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Do you know there was a vibrant Women’s Movement in Cuba in the early 20th century? Do you know that the Cuban Constitution guaranteed women the rights that the ERA could have given U.S. women? Cuban feminism was both similar and different from U.S. feminism and went well beyond getting the vote. Several Women’s Congresses from 1923 to 1939 and a politically and racially diverse group of women fought for changes in family law, equal rights, suffrage, education, social welfare laws and labor legislation. They made a major contribution to social and political history. In this course you will learn about these women and their men allies who contributed to change laws and improve the status of women.