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  2. Gender symbol - Wikipedia

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    A gender symbol is a pictogram or glyph used to represent sex and gender, for example in biology and medicine, in genealogy, or in the sociological fields of gender politics, LGBT subculture and identity politics . In his books Mantissa Plantarum (1767) and Mantissa Plantarum Altera (1771), Carl Linnaeus regularly used the planetary symbols of ...

  3. LGBT history in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Hodges on the night of June 26, 2015. The first legal same-sex marriage ceremony in the United States happened on February 12, 2004 between Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, when mayor of San Francisco Gavin Newsom ordered city hall to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

  4. LGBT symbols - Wikipedia

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    The downward-pointing black triangle used to mark individuals considered "asocial". The category included homosexual women, nonconformists, sex workers, nomads, Romani, and others. The downward-pointing pink triangle overlapping a yellow triangle was used to single out male homosexual prisoners who were Jewish.

  5. History of women in the United States - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The history of women in the United States encompasses the lived experiences and contributions of women throughout American history . The earliest women living in what is now the United States were Native Americans. European women arrived in the 17th century and brought with them European culture and values.

  6. Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis - Wikipedia

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    Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis. " Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis " is an article by Joan Wallach Scott first published in the American Historical Review ( AHR) in 1986. It is one of the most cited papers in the history of the AHR and was reprinted as part of Scott's 1989 book Gender and the Politics of ...

  7. List of historical sources for pink and blue as gender ...

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    Boy's pink silk shirt ( Missouri, circa 1890) Since at least the 19th century, the colours pink and blue have been used to indicate gender, particularly for babies and young children. The current tradition in the United States (and an unknown number of other countries) is "pink not for girls, blue for boys".

  8. Feminism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Feminism is aimed at defining, establishing, and defending a state of equal political, economic, cultural, and social rights for women. It has had a massive influence on American politics. [1] [2] Feminism in the United States is often divided chronologically into first-wave, second-wave, third-wave, and fourth-wave feminism.

  9. Gender - Wikipedia

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    The red (left) is the female Venus symbol. The blue (right) represents the male Mars symbol. Gender includes the social, psychological, cultural and behavioral aspects of being a man, woman, or other gender identity. [ 1][ 2] Depending on the context, this may include sex -based social structures (i.e. gender roles) and gender expression. [ 3 ...