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The Feminization Of America

The women’s rights movement moved from Constitutional ideas to an experiment in unintended consequences.
Ratification of the 19th amendment 1920

In 1920, with the ratification of the 19th Amendment, America commenced an experiment whose consequences are still unfolding. Women’s suffrage was only the beginning. Over the ensuing century, women steadily expanded their influence in work, education, government, politics, nonprofits, NGOs, and institutions shaping American life. Women now outnumber men on college campuses and have begun to dominate certain institutions.

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