minutes) Super Dodgeball (15 minutes) The Great Comparison

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    On January 29th, 1970, feminist icon Betty Friedan testified before the Senate Judicial committee to protest the appointment of Judge George Harrold Carswell to Supreme Court Justice. With this testimony, Friedan hoped to persuade the committee to reject Carswell’s nomination. In her testimony, Friedan was clear, concise, and effective. Friedan employed many different techniques to provide examples and backings for her assertions. Within the first few sentences of her speech, the activist establishes

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    “The Importance of Work” is an essay from The Feminine Mystique, by Betty Friedan. The whole essay talks about how humans can contribute to the society with their full capacities through work and that women should hold jobs equivalent to men. Friedan insists that men and women need work that satisfies their creativity and contributes to human society. Today, doing paid work is a necessity because it helps us get through the day wether for our needs or our pleasures. The money earned from work supports

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    Introduction: Gloria Marie Steinem born on 25th Marc,1934 in Toledo ,Ohio ,USA. She is an American feminist, journalist and social and political activist. In the late 1960s and 1970sshe became media spokesperson for the Women’s Liberation Movement. She works as a writer and journalist for Ms. and New York magazines. She earned national fame as a feminist leader after publishing an article “After Black Power, Women’s Liberation” in New York magazine,1969. In 2005,she worked along with Jane Fonda and

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