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2. New Century Guild - Wikipedia

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   Designated PHMC. June 19, 1997 [1] The New Century Guild, now the New Century Trust, is an historic women's support organization which is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1882, it is one of the oldest and largest organizations devoted to meeting the needs of women in the labor force. From its founding, the organization's ...

3. Women in the workforce - Wikipedia

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   Women find themselves experiencing the concept of "doing gender", especially in a traditional masculine occupation. Women's standpoint of men's behavior sheds light on mobilizing masculinity. With the feminist standpoint view of gender in the workplace, men's gender is an advantage, whereas women's is a handicap.

4. Women's suffrage in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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   Philadelphia would host the fifth National Women's Rights Convention in 1854. Later years saw suffragists forming a statewide group, the Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association (PWSA), and other smaller groups throughout the state. Early efforts moved slowly, but steadily, with suffragists raising awareness and winning endorsements from labor ...

5. Women's empowerment - Wikipedia

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   Feminism. Women's empowerment (or female empowerment) may be defined in several ways, including accepting women's viewpoints, making an effort to seek them and raising the status of women through education, awareness, literacy, and training. [1] [2] [3] Women's empowerment equips and allows women to make life-determining decisions through the ...

6. Gender Empowerment Measure - Wikipedia

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   The Gender Empowerment Measure ( GEM) is an index designed to measure gender equality. GEM is the United Nations Development Programme 's attempt to measure the extent of gender inequality across the globe's countries, based on estimates of women's relative economic income, participation in high-paying positions with economic power, and access ...

7. Feminist economics - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. Feminist economics is the critical study of economics and economies, with a focus on gender-aware and inclusive economic inquiry and policy analysis. [1] Feminist economic researchers include academics, activists, policy theorists, and practitioners. [1] Much feminist economic research focuses on topics that have been neglected in the ...

8. 75 Women Empowerment Quotes from the Most Inspirational ... - AOL

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   Chelsea Candelario/PureWow. 3. “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.”. — Shirley Chisholm. Chelsea Candelario/PureWow. 4. “Women don’t need to find a ...

9. Pyramid Club (Philadelphia) - Wikipedia

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   By the 1950s, it was "Philadelphia's leading African-American social club." Between 1940 and 1957, the club's building at 1517 Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, was a center for social and cultural life. Because African-Americans were barred from many clubs and restaurants, the Pyramid Club had its own bar and restaurant.