by Adriene | Mar 3, 2022 | remember this
The Roma are a distinctive ethnic group scattered throughout the world. A lack of reliable data makes it very difficult to estimate the global Roma population. In Europe where Roma are present in all countries – with the exception of Malta – there are approximately 12...
by Adriene | Mar 3, 2022 | remember this
Hadassah, the largest women’s organization in the U.S., was founded in 1912 by Henrietta Szold. A noted scholar, teacher, journalist, and social worker, Szold convinced her Daughters of Zion study circle at Temple Emanu-El in New York City to expand its purpose into a...
by Adriene | Mar 3, 2022 | remember this
In 1935, the Social Security Act became law, though its proponents faced great political opposition. In adopting this act, the U.S. government for the first time accepted responsibility for meeting the basic needs of at least some of its people – primarily white men,...
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Six million years ago, scientists propose, human beings diverged from our closest living relatives, the chimpanzees and the bonobos. Nobody knows much about our common ancestor. We can, however, look to our two closest relatives, as well as other primates, to help us...
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Alice Paul, born in 1885 in Moorestown, New Jersey, was a militant and creative leader in her lifelong fight for women’s rights. While in her early 20s, she committed herself to the movement for the women’s right to vote. She was in London earning degrees...
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