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    Women no longer stand the same way they used too. Women used to stand under the working man‚ the disabled man‚ even under the enslaved man. Time has flourished and evolved the women figure. Many females’ show their empowerment through work‚ education‚ politics‚ movements‚ and in the home. Sometimes women’s stories get distorted throughout history. Many people consider females to have had a success story right away. The impact of women on earth has been tremendous and empowering. Women are the creators

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    fashion. Leaving‚ I imagined the mall back in the 1950s. The bright colored outfits reminded me of today’s. Even though both the 1950s women fashion and 2016’s women fashion are bold in style‚ there are many similarities and differences in the two year’s fashion senses and their impressions on America’s fashion industry. 1950s and 2016’s women fashion are comparable in many ways. To begin‚ both trends used much of the same materials. In the 1950s‚ nylon had come into fashion. The lightweight‚ durable

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    empty bottles of alcohol and ash trays.
Her room also didn’t comply with typical feminine ideas at the time because it was described as messy and also had an empty bottle of alcohol and a full ashtray. This didn’t go along with the typical roles of women because they were expected to be clean and sensible.
She has a very masculine way of speaking‚ it’s very to the point. She also uses colloquial words like “c’mon”
On the first page she refers to the person in her bed as “the blond” which is very

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    to Human Rights of women since the 1914‚ as the government was reluctant to grant women their rights‚ despite the numerous times they tried. Although working conditions and laws for education for women had improved‚ significant changes were not to be seen until the late 1950s. Women worked really hard to receive the title as “Persons”‚ and women were not treated equal to men in several aspects. Add concluding sentence. An issue women struggled on during the 1920s was that their working

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    ones‚ and to limit change.” That was what many believed the women before the 1920s “Flapper” era was believed to be‚ women who held traditional values and ones who were not valued as much as men second class citizens if you will. These women were not allowed to vote‚ had very poor paying jobs‚ were not able to be sexual beings and explore their sexual freedom. That changed in the year 1920. The 19th amendment granted the right for women to vote‚ the nation’s economy started to boom‚ the automobile

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    Over time‚ Latin American women have developed freedom and their own place in society. However‚ in the 1950s things were drastically different. Their husbands had authority‚ also known as machismo‚ and they were not allowed to take charge. After the feminist movement‚ Latin American women became more capable of holding power. They started to take on the challenge of the work force and balance other responsibilities. In the 1950s women were brought up to believe that they are strong leaders passing

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    During the 1920s and 1950s the US society was very different. The economies were different‚ men and women acted different‚ and even business were treated different. During the 1920s there was a big difference between the roles of the women during that time with the jazz age and during the 1950s with the more sophisticated age. Also during the 1920s and 1950s the ways of consumerism and how consumers viewed items was different. During the 1920s women were reborn into giddier and spunkier

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    The changing role of Women in the 1920s from a photograph taken from a 1928 US fashion magazine This source is a picture of four women dressed in flapper dresses (shorter dresses that showed off more of their body). In this source I have recognised that these women may be dancing the Charleston. This could have also been danced to jazz music. This source tells us that women weren’t accompanied by men anymore (without chaperones); this gave the impression that they were single and could whatever

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    During the 1920s there were many significant changes for women but majority of the people didn’t support them. Some changes were labour saving devices going on sale and women got the right to vote. Younger women welcomed and supported the changes and acted out with wild ambitious behaviour and dramatic fashion alterations whereas rural women and immigrants stayed traditional. Many women demanded to stay in the workforce after the war ended. Women stood their ground and entered the workforce

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    Women‚ forever have been the object of desire‚ appreciation‚ and structured formality of the American household. Women were taught to observe‚ but not comment; follow their husbands and fathers‚ but not step out of line‚ and promote their perfect families. There were manuals to be followed‚ chores to be completed‚ and people to be pleased. Women‚ were models of society‚ often seen as porcelain dolls that could break at any moment in time. However‚ by the 1920s women were starting to break out

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