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Article: Let's 'honor' those who have set back women's rights this year
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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- August 22, 2008
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BOSTON -- Once more we prepare to honor our foremothers by
celebrating the anniversary of the passage of women's suffrage. Each
year, in advance of Aug. 26, our one-woman committee gathers to hand
out the Equal Rites Awards to those stalwarts who have done the most
in the past year to set back the cause of women.
What to say of the last 12 months? This is the year girls finally
caught up with boys in math achievement. And the year women finally
achieved equality with men in job losses. This year we had the first
serious female contender for the White House. And all she'll end up
with at the convention is a roll-call vote.
But enough of all that. The envelopes please.
We begin with the highly ...