... demonstrations and food riots, presented petitions to the National Assembly, and brought the royal family back to the governmental capital. They agitated ceaselessly for the political and civil rights that they deserved, and backed up their demands with well-thought-out logical arguments. The women of 18th ... citizenship. Women, like domestic servants, were not considered autonomous human beings; they were nature's 'passive' citizens, and their rights were rendered invisible in the constitutions. The most eloquent and influential male advocate of women's rights was the philosopher Condo...

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... 14:34-35) "A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner."" (1 ... it was certainly not the custom and would have been considered disorderly conduct in a woman; people would wonder why her husband or father responsible for her would encourage or allow such inappropriate behavior, no matter how wise her words were. People would not listen to her words "rather ... imperf...

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... observing the opinion of an experts about the emancipation of women rights in our society, about what else the government can provide for women for free access to the political sphere except the formal decrees existing now. Apart from that there was used the help of many ... no male politician would agree to accept (Kanopyanova 2000: 343). A high level of education does not guarantee promotion of female-specialists. If every second man with a post-secondary or specialized secondary education is a manager at some level or another, then among women with the same education the proportion is...

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