"The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less." —Susan B. Anthony

It's not a new concept. The '90s resurgence of the identity struggle between the sexes is only the latest in a long history of this societal balance. Let's start back in Ancient Egypt. Queen Nefertiti and her husband forced a religious renaissance on the country that successfully lasted throughout their rein (on another note, new studies indicate that every family line still in existence today is related to Queen Nefertiti. It's a small world). Cleopatra cleverly seduced Marc Antony to make sure her kingdom would have a prominent place in the world with the help of Rome's mighty civilization. Even more recent, the Women's Suffrage Movement of the 1920s combined a patriotic message with bold tactics to bring about reforms for equality in voting. The Lifetime channel came on the scene in the 1980s, with Oxygen TV quickly on its heels, both providing a dizzying array of programming specific to women's issues.


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Track women in the roaring '90s and historical equality issues