When Life Gives You Lemons
Discrimination in America in the Past
In 1900 a women would have very few rights. For example, the women would have no right to own property in her own name. In 1950, it was normal for married women and women over thirty five to be in the workforce. From 1981 to 1997, the United States Department of Agriculture was against many thousand black farmers.
In 1984, Ellen Malcolm was collecting and packaging small checks from thousands of people to support female candidates. In the 1990's she became the most powerful Political Action Committee in the Democratic Party.
Current Discrimination in America
Current Discrimination in the World
On February 25th, 2013 the NFL was warned about sexual orientation of players and to make teams not ask those types of questions. Le'veon Bell, Nick Kasa, and Denard Robinson were asked about if they had girl friends or do they like girls. Under the terms of the league, teams are not allowed to discriminate against players who are under a contract.
Why do people judge other people?
The final reason why people make fun or judge other people is because they don't like what someone is wearing. A cool kid thinks he has the best clothes and is rich. Which I kid that is just average doesn't satisfy the cool kid.
Major events in Women's rights in the history of America
In 1919, the federal women originally written by Susan B. Anthony was introduced in the Congress in 1878. It was passed to the House of Representatives and also the senate. After that it was sent to the states for ratification.
How are women treated differently than men in America
Key famous people dealing with Women's Rights in the World
Shirin Ebadi is a judge and a lawyer. She fought the right for women to have a legal career in Iran. She has also defended people who have not agreed the Iranian beliefs.
Benazir Bhutto was the first female president of Pakistan. She help to move the country from military to the democracy. That was in 1988.
Connections with Discrimination and Women's Rights in Make Lemonade
An example of Women's Rights in the book Make Lemonade is involving Jolly. She was sexually assaulted at work. Then after she ended up getting fired.
Finally, two fathers left Jolly. Now Jolly has Jilly and Jeremy. This is a form of Women's Rights in the book.
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