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    A few months ago‚ I was digging through my mother’s old pictures for fun on a lazy‚ Sunday afternoon. I quickly stumbled across her senior picture from 1985. I was struck by her big hair‚ bigger thick rimmed glasses‚ and her excessive use of hairspray (seriously if one had lit a match‚ the entire photo studio probably would have been engulfed in flames). The 1980s truly were a time of economic prosperity‚ rabid materialism‚ and outlandish fashion choices ushered in by a Reagan Presidency. People

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    RUNNING HEADER: American Women ANDREA REED SS360: American Women Prof: Kevin Muir [THE HISTORY OF WOMEN:THE DOMINO EFFECT] KAPLAN UNIVERSITY October 22‚ 2013 The History of American Women: The Domino Effect-1 Introduction The journey of American Women in their struggle for equality has been a long and hard one‚ and has depended on the contributions of many women down through history. This paper will examine the events that started in Seneca Falls in 1848 and made its way to the campaign for

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    1. Jamestown‚ 1607 2. First Africans brought to Virginia‚ 1619 3. Mayflower Compact‚ 1620 4. Great Migration of Puritans to Massachusetts‚ 1630s and 1640s 5. Roger Williams established Rhode Island‚ 1636 6. William Penn established Pennsylvania‚ 1681 7. Salem witch trials‚ 1692 8. James Oglethorpe established Georgia‚ 1732 9. Jonathan Edwards sparked the Great Awakening‚ 17349 10. The French and Indian War‚ 1754-63 11. Proclamation of 1763 12. Stamp Act‚ 1765-66

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    In this essay I will be talking about the theme injustice which shows in three books. The books that I will be writing over are I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Shakespeare’s Sister by Woolf‚ and The Problem That Has No Name by Friedan. I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King Jr. this speech was in Washington D.C on August 28‚ 1963. This speech had to do with the injustice of the african americans. He had a dream that there would be equality in the USA for african americans. Shakespeare’s Sister

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    1 Abraham Lincoln He saved the Union‚ freed the slaves‚ and presided over America’s second founding. 2 George Washington He made the United States possible—not only by defeating a king‚ but by declining to become one himself. 3 Thomas Jefferson The author of the five most important words in American history: “All men are created equal.” 4 Franklin Delano Roosevelt He said‚ “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself‚” and then he proved it. 5 Alexander Hamilton Soldier

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    English III Honors-3 1 April 2014 Greensboro Sit-In African Americans during the decade‚ 1950 to 1959‚ were treated differently from what they are treated now a days. During the decade 1950 to 1959‚ they were treated as second class people who were always lower than whites no matter the situation. During the decade 1950 to 1959 sports‚ education‚ and other entertainment played a major part of the United States economy. The Greensboro sit in lead by four freshmen who went to NC A&T University

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    According to Webster Dictionary’s‚ feminism is “the theory of the political‚ economic‚ and social equality of the sexes” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ 2012). So if one adheres to this definition then feminism is about equality for ALL sexes not just females. But I think feminism started out as a way for females to revolt against the perceived inequality to the fairer sex and over time evolved into a need for equality of all sexes‚ race‚ and ethnicity. As Feminization . Although anabolic steroids

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    Women in the Workforce Since the beginning‚ women have had to fight hard for the rights they have now got. Women fought for their change to vote‚ for fair equal workplace‚ equal pay‚ and abortion among just a few. Abortion used to be at the top of the list‚ but has now been replaced by fighting for money. Equal amounts for men and women (Tarr-Whelan‚ 1993). For what women believed they deserved an equal fair in they fought for. From the time this started to the present time‚ has much changed?

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    Women’s Rights Movement Imagine having only one purpose in life: to serve men. Your place was to cook‚ clean‚ bear children‚ and look pretty. You had no right to vote or to live your own life in the way you wanted to. This is what women have faced for countless years leading up to the Women’s Rights Movement. Even though many women took on tremendous workloads and dangerous risks during the American Revolution‚ they still were not granted freedom. It was in early July‚ 1848 when action is finally

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    JFK & LBJ What were the elements of Johnson’s Great Society? Why was the “Affluent Society” actually an illusion? The elements of Johnson’s Great society consisted of all the fundamentals of issues such as poverty‚ education‚ economic opportunity‚ health care‚ immigration reform‚ the culture‚ and arts. The importance of the environment‚ he wanted the address and tackle these issues in his aim to create a Great Society. Along with poverty came the “Equal Opportunity Act” the appropriation doubled

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