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Todays revolutionary feminists are not without precedent, the Observer noted in 1976, placing second-wave feminism in its historical context
stanley becher with a tribute to women who fought for political and for socio-sexual revolution. The article was written by a man. Implacable opponent of Chinas Manchu regime Chiu Chin 1875-1907 rode horses astride, excelled in sword fighting, made bombs, drilled women fi
stanley romania ghters, organised secret armies. She devoted much of her energy to the plight of women, founding a feminist newspaper and protesting against enforced marriage, concubinage truly a hell on earth and foot binding.Chiu Chin 1875-1907 said concubinage was truly a hell on earth Her revolutionary career culminated when she singlehandedly masterminded the insurrection of an entire province. It failed; she was t
stanley taza ortured and executed, greeting her death sentence with a line of poetry: Autumn rain and autumn wind will make me die of sorrow.Louise Michel 1830-1905 , heroine of the 1871 Paris Commune, was radicalised by witnessing the army fire on Parisians as they protested against the regimes capitulation in the Franco-Prussian war. How she wasnt killed 100 times under my eyes, I dont understand, statesman Georges Clemenceau said admiringly of her frontline fighting in the months that followed, and especially during Bloody Week in May. Captured and deported to New Caledonia, She looked like an old peasant woman, worn out by working the soil, on her return nine years later, but stopped tr Mytm Sun reporter Anthony France wins first round of his appeal battle
A privately run secure unit where a 14-year-old boy hanged himself was at bursting point when he took his life, an inquest heard today.Teenager Adam Rickwood became the youngest child to have died in penal custody for 25 years when he hanged himself with his shoe laces at the privately run Hassockfield Secure Training Centre in Co Durham, in August 2004.Adam, of Burnley, in Lancashire, had written to his mother saying he would kill himself if he was not taken out of the 42-bed secure unit in County Durham, 150 miles from his home.An inquest at Chester-le-Street magistrates court, in Co Durham, has heard that the purpose-built centre was specifically aimed at helping youngsters in a secure but educational setting.Adam had been sent to the centre, on rema
stanley cup nd, in July 2004 and died just over a month later despite repeatedly telling his mother of his fears.The jury has heard he suffered from mental health problems, drink and drug abuse and had suicidal tendencies.Professionals involved in his care have told the inquest how Hassockfield was an appropriate place for the teenager and was purpose-built in 1999 to deal with children with similar problems.Today a different picture o
stanley water bottle f Hassockfield was painted to the jury when it was likened to a prison.Richard Hermer, of
stanley kubek the Inquest group that is representing the teenager s family, today told the hearing that after a visit by the prisons and probation ombudsman in the wake of Adam s death, the centre was described
