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But not all women have been, were or are as lucky as Mrs. Robinson or Mrs. Pankhurst. There are still women today who suffer from discrimination, at home and in their work places and even in the streets. Women about whom you cannot read at web sites especially meant for them but whose lives are as heroic as those of Mary Robinson or Emmeline Pankhurst – if not more heroic than-

Let’s read about them here. The first text is one about the difficulties some women find to attend meetings or to fight for their rights; the second is a letter from a mother who, after having brought her children up, wants to go back to the labour market:

FOUND= En este caso es el pasado del verbo FIND= ENCONTRAR. Recuerda que hemos visto que FIND es un verbo irregular FIND-FOUND-FOUND

HARD = Duro aunque aquí lo traduciremos po: Difícil

EVEN THOUGH= Aunque, incluso, a pesar de (que)...

THEY HAD BEEN TOLD NOT TO= esta oración lleva el verbo en voz pasiva, algo que no has estudiado todavía, y la podemos traducir por: Se les había dicho que no/se les había prohibido. Si la pasamos a voz activa sería algo así: Their husbands had told them not to attend the meeting.

THRIVE= Prosperar, enriquecerse, florecer.

WHOLE = completo, total

Autoevaluación

1.- ¿Podrías traducir al español la introducción de esta sección del Tema (But not all women have been, were or are as…)

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2.- Comprobemos, ahora lo que has entendido del texto:

	Some of the women found it hard to get permission from their husbands to come. And some came even though they had been told not to.
	Hull has one of the highest rates of teenage pregnancy in England

	Because there are many unemployed people
	Because of local women's efforts.

	The Preston Road story is echoed in poor and deprived areas around the world, where women have decided to get together
	They are armed only with the power of an idea: to be successful

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