In fact, many historians note this time period as the major catalyst for trends of Urbanization and Feminism. ... A very important and insightful book from this time period, Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie, accurately depicts the roots of these changes. ... It suggested that women, like men, could now be identified by their careers, and pursue personal fortunes, for Carrie had landed a job in the newly developed retail outlets. ...

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Defining gender violence as a violation of human rights is a relatively new approach to the problem. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the global feminist social movement worked to introduce this idea to the human rights community and by the early years of the 21st century, succeeded in establishing the right to protection from gender violence as a core dimension of women's human rights. This is another example of the process described in Chapter 2, in which a social movement defines a problem and generates support from legal institutions and states. After describing how gender viol...

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