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- Button, "Sexism is a Social Disease," 1974 - In the 1970s, women's rights activists rallied against legal inequalities in the workplace, divorce and property rights, and many other areas. Supporters of a constitutional amendment that would guarantee women equal rights with men championed numerous individual causes. This button likened gender discrimination to social disease--an illness whose incidence is directly related to socioeconomic status.
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Button, "Sexism is a Social Disease," 1974
In the 1970s, women's rights activists rallied against legal inequalities in the workplace, divorce and property rights, and many other areas. Supporters of a constitutional amendment that would guarantee women equal rights with men championed numerous individual causes. This button likened gender discrimination to social disease--an illness whose incidence is directly related to socioeconomic status.