women's rights Archives - The Dominion Post https://www.dominionpost.com/tag/womens-rights/ Morgantown Area News Tue, 27 Aug 2024 22:46:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://www.dominionpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-81287318_3042289439136500_6974497821747576832_n-32x32.png women's rights Archives - The Dominion Post https://www.dominionpost.com/tag/womens-rights/ 32 32 Great strides in women’s equality, but still far to go https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/08/27/great-strides-in-womens-equality-but-still-far-to-go/ Wed, 28 Aug 2024 03:04:00 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=353917 Monday was Women’s Equality Day, celebrated each year on the anniversary of the certification of the 19th Amendment. This year mark 104 years since women gained the right to vote. […]

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]]> Women history forgot (Part 4) https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/08/24/women-history-forgot-part-4/ Sun, 25 Aug 2024 03:02:00 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=353259 “Mr. President, how long must women wait for liberty?” — Inez Milholland, 1916. As we previously discussed, suffragists argued women should qualify as “persons and citizens of the United States” […]

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]]> Women history forgot (Part 3) https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/07/27/women-history-forgot-part-3/ Sun, 28 Jul 2024 03:06:00 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=349033 As we’ve previously written, the women’s suffrage movement did not begin at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. More importantly, Seneca Falls influenced an entire new generation with its “Declaration […]

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]]> Republicans’ war on divorce is just Christian nationalism in disguise https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/07/18/republicans-war-on-divorce-is-just-christian-nationalism-in-disguise/ Fri, 19 Jul 2024 03:02:00 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=348042 by Patricia Lopez No-fault divorce is an option available in all 50 states. But it might not be for long if Donald Trump wins a second term, further emboldening a […]

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]]> Contraception bill vote previews next fight over rights https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/06/10/contraception-bill-vote-previews-next-fight-over-rights/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 03:04:00 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=342559 It is infuriating as well as alarming that the U.S. Senate on Wednesday failed to pass the Right to Contraception Act, a straightforward bill that would guarantee a federal right […]

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]]> Women history forgot (Part 1) https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/05/25/women-history-forgot-part-1/ Sun, 26 May 2024 03:04:00 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=339656 Today we embark on a series devoted to some forgotten women of American history and ask the question: Why are their stories important lessons to modern America in our struggle […]

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]]> Exhibit remembers the women who made W.Va. history https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/05/24/exhibit-remembers-the-women-who-made-w-va-history/ Sat, 25 May 2024 03:04:00 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=339827 Through May 31, The West Virginia and Regional History Center will be displaying the exhibit “Women Making History: Showcasing the West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection” on the sixth floor of […]

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]]> This Mother’s Day, forget the cards and flowers. Women want their rights instead https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/05/11/this-mothers-day-forget-the-cards-and-flowers-women-want-their-rights-instead/ Sun, 12 May 2024 03:00:00 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=337070 by Mary McNamara When I was young, my father gave me one piece of advice about choosing a career: Stay away from any occupation with a national “appreciation” day. As […]

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]]> Results are in: W.Va. among worst states for women https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/03/13/results-are-in-w-va-among-worst-states-for-women/ Thu, 14 Mar 2024 03:01:00 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=327217 As we like to say in West Virginia, thank goodness for Mississippi (and Alabama). Otherwise, the Mountain State would be dead last in everything. As it stands, several recent rankings […]

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]]> The ‘cool aunties’ flout the growing restrictions imposed on women https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/02/11/the-cool-aunties-flout-the-growing-restrictions-imposed-on-women/ Mon, 12 Feb 2024 04:02:00 +0000 https://www.dominionpost.com/?p=322561 by Carolina A. Miranda In the great taxonomy of aunts in popular culture, there are stern aunts, maternal aunts and cruel aunts (like malevolent Aunt Petunia in the “Harry Potter” […]

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