History A-Level
Activism and the women’s liberation movement
What Activism and the women’s liberation movement means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Activism and the women’s liberation movement
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Emerging from the late 1960s, it campaigned for reproductive rights and workplace equality, achieving successes like Title IX (1972) and Roe v. Wade (1973).
Topics that use Activism and the women’s liberation movement
- Society and culture in change, 1917–80 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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