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Over 200 met at Seneca Falls, USA, to writre a "bill of rights" datailing the social, civil and religious rights of women.
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USA President Abraham Lincoln issued the "Emancipation Proclamation", which declared slaves to be "forever free".
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Britain, France and the USA organized an international peace conference in Paris.
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The Nazi governament began to exterminate men and women with mental or physical disabilities, and to persecute minority groups, including Jews and gypsies.
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World War II began with Britain, France Russia and later USA and Nazi Germany with Italy and Japan.
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US President Rooselvelt declared that "four freedoms" were essential for all people.
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The war ended but, long before that, government leaders had declared their commiyment to human rights.
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Leaders of Asian and African countries began to demand independence from their European colonial rulers.
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Liberation movements in South America demanded freedom from dictatiorship.
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From 1960s to the 1990s, feminist movements campaigned for women´s rights.
