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Thomas_NP1 Jefferson_NP1 's_GE world_NN1 famous_JJ "_" Declaration_NN1 of_IO Independence_NN1 "_" argued_VVD that_CST "_" all_DB men_NN2 are_VBR created_VVN equal_JJ !_! "_" 
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Did_VDD this_DD1 statement_NN1 exclude_VVI women_NN2 of_IO his_APPGE time_NNT1 ?_? 
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In_II the_AT nineteenth_MD century_NNT1 ,_, during_II the_AT Women_NN2 's_GE Convention_NN1 in_II 1948_MC in_II Seneca_NP1 Falls_NN2 ,_, New_NP1 York_NP1 ,_, the_AT assembled_JJ women_NN2 wrote_VVD a_AT1 document_NN1 ,_, "_" The_AT Declaration_NN1 of_IO Sentiments_NN2 "_" calling_VVG for_IF the_AT full_JJ equality_NN1 of_IO women_NN2 with_IW men_NN2 ._. 
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However_RR ,_, in_II the_AT US_NP1 ,_, women_NN2 still_RR did_VDD not_XX obtain_VVI the_AT vote_NN1 until_II 1920_MC ,_, several_DA2 years_NNT2 after_II other_JJ countries_NN2 had_VHD fully_RR enfranchised_VVN their_APPGE own_DA women_NN2 ._. 
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During_II World_NN1 War_NN1 II_MC ,_, many_DA2 American_JJ women_NN2 went_VVD into_II the_AT factories_NN2 to_TO build_VVI war_NN1 related_JJ items_NN2 because_CS so_RG many_DA2 of_IO the_AT men_NN2 were_VBDR in_II military_JJ service_NN1 ._. 
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America_NP1 welcomed_VVD this_DD1 important_JJ contribution_NN1 of_IO the_AT women_NN2 for_IF the_AT common_JJ victory_NN1 ._. 
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After_CS the_AT war_NN1 was_VBDZ over_RP ,_, the_AT surviving_JJ men_NN2 returned_VVN and_CC expected_VVN to_TO take_VVI over_RP their_APPGE old_JJ jobs_NN2 ._. 
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They_PPHS2 thanked_VVD the_AT women_NN2 ,_, and_CC tried_VVD to_TO send_VVI them_PPHO2 back_RP into_II their_APPGE homes_NN2 to_TO be_VBI housewives_NN2 and_CC mother_NN1 ._. 
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Many_DA2 families_NN2 then_RT in_II America_NP1 ,_, as_CSA sometimes_RT still_RR happens_VVZ today_RT in_II China_NP1 and_CC other_JJ developing_JJ countries_NN2 ,_, made_VVD great_JJ efforts_NN2 to_TO give_VVI their_APPGE sons_NN2 the_AT best_JJT possible_JJ education_NN1 ._. 
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At_II the_AT same_DA time_NNT1 ,_, they_PPHS2 felt_VVD that_CST it_PPH1 was_VBDZ useless_JJ to_TO give_VVI their_APPGE daughters_NN2 such_DA an_AT1 education_NN1 as_CSA they_PPHS2 would_VM only_RR become_VVI housewives_NN2 and_CC mothers_NN2 ._. 
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There_EX have_VHI been_VBN forty-three_MC US_NP1 presidents_NN2 ,_, but_CCB so_RG far_RR no_AT women_NN2 president_NN1 ._. 
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In_II 1984_MC ,_, the_AT US_NP1 Democratic_JJ Party_NN1 was_VBDZ the_AT first_MD to_TO nominate_VVI a_AT1 woman_NN1 as_CSA its_APPGE vice_JJ presidential_JJ candidate_NN1 ._. 
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The_AT number_NN1 of_IO women_NN2 congresswomen_NN2 ,_, senators_NN2 ,_, CEOs_NN2 (_( corporate_JJ executive_NN1 officers_NN2 )_) of_IO major_JJ companies_NN2 ,_, and_CC presidents_NN2 of_IO universities_NN2 remains_VVZ very_RG low_JJ relative_II21 to_II22 the_AT population_NN1 of_IO women_NN2 in_II the_AT US_NP1 ._. 
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Many_DA2 women_NN2 in_II America_NP1 have_VH0 experienced_VVN "_" the_AT glass_NN1 ceiling_NN1 ,_, "_" in_II their_APPGE work_NN1 ,_, meaning_VVG that_CST they_PPHS2 could_VM advance_VVI only_RR so_RG far_RR and_CC then_RT the_AT top_JJ levels_NN2 of_IO management_NN1 for_IF them_PPHO2 is_VBZ "_" glass_NN1 "_" and_CC unobtainable_JJ ._. 
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Virginia_NP1 Slim_JJ cigarettes_NN2 advertised_VVD a_AT1 long_JJ time_NNT1 ago_RA ,_, "_" You_PPY 've_VH0 come_VVN along_II way_NN1 ,_, baby_NN1 ,_, "_" indicating_VVG that_CST now_RT women_NN2 could_VM now_RT have_VHI their_APPGE own_DA cigarette_NN1 and_CC were_VBDR entitled_VVN to_TO smoke_VVI with_IW as_RG much_DA1 pleasure_NN1 as_CSA men_NN2 did_VDD ._. 
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This_DD1 ,_, in_II fact_NN1 ,_, was_VBDZ a_AT1 cynical_JJ ploy_NN1 by_II the_AT cigarette_NN1 companies_NN2 as_CSA tobacco_NN1 usage_NN1 is_VBZ highly_RR dangerous_JJ for_IF both_RR men_NN2 and_CC women_NN2 in_II31 terms_II32 of_II33 good_JJ health_NN1 ._. 
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During_II the_AT 1960_MC221 's_MC222 parallel_NN1 with_IW the_AT civil_JJ rights_NN2 movement_NN1 ,_, and_CC latter_DA with_IW the_AT anti_JJ Vietnam_NP1 protests_NN2 ,_, books_NN2 like_II The_AT Second_MD Sex_NN1 encouraged_VVD the_AT women_NN2 's_GE liberation_NN1 movement_NN1 ._. 
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At_RR21 first_RR22 ,_, the_AT appeal_NN1 appeared_VVD to_TO be_VBI an_AT1 anti_JJ male_NN1 and_CC anti_JJ family_NN1 effort_NN1 ._. 
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In_II the_AT 1970_MC221 's_MC222 ,_, the_AT proposed_JJ "_" Equal_JJ rights_NN2 Movement_NN1 "_" assuring_VVG all_DB women_NN2 in_II America_NP1 equal_JJ opportunities_NN2 with_IW men_NN2 ,_, failed_VVD because_CS not_XX enough_DD states_NN2 were_VBDR willing_JJ to_TO support_VVI or_CC actually_RR withdrew_VVD their_APPGE support_NN1 ._. 
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Today_RT ,_, in_II the_AT United_JJ Sates_NN2 ,_, a_AT1 more_DAR balance_NN1 view_NN1 seems_VVZ to_TO have_VHI developed_VVN ._. 
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Women_NN2 now_RT represent_VV0 slightly_RR more_DAR than_CSN 50%_NNU in_II many_DA2 universities_NN2 in_II the_AT US_NP1 ,_, and_CC are_VBR entering_VVG university_NN1 majors_NN2 and_CC careers_NN2 that_CST were_VBDR previously_RR seen_VVN only_RR as_CSA available_JJ to_II men_NN2 ._. 
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Prejudice_NN1 in_II the_AT US_NP1 continues_VVZ against_II women_NN2 ,_, but_CCB it_PPH1 is_VBZ much_DA1 less_DAR than_CSN even_RR a_AT1 decade_NNT1 ago_RA ._. 
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This_DD1 is_VBZ important_JJ progress_NN1 ._. 
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Perhaps_RR as_CSA the_AT sense_NN1 of_IO equality_NN1 continues_VVZ to_TO develop_VVI ,_, one_MC1 of_IO my_APPGE granddaughters_NN2 will_VM be_VBI a_AT1 CEO_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 congresswoman_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 senator_NN1 ,_, or_CC a_AT1 university_NN1 president_NN1 ,_, I_PPIS1 shall_VM look_VVI forward_RL to_II that_DD1 day_NNT1 ._. 
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