This 1785 act was passed by congress to raise money through the sale of land in the largely unmapped territory west of the original colonies acquired from britain after the revolutionary war.

the land ordinance act of 1785

- "friedan's attitude towards what she calls the 'feminine mystique' is that she sees the ideal of femininity as stiffing women's potential in the 1950's. betty friedan was a writer and activist of the 1950's and 60's."

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