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  2. Legal rights of women in history - Wikipedia

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    If a married woman had sex with any man besides her husband, she was guilty of adultery. However, if a married man had sex with a woman who was not or could not be legally married, there was no offense. [48] [49] Roman law recognized rape as a crime in which the victim bore no guilt. [50] [51] Rape was a capital crime. [52]

  3. Timeline of women's legal rights in the United States (other ...

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    California Federal S. & L. Assn. v. Guerra is a Supreme Court case about whether a state may require employers to provide greater pregnancy benefits than required by federal law, as well as the ability to require pregnancy benefits to women without similar benefits to men. The court held that The California Fair Employment and Housing Act in ...

  4. Women in positions of power - Wikipedia

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    Power and powerful positions have most often been associated with men as opposed to women. [1] As gender equality increases, men still hold more power, including in politics and athletics. [2] Accurate and proportional representation of men in social systems has been shown to be important to the long-lasting success of the human race and ...

  5. Eunuch - Wikipedia

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    Moreover, he squashed revolts in the Libya and the Levant. Given his reputation and power in the court and military he took the reins of the caliphate from his then student al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah; then ruled as the de facto Regent 997 CE. His usurpation of power from the caliph resulted in his assassination in 1000 CE on the orders of al-Hakim.

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    The president’s proposals will require congressional approval, and that in turn highlights the role every American can play in reining in a court that has tilted into ideological activism: The ...

  7. Women in the Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    In looking at coroner records for 14th-century rural England detailing the accidental deaths of 1,000 people, which represent the lives of peasants more clearly, Barbara Hanawalt found that 30% of women died in their homes compared to 12% of men; 9% of women died on a private property (i.e. a neighbour's house, a garden area, manor house, etc ...

  8. Women in ancient Egypt - Wikipedia

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    They could own property and were, at court, legally equal to men. However, Ancient Egypt was a patriarchal society dominated by men. Only a few women are known to have important positions in administration, though there were female rulers and even female pharaohs. Women at the royal court gained their positions by relationship to male kings. [1]

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