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Four Freedoms is a 2009 historical novel by American writer John Crowley. It follows the adventures of several characters centring on a fictional aircraft manufacturing plant near Ponca City, Oklahoma during World War II, specifically from 1942 to 1945. The plant chiefly produces the fictional B-30 Pax bomber.

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How Women's Equality Day Originated
The women's suffrage movement traveled a long journey since August 26, 1920. On that fateful day, the women's suffrage amendment received approval from the House of Representatives, and the Senate. Women's equality was no longer a myth, but a working reality. This amendment strengthened the women's rights movement, and recognized rights of women as equal citizens of America. In 1971, Bella Abzug lobbied to declare August 26th as Women's Equality Day. Every year on August 26, the President issues a proclamation commemorating the efforts of the suffragists.

Women had to fight a long battle for equality and freedom. They endured hardships when they had to tear down rigid ideas of a male-dominated society. Spirited activists like Bella Abzug, Susan B. Anthony, Jane Addams, Carrie Chapman Catt, among many others, paved the path to freedom. Today, America can boast about its empowered women, which is the culmination of the work done by the suffragists.

Elizabeth I, Speech at Tilbury
I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too.

Elaine Gill
If you have any doubts that we live in a society controlled by men, try reading down the index of contributors to a volume of quotations, looking for women's names.

Bella Abzug
Our struggle today is not to have a female Einstein get appointed as an assistant professor. It is for a woman schlemiel to get as quickly promoted as a male schlemiel.

Abigail Adams
The only chance for much intellectual improvement in the female sex, was to be found in the families of the educated class and in occasional intercourse with the learned.

Clare Boothe Luce
Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, She doesn't have what it takes. They will say, "Women don't have what it takes."

Women Add Meaning to Your Life
Women's quotations often dwell on the significance of mothers. But don't forget your wife, grandmother, sister, and female colleagues. Imagine life without them. Sure, there may be fewer shopping trips. But are you willing to cut back on their giggles and ever-available advice? Remember that old adage, "Women! Can't live with them. Can't live without them." American humorist James Thurber has a similar line that sheds light on men's love-hate relationship with the women in their life. He says, "I hate women because they always know where things are."

Shirley Chisholm
The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, 'It's a girl.'

Virginia Woolf
I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.

Christabel Pankhurst, Suffragette
Remember the dignity of your womanhood. Do not appeal, do not beg, do not grovel. Take courage, join hands, stand beside us, fight with us.

Margaret Mead
Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.

Doing the Balancing Act
Conservative thinkers insist that the woman's place is at home, and nowhere else. They argue that a homemaker maintains a stable family, nurtures her children, and looks after the wellbeing of her husband. She is the most important cog in the family wheel.

However, you will find many examples of exemplary women who make good mothers and wives, while juggling their professional roles with ease. Contemporary dads do help around the house, but few men forsake their ambitions for the sake of kids and family. American feminist Gloria Steinem said, "I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career."

Importance of Women's Day
Important days such as International Women's Day, celebrated on March 8, and Women's Equality Day, held on August 26, bring a range of women's issues to the fore. We learn about the various advancements made in the area of women's social and economic development in different parts of the world. Articles in newspapers and magazines highlight the problems faced by women in society. Though Women's Day has become a tad commercial, it reminds us that women's emancipation is the result of a hard-fought battle. Some may argue that the tenets of feminism are now becoming outdated. But the words of English author Rebecca West ring true. She said, "...people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute." Women's lib is far from dead. The battle continues, only, with less noise and bluster.

Kishida Toshiko
If it is true that men are better than women because they are stronger, why aren't our sumo wrestlers in the government?

Qui Jin
Today the two hundred million men in our country are entering into a civilized new world...but we, the two hundred million women, are still kept down in the dungeon.

Virginia Woolf
Why are women... so much more interesting to men than men are to women?

Margaret Thatcher
In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.

Melinda Gates
A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult. It's complicated by the fact that in most nations women receive substantially less education than men.

My Favorite Women's Quotations
One of my favorite quotations about women is by activist Susan. B. Anthony who said, "Modern invention has banished the spinning wheel, and the same law of progress makes the woman of today a different woman from her grandmother." Women have walked a long way from the hearth. Women are running governments, heading big corporations, enabling social change, and so much more. Politician Dianne Feinstein put it brilliantly in this quote, "Toughness doesn't have to come in a pinstripe suit."

Not the Weaker Sex
Ogden Nash had an amusing explanation for why women are termed the "weaker sex." The poet said, "I have an idea that the phrase 'weaker sex' was coined by some woman to disarm some man she was preparing to overwhelm." This funny quote is one of many that highlight the bundle of contradictions that make up the modern women. The quote also suggests that women are not necessarily passive spectators in the game of life.

Helen Rowland
The woman who appeals to a man's vanity may stimulate him, the woman who appeals to his heart may attract him, but it is the woman who appeals to his imagination who gets him

Elayne Boosler
When women are depressed, they eat or go shopping. Men invade another country. It's a whole different way of thinking.

Nora Ephron
Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.

Sarah Moore Grimke
I ask no favors for my sex.... All I ask of our brethren is that they will take their feet from off our necks.

Gloria Steinem
Most women are one man away from welfare.

Woman Power
Influential author Maya Angelou said, "I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels." This quote about girl power reminds women to reach for the stars. The story of women's lib was spurred by self-belief. Civil rights activist Rosa Parks said, "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." The Color Purple author Alice Walker warned, "The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." These quotes by influential women encourage women to believe in their own abilities. Share these words of wisdom with your favorite ladies when Women's Day comes around.

Charlotte Bronte
But life is a battle: may we all be enabled to fight it well!

Elizabeth Blackwell
For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women.

Diane Mariechild
A woman is the full circle.

Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.

Margaret Sanger
Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression.

Marsha Petrie Sue
Today's decisions are tomorrow's realities. Remember you have three choices: Take it, leave it or change it.

Mary Kay Ash
Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway.

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Women have the right to equal pay, and job opportunities. Yet we find women being discriminated. In addition, women with families and children are at a severe disadvantage compared to their male counterparts. On Women's Equality Day, make a noise about this unfair disparity. Here is an article that encapsulates the need for women's liberation.

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Iron Jawed Angels is a 2004 American historical drama film directed by Katja von Garnier. The film stars Hilary Swank as suffragist leader Alice Paul, Frances O'Connor as activist Lucy Burns, Julia Ormond as Inez Milholland, and Anjelica Huston as Carrie Chapman Catt. It received critical acclaim after the film premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival.

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In Her Own Right:The Life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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The first comprehensive, fully documented biography of the most important woman suffragist and feminist reformer in nineteenth-century America, In Her Own Right restores Elizabeth Cady Stanton to her true place in history. Griffith emphasizes the significance of role models and female friendships in Stanton's progress toward personal and political independence.

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I Am Slave is a 2010 television film produced for Channel 4 on the story of one woman's fight for freedom from modern-day slavery. It premiered on Channel 4 on 30 August 2010. The movie is mostly based on the experiences of Mende Nazer, a Sudanese author, human rights activist and a former slave in Sudan and London.

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Along with Diao Yi'nan's Night Train , Blind Mountain was one of only two Chinese films in competition in the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, both for the Prix un certain regard. A third Chinese film, Fengming, a Chinese Memoir by Wang Bing was a documentary and was a "Special Screening" not in competition.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_rights_in_Afghanistan

http://www.womenforwomen.org/

http://www.wilpfinternational.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Mountain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Slave

http://books.google.ca/books/about/In_Her_Own_Right_The_Life_of_Elizabeth_C.html?id=1CNTlVR-qdQC&redir_esc=y

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Jawed_Angels

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Freedoms_(novel)

http://womensissues.about.com/od/feminismequalrights/fr/DaughtersNorth.htm

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Women's rights in Afghanistan - Wikipedia

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Women's rights in Afghanistan are improving but very slowly on an international level. Through different former rulers such as the mujahideen and the Taliban in the later part of the 20th century, women had very little to no freedom, specifically in terms of civil liberties.

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Description: Women's International League for
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Description: Women's International League for
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Who founded  this organization?
Anita Augspurg

Who runs/works for the organization?
International President: Adilia Caravaca,Vice-presidents:Kerstin Grebäck, Martha Jean Baker, Joy Ada Onyesoh, Lorraine Mirham, International Treasurer: Nancy Ramsden, Secretary General: Madeleine Rees

What is their objective/mission (who/what/where)?
To bring together women of different political views and philosophical and religious backgrounds determined to study and make known the causes of war and work for a permanent peace and to unite women worldwide who oppose oppression and exploitation.

What strategies/programs/projects are they using to meet this objective?
A focus on education, information, and participation at the international level leads to concrete organising and activism around the world, giving us global and local ownership over the issues upon which we work.

Why are these strategies effective or ineffective?
WILPF's values are hailed and adopted by some of the world's most powerful leaders. They have organized dialogues between women in the Middle East, sent groups of women to North and South Vietnam to oppose the war, and worked closely with the United Nations to try to ensure a permanent change for women's peace and security.

How is this organization funded?

Donations

Fundraisers

How can you get involved?
To join WILPF you must become a member of either a national section or a regional branch. If WILPF is not already present in your country, you can join WILPF International as an international member – or create your own Section!

Contact information:

T: 1-212-682-1265

F: 1-212-286-8211

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Who founded this organization?
Colin Klippenstein and Caitlyn Banman

Who runs/works for the organization?
Colin Klippenstein and Caitlyn Banman as well as some volunteers and several paid employees.

What is their objective/mission (who/what/where)?
Our goals for this organization is to provide under privileged women living in Afghanistan with a way out. Whether their obstacles include controlling fathers, abusive husbands, or extreme poverty, they can come to us to find help and hope for their futures.

What strategies/programs/projects are they using to meet this objective?
Our organization provides a safe place for women in the form of a school/shelter. They can come for any reason, whether they need food, a warm bed for the night, even medical help. After they have gotten comfortable, they can begin attending classes at the school if they choose, and learn skills that they will need in life and that will help them become the Women of the Future.

Why are these strategies effective or ineffective?
Women can come to us any hour of the day or night for help with any of their needs. Once they realize what we can help them do in their lives, or even the lives of family and friends, hopefully they will decide to join us in our schooling program and begin to make those changes.

How is this organization funded?

Donations

Fundraisers

How can you get involved?
You can help this program in several ways, for example; the obvious donations, hosting fundraisers/events, or in more in depth ways like becoming a teacher, cook, nurse at the school/shelter full time.

Contact information:

T: 1-204-388-1234

F: 1-204-388-5678

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Description: Women for Women International

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Description: Women for Women International

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Who founded this organization?
Zainab Salbi

Who runs/works for the organization?
Tony Gambino: Interim Chief Executive Officer, Julianna Lindsey: Vice President, Programs, Brita Fernandez Schmidt: Executive Director-UK, Antoinette Uwimana: Country Director, Rwanda, Ngozi Uchenna Eze: Country Director, Nigeria

What is their objective/mission (who/what/where)?
In countries affected by conflict and war, Women for Women International supports the most underprivileged  women to earn and save money, improve health and well-being, influence decisions in their home and community, and connect to networks for support. By using skills, knowledge, and resources, she is able to create sustainable change for herself, her family, and community.

What strategies/programs/projects are they using to meet this objective?
Through this program, women find inspiration and strength to transform their lives. During a 12 month period, women come together in classes of 25 to learn critical skills and access new resources. With a curriculum that meets them where they are, women begin their journey to achieve these four outcomes:

Earn and save money – Women learn basic business skills and a vocational skill with earning power in their local markets. They begin to save and receive support to establish cooperatives after graduation.

Develop health and well-being – Women learn how to manage their health, including reproductive health and stress management. They also learn about the importance of good hygiene and nutrition for their families. They are connected with local healthcare providers.

Influence decisions in their homes and communities – Women learn their fundamental rights and those recognized in their countries, and are encouraged to educate other women. They learn the importance of civic participation, voting, and negotiation.

Connect to networks for support and advocacy – Women build support networks. They share ideas and resources, invest in business together, and help each other find solutions to common challenges.

Beyond the classroom, women are encouraging to others, creating ripple effects in their families and their communities.  For instance, women increase their average daily income from $0.41 when they enroll in the yearlong program to $1.98 two years after completing it. The overwhelming majority invest their savings in growing their small business and in their children.

Why are these strategies effective or ineffective?
Women from war-torn regions can overcome poverty and marginalization.  With support and life-changing skills, they can increase their household incomes, raise healthier families, and create sustainable change.

How is this organization funded?

Donations

Sponsors

Fundraisers

How can you get involved?
There are many ways that someone interested in helping out could contribute to this program. A few examples are becoming a Women for Women International Ambassador, sponsoring a sister with 30 dollars a month, hosting events or organizing fundraisers.

Contact information:

T: 202-737-7705

F: 202-737-7709

Email general@womenforwomen.org for general inquiries.

Email finance@womenforwomen.org or call (202) 521-0016 or 1 (888) 504-3247 for questions about your account.

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wom·en's rights
noun

Rights that promote a position of legal and social equality of women with men.

Women's rights in Afghanistan has improved drastically since the Karzai administration began its rule approximately ten years ago. Even so, violence against women today is still high, as women struggle to gain their freedom and recreate a society that was primarily male dominant.

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