The ad shows four women standing around a sign that says “For MEN Only.” They don what the average housewife wore during the 1940s –aprons. There is a play-on with diction under the sign stating ‘ “He-Man” is the word for these hearty soups! But‚ Ladies‚ you’ll like ‘em too!” A he-man is a robust chap‚ and what ways to best describe a product that is tiered originally towards
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Compared to how the U.S was developing into a powerful country‚ Puerto Rico was a very poor place in the 1940s. If you were to look up a picture of New York in the 1940’s‚ you’d see that it’s quite similar to how it is nowadays in the sense that you see a lot of taxis/cars‚ a lot of businessmen‚ and a lot of skyscrapers. In the 1940’s‚ cities like the one I just mentioned didn’t exist in Puerto Rico‚ just a lot of countryside‚ therefore‚ there were a lot of mountains‚ a lot of farm animals‚ and the
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Hughes was told: When he becomes saved he would see a light‚ and something would happen inside. Jesus would come into his life and God would be with him from then on. He would be able to see‚ hear‚ and feel Jesus in his soul. (Hughes‚ 1940‚ p. 351) During the revival that night the children were brought to the front of the church. At the end of the sermon the preacher asked the children enter the fold of Jesus and save their soles from sin. Some of the children went right away. People
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to secure and increase Axis access to the oil‚ and to cut off Britain from the material and human resources of its empire in Asia and Africa. the North African campaign offered the Allies the opportunity to open up a new front against the Axis. In 1940 each of the five territories along the North African coast: Egypt‚ Libya‚ Tunisia‚ Algeria‚ and Morocco had a colonial or semi-colonial status under a European
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The Tacoma Narrows bridge of 1940 was a disastrous‚ yet amazing‚ flawed‚ yet stunning structure. The Tacoma narrows bridge travels across the Puget Sound river‚ connecting Tacoma and the Kitsap Peninsula. It was located in Washington State‚ before tragedy struck. The bridge‚ the 3rd longest suspension bridge in the world at the time‚ was designed by a man named Leon Moiseff‚ helped by Elmer Maxwell Hayden‚ Clark Eldridge‚ Frederick Bert Farquharson‚ Lacey V. Murrow‚ and around 225 workers with
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Gwendolyn Bennett Gwendolyn Bennett was born on July 8th‚ 1902 and was born in Giddings Texas. She was a well known poet and writer during the Harlem Renaissance. Her parents were Mayme Frank and Joshua Robin Bennett. She spent most of her time in Wadsworth‚ Nevada. Her parents taught at the Paiute Indian Reservation but relocated to Washington D.C. in 1906 so her father to obtain his law degree. In 1910 her mother filed for divorce and won sole custody but her father later kidnapped her and
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One of the most unforgettable war in history caused an outburst of questions of the Japanese internment camps. During 1940‚ before the United States entered World War Two‚ they secretly helped the Allies‚ mainly the United Kingdom‚ through the Lend-Lease Act by transporting army supplies which were a hefty help for boosting morale. A year after‚ Japan aircrafts surprised attack Pearl Harbor and eventually lead the United States to join World War Two. On February 19‚ 1942 the Executive Order 9066
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Books • Martin Conway‚ Collaboration in Belgium: Léon Degrelle and the Rexist movement‚ 1940-1944‚ (New Haven: Yale university Press 1993). • Misha Glenny‚ The Balkans 1804-1999: Nationalism‚ War and the Great Powers‚ (London: Granta Publications 1999). • Julian Jackson‚ France: The Dark Years 1940-1944‚(New York: Oxford University Press‚ 2001). • H.R. Kedward‚ Occupied France: Collaboration and Resistance 1940-1944‚ (Oxford:Blackwell Publishers Ltd 1985). • John Connelly‚ ‘Why the Poles Collaborated
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only causes death and destruction‚ but it also causes endless nights of men missing their wives and just longing for a woman. Unlike The Odyssey‚ The Catcher in the Rye presents models of women who appear subordinate to men. The average woman in the 1940’s cleans the house‚ cares for the children‚ and cooks the dinner. Her life is in the home‚ leaving her unable to gain power from men. The two situations contrast‚
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American Life 1920-1940 Daily Life in the United States 1920-1940 was written by David E. Kyvig in 2002 and revised again in 2004. This historical novel documents the transformation America went through during the 1920’s – 40’s. Kyvig addresses numerous events that contributed to the rise and fall of America. The book was written to inform citizens and non-citizens of the industrial‚ economic‚ and cultural changes that took place in America. Kyvig establishes stepping stones to America and pieced
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