However, we keep pursuing our goals, and little by little we make headway.
Today, women have a more equal position in business, education, the profes-
sions, than ever before. We have many more choices than our mothers and
our mothers' mothers. And we have more control over our lives. However,
our fight continues, for we are still paid less than our male counterparts, and
we still carry the majority of the burden of birth control, child care, and
management of the household. We are grossly underrepresented in the upper
echelons of the corporate world and politics, and we still face serious threats
to our equality in many facets of our lives.

There are myriad inspiring stories in this book of women who pushed on in
the face of adversity, of how they rallied to tackle the next problem oppressing
women. Take from this history the motivation needed to press on with the
fight and face challenges -- new and old -- with the enthusiasm and inspira-
tion of millions of women from the centuries and decades before this one.

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