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  2. Women in Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    This character and spirit of Vietnamese women were first exemplified by the conduct of the Trung sisters, one of the "first historical figures" in the history of Vietnam who revolted against Chinese control. North Vietnamese women were enlisted and fought in the combat zone and provided manual labor to keep the Ho Chi Minh trail open. They also ...

  3. Women in law - Wikipedia

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    In private practice law firms, women make up just 4% of managing partners in the 200 biggest law firms. [1] In 2014 in Fortune 500 corporations, 21% of the general counsels were women, of which only 10.5% were African-American, 5.7% were Hispanic, 1.9% were Asian-American/Pacific Islanders, and 0% were Middle Eastern. [1]

  4. Vietnam Women's Union - Wikipedia

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    The idea of nationhood in Vietnam was popularized with women through the unity against a common enemy. By uniting against colonists—promoting the idea that the oppression of women was a necessary facet of colonial rule and that only with the overthrow of capitalist systems could women achieve equality, communists had immediate access to the social influences of women in Vietnam. [9]

  5. Võ Thị Thắng - Wikipedia

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    The Vietnamese government later appointed her standing vice president of the Vietnam Women's Union. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] She was elected to the fourth (1971–1975), fifth (1975–1976), and sixth (1976–1981) sessions of the National Assembly of Vietnam as a representative of Long An Province, [ 5 ] as well as to the eighth and ninth congresses of the ...

  6. Võ Thị Sáu - Wikipedia

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    Võ Thị Sáu (1933 – 23 January 1952) was a Vietnamese schoolgirl who fought as a guerrilla against the French occupiers of Vietnam, then part of French Indochina.She was captured, tried, convicted, and executed by the French colonialists in 1952, becoming the first woman to be executed at Côn Sơn Prison.

  7. Category:Women in law - Wikipedia

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  8. Nhất Chi Mai - Wikipedia

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    On May 16, 1967, at 7:20 a.m., in District 10 of Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City in front of the Tu Nghiem Pagoda, Nhat Chi Mai set herself on fire using a petrol accelerant. She was 33 years old when she died from her burns. Prior to her self-immolation she wrote ten messages outlining her anti-war beliefs and calling for an end to the Vietnam War. [5]

  9. Lady Triệu - Wikipedia

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    Việt Nam sử lược (A Brief history of Vietnam), a history book that was written in the early 20th century by Vietnamese historian Trần Trọng Kim, [14] said the following about Lady Trieu: In this year on Cửu Chân prefecture, there was a woman named Triệu Thị Chinh [nb 1] who organized a revolt against the Ngô [Wu].