build a marriage. I hope to read some books related to Chinese women in the past few years to know more issue about them. I choose to read "Personal voices: Chinese Women in the 1980’s" to do a book report and know something about Chinese’s women. The authors of the book are Emily Honig and Gail Hershatter. Emily Honing is Assistant Professor of History and of Women’s Studies at Yale University‚ and the author of Sisters and Strangers: Women in the Shanghai Cotton Mills. Gail Hershatter is Assistant
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The Message of the Gettysburg Address In 1863‚ the sixteenth President of the United States found himself engulfed by a horrific civil war and in leading his people to victory‚ Abraham Lincoln found himself in a predicament that required a well thought out motivational presentation. He found that opportunity with the address at Gettysburg. President Lincoln knew his people were dissatisfied with the loss of so many comrades and knew there must be a way he could prove that the lives of so many fallen
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late 1800s was an attempt to bring reforms and address the problems in American life. These reforms focused on
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South. The “Atlanta Compromise Address”‚ as it came to be called‚ covered concerns of “uppity” blacks by claiming that the African American race would complacently live by the productions of their hands. Considered the definitive statement of what Washington termed the "accommodationist" strategy of black response to southern racial tensions‚ the Atlanta Exposition Address was widely regarded as one of the most significant speeches in American history. Washington ’s speech responded to the "Negro
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Sarah Morris English 11 12/16/13 JFK Inaugural Address Rhetorical Analysis America in the 1960‘s were very vigorous due to Civil Rights‚ the Vietnam war‚ and the country slowly evolving as a nation. Presidency was very a important attribute to the country‚ so whoever was elected at that time‚ he needed to be efficient. John F. Kennedy was the perfect candidate. He was one of the best presidents in history so far. Kennedy administrated the New Frontier in outer space‚ saved the world from a thermonuclear
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The Gettysburg address was a speech given by president Abraham Lincoln and the main purpose of the speech was to dedicate a cemetery for the brave men who died at the battle of Gettysburg. President Lincoln was also encouraging the men and women to be dedicated citizens of America. When I was listening to the speech it was hard for me to understand some words President Lincoln used. The language President Lincoln used was meant for his time not the current time. For example when President Lincoln
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President John F. Kennedy did what no other president had done and challenged the citizens to question if they are doing anything to change the world together. Kennedy made this challenge as his closing statement in his 1960 Inaugural Address. He made sure to make people ask themselves what they have been doing for this country to actually change it and to see if they could work in unity as a whole country. It has been about 58 years since Kennedy gave that speech and i believe that we have somewhat
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Confederate Congress with the authority to wage war‚ mediate disputes between states as well as set weights and measures. However‚ the Confederate Congress was completely funded by individual states‚ did not have the authority to raise funds itself and all decisions required a unanimous vote of approval from all states. It was far from a perfect government. These limitations along with the historical tendencies high ranking officials have toward greed and abuse of power rendered this Congress ineffective
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members of Congress have one purpose – ‘the primary goal is...reelection.” Fiorna is arguing that government is centralized as the primary goal of Congress to stay in power for as long as possible – something that is crucial to a centralized government. In fact according to Fiorna we should expect almost every member of Congress to “devise and maintain institutional arrangements which facilitate their electoral activities…” A centralized government would give even more power to Congress and in turn
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joining women’s rights movement‚ and woman suffrage. Susan B. Anthony was also an influential speaker of the women’s labor organization and a strong supporter of the abolition of slavery. Throughout her life‚ she was able to create great and powerful speeches that have persuaded certain universities to admit women into the university such as the University of Rochester. One of her greatest accomplishment of her speeches was called “Woman’s Right to Suffrage” and this speech was used during the women’s
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