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Early feminists wrote poems about their outrage of the unfairity, with few taking action. Those that did, however, began to inspire a nation of women. As to seeing rights being conducted upon Egyptian women, the women in other countries of the Middle East began to take action. These women vying for voting rights, education, as did the Egyptians.
Nabawiya Musa was the first Egyptian girl to graduate from high school. It opened doors for other middle-class Egyptian women. With their new found knowledge, they began to make feminine demands. Public protests were held, and some women were shot fighting for their rights.
During the time of the intensified nationalist militancy to end British occupation, men had welcomed the participation of women in the nationalist movement. The Wafdist Women's Central Committee helped widen the base of support throughout and rendered vital services. But after the quasi-independence in 1922, Egyptian men and women were declared equal by the......

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