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  2. Economy of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    One of the main reasons why Virginia has a big arms and defense manufacturing industry is its close proximity to Washington, D.C., the center of U.S. military and defense operations. Many defense contractors have established their headquarters or major operations in Northern Virginia to be near key decision-makers and the Pentagon. [29]

  3. Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities ...

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    Even assuming the lower end of the scale of relief (which varies from ₹85,000 to ₹825,000) the monetary loss alone due to wholly avoidable judicial delays is in the range of ₹15 billion, USD 200 million. As of 30 April 2022 at least one of these cases is in court since 1992 - i.e. 30 years. [45]

  4. Social class in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The median wealth of married couples exceeds that of single individuals, regardless of gender and across all age categories. [11]It is impossible to understand people's behavior…without the concept of social stratification, because class position has a pervasive influence on almost everything…the clothes we wear…the television shows we watch…the colors we paint our homes in and the ...

  5. Women in the workforce - Wikipedia

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    Largely seen as a boon for industrial society, women in the workforce contribute to a higher national economic output as measure in GDP as well as decreasing labor costs by increasing the labor supply in a society. Women's lack of access to higher education had effectively excluded them from the practice of well-paid and high status occupations.

  6. Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Ocean tourism is an important sector of Virginia Beach's economy. Based on data as of 2020 [update] , Virginia is home to 204,131 separate employers plus 644,341 sole proprietorships . Of the 144,431 registered non-farm businesses in 2017 [update] , 59.4% are majority male-owned, 22% are majority female-owned, 19.6% are majority minority-owned ...

  7. History of women in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Eliza Pinckney (née Elizabeth Lucas; December 28, 1722 – May 27, 1793) [33] transformed agriculture in colonial South Carolina, where she developed indigo as one of its most important cash crops. Its cultivation and processing as dye produced one-third the total value of the colony's exports before the Revolutionary War .

  8. Caste politics - Wikipedia

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    The very nature of caste politics inherently means that there are no boundaries between "civil society" and "political society", as demonstrated by the proliferation caste mafia. The mafia dons became mayors, ministers, and even members of Parliament. Therefore, there was no alternative to fight against these mafia figures and political brokers.

  9. Female education - Wikipedia

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    [28] [29] [30] By 1900, 66 percent of Sweden's teachers were women, many of whom worked in isolated rural areas, where they faced loneliness and the threat of male violence. Politicians, teachers, and female authors debated a number of solutions to reduce these threats, such as providing the teachers with guard dogs, weapons, and telephones.