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Answering The Call <Tab/>"In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than in mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course. Since this country was founded, each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty. The graves of young Americans who answered the call to service surround the globe." <Tab/>Those famous words from John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address …

…into the workplace. <Tab/>As Kennedy so gracefully stated the future is in your hands, and Betty Friedan sought to change it. Carswell's pursuit of violating civil rights, as well as directly defying the government were challenged by Betty Friedan, who saw them as sexist and backwards and directly opposed the appointment of Carswell as a Supreme Court Justice. These courageous actions preserved the rights women fought so hard to receive.