Gilder Lehrman Institute: Pursuit of Equity: Women, Men, Economic Citizenship

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Gilder Lehrman Institute: Pursuit of Equity: Women, Men, Economic Citizenship

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"In Pursuit of Equity: Women, Men, and the Quest for Economic Citizenship in 20th-Century America," is delivered by Alice Kessler-Harris. A detail heavy presentation differentiating between equality and equity and what that does within citizenship. Historical perspective reflecting on circumstances in the 1800's and progresses into the 1900's. Political, Civil and Social citizenship must all coexist in order for true equality to exist. [1:13:41]

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citizenship, civil rights, equality, equity, women's history

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