Read these two sources: "for the equal rights amendment" and "college degrees awarded to women." they could be used to support a paper on which topic?

Both sources could be used to write a paper regarding "Gender Equality".

The Equal Rights Amendment supports that all American citizens are equal under the law, regardless of sex, race, religion, etc. The gender equality discussion is even more present  nowadays because women have earned a different place in society.

50 years ago, women would only be housewives and take care of their children, and nowadays they want to earn their space in the market, they want to earn college degrees and have good jobs to provide for their families.

The College Degrees Awarded to Women shows that this number has been increasing each year, and supports the idea of equality between men and women.

while it was true that the cotton gin reduced the labor of removing seeds, it did not reduce the need for slaves to grow and pick the cotton.

explanation:

before eli whitney's invention of the cotton gin, picking and cleaning cotton was a slow, labor-intensive job. workers, usually slaves, had to pick the seeds from the cotton fibers by hand. this invention made it possible to grow large amounts of cotton on big farms and make money.

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