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Osborn, Elizabeth R. – 2001
Different groups at different times have turned to founding documents of the United States to meet their needs and to declare their entitlement to the promises of the Revolution of 1776. At Seneca Falls, New York in the summer of 1848, a group of U.S. men and women met to discuss the legal limitations imposed on women during this period. Their…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Consciousness Raising, Elementary Secondary Education, Females
Chang, June C. – 2002
Over the next ten years, the United States will need to train an additional 1.9 million workers in the sciences. Increased participation of women and minorities is essential in meeting the projected need for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering (SME) workers. Women, who received 56% of B.A.'s overall, comprised 37% of the SME bachelor degrees…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Engineering, Ethnic Groups