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During the U.S. Civil War, who led a national effort to organize a nursing corps to care for the war's wounded and sick?

Dorothea Dix

True or False? Factors such as the hormonal variations caused by the menstrual cycle and the possible effects of a trial on a developing fetus can pose statistical and ethical challenges for clinical investigators.

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true

True or False? Revisions to FDA policies in 1993 required drug studies to include women of childbearing age.

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True

What is the main objective of the Family and Medical Leave Act?

To provide unpaid medical leave for employees caring for a newborn baby, adopted child, or sick relative

During World War II, many women entered the U.S. workforce. What happened to most of these women at the end of the war, when men returned from the front?

They usually had to leave their jobs and return to the home as men returned to the workforce.

Who first began using the phrase "me too" to describe the widespread, but often silent, nature of sexual assault and harassment in the United States?

Tarana Burke

What is true about the feminist movement?

It continues to evolve while pursuing the idea that women should have the same rights and opportunities as men.

What about the Violence Against Women Act is true?

It made certain violent crimes committed against women illegal across the country.

What Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women the right to vote?

19th Amendment

True or False? The federal government's role in funding biomedical research is significant.

True