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Equality: The Women's Suffrage Movement

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Equality is supposed to be for everyone. Years ago, there was no equality, at least forth women anyway. This all changed when something extraordinary happened. Inequality for women such as roles in jobs, voting rights, and much more led to an uprising in the 20th century known as the women’s suffrage movement. The movement sparked a change that history will never

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