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  1. Under Liberal or Labor: Women's right to work under attack

    unqualified as it was in the 1950s, when women had to be forced out of the jobs they assumed during World War ... These cuts are having an impact on women's options. A study done in Sydney's inner-west ... dropped significantly. For many women, working full time and relying on professional child-care has become ...

  2. Looking out: Sexism and racism

    I have come to realise that in a host of ways dictionaries wage a kind of intellectual war on women and ... column will know that on March 11 — in reference to the American Heritage Dictionary's four ... a passage taken from her speech to the New York legislature on February 18, 1850: "The prejudice ...

  3. Scapegoating Chinese has long history

    co-existed with no signs of racial tension. Immigration of Chinese continued until the outbreak of World War ... colonial exploitation and poverty of the people, and all sorts of other ills in society were blamed on the ... anti-Chinese hostilities were evident. On May 13 and 14, truckloads of men wearing crew cuts and military boots ...