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Author: Megan Botel

Megan Botel is a Reporting Fellow with The GroundTruth Project. Her work focuses on women's stories, politics, health and the environment. Follow her on Twitter: @meg_botel.
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“Women Doing Whatever We Want”: The Little-Known Fight for Women’s Financial Rights

Megan Botel
Fight for Women’s Financial Rights

The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Sept. 18 has reignited a conversation about women’s rights—including financial ones, which modern Western women hardly question.

Now, with potential rollbacks looming, experts recall the decades of work to secure landmark women’s rights.

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