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Being a Woman in the Twenty-first Century

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Our times are undoubtedly a time of women.1 There are three basic events that have taken place around the status of women in this century: the right to vote with its consequent legal autonomy with respect to civil rights; greater equality in access to education; and the massive entry of women in the job market.

‘The past is a prologue.’

Shakespeare

‘Tell me what you truly love and you will have given me an expression of your life.’

‘You love what you live.’

J.G. Fitche

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  1. Nuria Chinchilla
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  2. Consuelo León
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© 2005 Nuria Chinchilla and Consuelo León

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Chinchilla, N., León, C. (2005). Being a Woman in the Twenty-first Century. In: Female Ambition. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230508910_2

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