The 1930s provided women with more opportunities for women in education and work. Women graduated high school at a slightly higher rate than men did. Female high school graduates increased 20% throughout the 1930s; double than that of the 1920s. However‚ more men continued to graduate college than women (7%); there were less female college graduates in the 1930s than in the 1920s. Even though not as many women were getting college diplomas‚ businesses were hiring twice as many women than men. According
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Inventions of the Renaissance Clocks The first mechanical clock was invented in the early 1300’s. With this invention time began to be measured in hours (24 hours equaling a day). Galileo‚ an Italian scientist‚ discovered the pendulum in 1581. The pendulum greatly improved the constant movement of the hands or bell of a clock. The average error with the pendulum varied only by seconds each day. Before this the error was from 10 to 15 minutes a day. During the 1600’s the metallic gear‚ or toothed
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Racism in early 1930 In the early 1930’s many races were still treated as inferiors. Not only were African Americans discriminated against but also many of the more oriental groups were treated the same way‚ more so in the south than the north. White Americans still had a better life than the minorities even though the depression greatly affected them as well. African Americans‚ despite the rights they were supposed to have‚ were still having a major struggle with many of their rights being
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It has been called the pill that transformed America‚ the single most important invention of the 20th century. The invention being referred to is the birth control pill. Before the actual pill‚ there had been various forms of birth control‚ but none of them seemed to be very effective or simple to perform. One of the oldest references to birth control was the “withdrawal” method referenced in the Bible. In the 1870’s‚ a wide assortment of birth control devices were available in America -- such as
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"Invention" The invention process to any good piece of literature involves re-thinking and re-writing of initial ideas to improve upon previous concepts. My first attempt at discovering a thesis for the Explaining Relationships Essay seemed to be too broad‚ leaving me without public resonance. There was not a noticeable struggle through the invention process‚ because most of the questions asked in the book aiding in invention can be answered without a relevant thesis. Simply exploring the meaning
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THE GREATEST INVENTIONS What is the greatest invention of all time? . There are many different possible world’s greatest inventions because they have all helped out humankind in some way‚ some more than others. I think that the greatest invention of all time is Harnessed Electricity. Some may argue that this was not an invention it was a discovery but although electricity itself was a discovery there was still the invention of had to use it and what it could be used for. I think that electricity
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Women of the 1930s 22/09/12 Of mice and men topic Back in the 1930 women were known as second class citizens. They didn’t have the same rights that men had. Doing any other job than being a house wife was really frowned upon. Men would go out and work for the money whilst women would look after the children and clean the home. Also during this time women had to cover up their legs and arms as men could get the wrong
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HIST104: Abortion in the 1930s. The economic situation during the 1930s drove some potential mothers to undergo illegal abortions. Opinions on this issue differed‚ as illustrated by these three documents. Doris Gordon‚ in her newspaper report Evil of Abortion’‚ argues that it is a woman’s duty to reproduce. She feels that the increase in illegal abortions has been contributed to by the advertising of contraceptives‚ high wages for women and lack of supervision of children by parents who
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Ancient Chinese Inventions and Contributions Strayer University HUM 111- World Culture I 30 May 2013 Introduction China is an exceptional nation that is famous for its ancient invention and contribution to both the past and the current world. Chinese invention and contribution helped greatly in creating jobs‚ engaging in Wars and still contributed to public life. This paper will highlight the top ten ancient Chinese inventions and their importance to people’s daily lives. Eight useful Chinese
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INTRODUCTION Hello! Today I am going to talk you about the invention of the refrigerator. I chose this topic because I think we all can’t imagine our lives without food‚ so we also can’t imagine our lives without the refrigerator. I’m going to present you this topic with the help of power point and I really hope that in the end of my presentation you will know something more about refrigerators. The invention of the refrigerator The conveniences we enjoy in our homes are the product
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