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  2. Women's Way - Wikipedia

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    Women's Way is a grantmaking, advocacy, and education 501 (c) (3) status nonprofit that deals with current issues facing women and girls in the greater Philadelphia region. [1] Several women-focused nonprofits formed the organization in the late-1970s in response to financial struggles. The causes they served at the time were controversial and ...

  3. Sexism - Wikipedia

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    Etymology and definitions According to legal scholar Fred R. Shapiro, the term "sexism" was most likely coined on November 18, 1965, by Pauline M. Leet during a "Student-Faculty Forum" at Franklin and Marshall College. Specifically, the word sexism appears in Leet's forum contribution "Women and the Undergraduate", and she defines it by comparing it to racism, stating in part, "When you argue ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society - Wikipedia

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    The Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society ( PFASS) was founded in December 1833, a few days after the first meeting of the American Anti-Slavery Society (in Philadelphia), and dissolved in March 1870 following the ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. It was founded by eighteen women, including Lucretia Mott ...

  6. Youth Empowerment for Advancement Hangout - Wikipedia

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    yeahphilly .org. Youth Empowerment for Advancement Hangout, also known as YEAH Philly, is a non-profit community organization based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that works with teens and young adults who have been impacted by violence. [1] It was founded in 2018 by Kendra Van de Water and James Aye as a Black-led organization in an effort to ...

  7. African-American upper class - Wikipedia

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    It advocates on behalf of black women and girls, as well as promotes leadership development and gender equity in health, education, and economic empowerment. Other social and family organizations. The Girl Friends, Incorporated is a social organization of African American women.

  8. Harlem Renaissance - Wikipedia

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    During the Harlem Renaissance, the African-American clothing scene took a dramatic turn from the prim and proper many young women preferred, from short skirts and silk stockings to drop-waisted dresses and cloche hats. Women wore loose-fitted garments and accessorized with long strand pearl bead necklaces, feather boas, and cigarette holders.

  9. Timeline of women's suffrage in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    December 5: The Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends creates an Equal Rights Association. [10] 1903. November 7: State women's suffrage convention is held in Philadelphia. [10] 1904. The Allegheny County Equal Rights Association (ACERA) is created. [11] November 3–5: The state suffrage convention is held in Easton.