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    holding conventions‚ or even rallying in the streets. The women of America were persistent in their fight and would call themselves‚ suffragettes‚ playing on the word suffrage‚ meaning the right to vote. The United States suffragette movement improved women’s roles in society by allowing more women to attend college‚ get better jobs‚ and overall gave women more rights. Once women earned

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    Tort Reform

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    Tort Reform XXXX XXXXX XXXXXXXXXX University Tort Reform In the past several years‚ the focus surrounding tort law has grown significantly. Why all the attention? Most people say it is because of the increase insurance liability and the recent up rise in ridiculous lawsuits. One of the most recognizable suits out there is the infamous “McDonald’s Hot Coffee” Lawsuit. This well known lawsuit sparked controversy and propelled

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    A moment in history that changed our society to what it is today was The Women’s Right Movement‚ which began in 1848. At the time the U.S. was founded‚ it’s female citizens didn’t have many rights‚ especially compared to what the men had at the time. No women had the right to vote‚ married women couldn’t own property and had no legal claim to any money‚ even if they earned it. Women were also expected to focus on housework and motherhood‚ not politics or jobs. One of the biggest rights women wanted

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    Prison Reform

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    Prison Reform Rehabilitation Process CJA/334 July 13‚ 2013 Prison Reform Prison Reform is presented through the penal system in an effort to improve prisons‚ provided not only but also punishment rehabilitative efforts as well. Rehabilitation is one of the philosophical reasons for sentencing. The general area that will be studied within prison reform is its rehabilitation process. We will study the rehabilitation process as it pertains to both male and female. This study will also show

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    Education Reform

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    my audience to think about education reform and to inspire them to enact changes in our education system. Central Idea: While education reform has been around since the inception of formal education‚ the past 30 years have seen many changes that are at the very least counter-productive to effective learning for children and teaching for educators and at worst‚ devastating to the moral of children and their enjoyment of the learning process. Real education reform would take into account that children

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    reflected the aspirations of educated Filipinos to create a polity as enlightened as any in the world (see The Malolos Constitution and the Treaty of Paris ‚ ch. 1). That first constitution was modeled on those of France‚ Belgium‚ and some of the South American republics. Powers were divided‚ but the legislature was supreme. A bill of rights guaranteed individual liberties. The church was separated from the state‚ but this provision was included only after a long debate and passed only by a single vote

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    Law Reform

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    Part A. 1. Conditions that give rise to law reform Changing social values: The values of societies change over time. Society is forever changing values which then place’s pressure onto the law to change and adapt over time. What is seen as as acceptable may not be considered acceptable at another time. The urge for tougher sentencing in law reform may satisfy the deserved aspects of punishment‚ but harsher penalties are not statistically shown to reduce crime rates. Thus in seeking to promote social

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    Welfare Reform

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    Welfare Recipients and Adult Education Welfare Recipients and Adult Education There is an enormous disparity between American households in their ability to afford and attend adult education. Suffice it to say that the plethora of barriers faced by families able to make a living through working a forty plus hour a week job would definitely hinder a family living on or just above the poverty level from getting a higher adult education degree. This paper examines and explores the possibility and

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    Notes on Jonathan Swift’s utopian and dystopian worlds Constantin Manea Maria-Camelia Manea University of Piteşti Abstract: The present paper‟s aim is to substantiate the features of novelty that Swift generated in English and (indirectly) in world literature‚ with regard to the use of utopian and dystopian elements within the broader scope of satire. Jonathan Swift‟s satirical prose‚ which was meant to ridicule human vices and flaws‚ as well as a number of highly topical issues‚ considered with

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    Transcendental Movement of the 1800s Transcendentalism was a religious‚ literary‚ and social movement that occurred between 1830 and 1855. Transcendentalists “…focused on personal spiritual awakening and individual self-gained insight; they were idealistic and embraced nature as they reacted against the increasingly commercial nature of the emerging American society.” [1] The Transcendental Club‚ where this movement received its name‚ met in the Boston area during this movement. At this club ten

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