Historical Background: * The war brought all economic opportunities 1. Guys have gone off to the war so women get jobs to support their families * Nurses in the army * air raid signaling (warning others of suspected attacks) * auxiliary work with armed forces (relaying messages) * munitions factories (stuffed bombs and worked with ammunition) * This is quite surprising because
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TARAH BROOKFIELD Divided by the Ballot Box: The Montreal Council of Women and the 1917 Election Abstract: Prime Minister Robert Borden created the Wartime Elections Act in September 1917 – a move that granted temporary voting rights to women who had close relatives serving in the military. Their votes were positioned as key to winning the war because it was assumed that newly enfranchised wives and mothers would support Borden’s controversial conscription plans to reinforce their husbands and
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The Messenger’s Speech I arrive with tragic news from the hospital. I will tell all that I saw‚ no lies or cover-ups. I followed my master‚ the Hospital Administrator‚ To the ward of detainment. Where the women‚ with their heads drooped‚ Newborns starving in their arms The smell of death‚ all around‚ The odor of vomit‚ splattered on the floor‚ Like the blood of maiden Monica‚ Was soon to be. Suddenly we heard a piercing scream‚ A sound that raised the hairs on the back of my neck
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Hello NMSC!!! To all the teachers‚ staff‚ NMSCians‚ friends‚ ladies & gentlemen Good day! I am Rea Fe R. Legaspi a third year Info. Tech. student‚am standing here in front of you because I’m running for the position of treasurer in the Student Supreme Council. I guess all of us might already know what a treasurer exactly does. A treasurer is basically the person in charge of the money. So you guys might be pin your ears back to this because I know all of you care about your money. I would
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Imagine forgetting all your life milestones‚ all your first times‚ all your accomplishments‚ and your love ones’ day by day. Losing yourself as the days go by. The Alzheimer’s Association public service announcement was effective in creating public awareness of a horrendous disease that affects millions of Americans using ethos and logos. Alzheimer’s affects more than 5.1 million Americans and nearly as 44 million people worldwide. “Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive‚ degenerative disorder that
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Persuasive Speech: For Capital Punishment How would we feel if one of our close relatives were killed? Would we not want vengeance? Would we not want them to be nothing our world.? Capital Punishment in Australia was abolished nationally in 1985 but the majority of Australians support Capital Punishment for serious crimes‚ so why don;t we hang the two depraved killers who kidnapped‚ repeatedly raped the butchered two school girls? Why is hate filled mass-murderer Julian Knight still alive
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The Advertising Council Earth Share Campaign: Strategy‚ Execution and Final Campaign Submitted to Mr. Rahul Sharma Faculty LHSB Submitted by Kamal Shishir Shivam Singh The Earth Share campaign team is reading itself for a presentation to the Ad Council’s Advisory Committee on Public Issues. MISSION OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE To help the Ad Council identify and evaluate significant public issues. CRC had a final executive authority on which campaign would receive approval. The advisory
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The “Bull Moose” Campaign of 1912 Democrats in 1912 felt they could take the White House (since being out for 16 years) because the Republicans had split their party. Democrats looked to Dr. Woodrow Wilson‚ the governor of New Jersey. Wilson had been a mild conservative but had turned become an strong progressive. His background was in education as a history professor‚ then as president of Princeton Univ. As governor of NJ‚ he made a name for himself by standing up to the bosses‚ trusts‚ and
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POLITICAL CAMPAIGN PLANNING MANUAL A STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO WINNING ELECTIONS By J. Brian O’Day National Democratic Institute for International Affairs POLITICAL CAMPAIGN PLANNING MANUAL PREFACE In preparation for the 1995 Russian Duma elections‚ NDI political trainers Ken Payne‚ Kate Head‚ and Sheila O’Connell‚ along with Russian experts Aleksei Shustov and Oleg Nikishenkov wrote the Strategic Election Planning Manual. This manual has been one of the most popular publications in the National
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Greek War of Independence Persuasive Speech Hello‚ friends! Thank you for gathering. I - a member of the Filiki Eteria - have assembled you here to inform you about a future revolution. The Filiki Eteria is an organization‚ and our main purpose is to overthrow the Ottomans for the Independence of Greece. I have been part of this organization for over six years since it had been founded‚ and for six years‚ we have waited for the right time. Now is that ‘right time’ we have so patiently been
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