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Emma Watson: Feminist Fighting For Gender Equality
Emma Watson
Emma Watson is a feminist fighting for gender equality in the world.
Emma Watson has created hope for women’s rights and education. She has created a campaign for gender equality which is something that Emma has been working on for a long time. ( find the site ) She has created many speeches that are very great. Emma also created her own education. On set of Harry Potter she wanted more time to focus on school. Also after filming a movie she was enrolled at Brown University. (International Business Times) She has created a lot of things. Emma Watson is innovative in her campaign for gender equality. She told everybody that feminism isn’t a bad word to use even though everybody told her not to use it in her speech. (2014 U.N. speech

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