Sentences with phrase «claim full citizenship»

According to the National Museum of American History, «many women saw their wartime service as a way to claim full citizenship,» which propelled the ideology behind the suffragette movement and the ratification of the 19th amendment in 1920.

These photographs and videos form part of a country's visual history, with the aim of claiming full citizenship, by exposing the atrocities experienced by this marginalised community, who were granted the right to same sex marriage back in 2006.

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Translated into program, what Washington wanted to see was blacks concentrating in the main on developing their capacities to exploit such opportunity as already lay at hand, relying on the expectation that as such self - development proceeded, blacks would be in a stronger position to make a successful claim for the full rights of citizenship.

Like the United States, Mexico fought a long and bitter civil war, a war in which ever inclusive rights to full citizenship were claimed and in principle at least were won.

If full - size luxury sedans are from Mars and fuel - sipping diesels are from Venus, the best - of - both - worlds 2014 Audi A8 L TDI claims dual planetary citizenship.