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    During the 1920s America established an extravagant way of living that involved buying and spending to show wealth. We‚ as Americans‚ have taken this upon our everyday lives. So much of our lives in America revolve around a social ladder that we fight to climb to the highest rung. Every man‚ woman‚ and child for themselves. Our rude manor has been brought out of this nation’s mask. Often we‚ as Americans‚ betray our own life long friends and family to reach this idea of the ´top´. Music‚ movies

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    Pop Art movement was marked by a fascination with popular culture reflecting the affluence in post-war (WWII) society in the 1950s and 1960’s. It was most prominent in American art but was understood to have commenced in Britain. Pop Art coincided with the globalization of pop music and youth culture. It was brash‚ young‚ fun and hostile to the artistic establishment. The movement was led by activists‚ thinkers‚ and artists who sought to rethink and even overturn what was widely interpreted as a

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    The 1920s was a period of groundbreaking and progressive change in the United States. Women’s roles in society changed and the economy experienced great growth as a result of innovative ideas and entrepreneurs. However‚ at the same time it was an era of intolerance and conservative ideas like prohibition. Women’s roles in society changed during the 1920s. As a direct result of the war‚ the number of women in the workforce rose and they moved into better‚ higher-paying jobs. After the Nineteenth

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    Women´s in the 19th Century European and American women in the nineteenth century lived in an age characterized by gender inequality. At the beginning of the century‚ women enjoyed few of the legal‚ social‚ or political rights that are now taken for granted in western countries: they could not vote‚ could not sue or be sued‚ could not testify in court‚ had extremely limited control over personal property after marriage‚ were rarely granted legal custody of their children in cases of divorce‚ and

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    Women During The 1970's

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    Union Street also shows women being degraded but in such a way of social conflicts and different opinions. During the 1970’s was a period where women’s political and social lives collided causing uproar about different livelihoods and perceptions of how people should live due to the fact women are now able to vote and have much more of a say in the political world than they did ten years ago. As Monteith states‚ “The 1970s was a ‘woman’s decade‚’ a period in which women’s political and personal lives

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    Throughout the years‚ women have fought for their rights and to be as equal as men. In fact‚ even today‚ women are still fighting for their rights and gender equality. In addition‚ it is either fighting for equality‚ discrimination‚ sexism‚ or having an equivalent pay they have been “promised.” Since the 1800’s it was common that women would not have to work‚ but rather stay at home and be a house wife. They were mostly considered second-class citizens‚ and did not have the right to do anything‚

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    Women In The Early 1940's

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    The early 1940’s were years full of unpleasant events. On December 7‚ 1941‚ Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. The next day Congress approved President Roosevelt’s petition to go to war with Japan. With the United States engaged in yet another great war‚ many men were required to avenge and protect their country. While President Roosevelt drafted men and shipped them overseas‚ women had a part of the war too. Men were volunteering to serve their country left and right. Some left a mother and father behind

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    Karen Anderson’s Wartime Women: “Sex Roles‚ Family Relations and the Status of Women during World War II” reexamines the various roles women occupied in wartime America. Anderson argues that though some historians they attribute women’s postwar employment changes simply to economics. Anderson implies that the 1940’s period played a more prominent role in developments‚ helping to accelerate the economic changes that would come after WWII. Moreover‚ though such studies exist in

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    Los Angeles in the 1900s was changing at a very rapid pace. African Americans from the South were migrating to the major cities of the North in search of opportunity. In the 1920s‚ the first wave of migration largely bypassed the city of Los Angeles. But starting in the 1940s‚ the second wave of migration caused Los Angeles’s population to skyrocket from 63‚700 to 350‚000 by the year 1960. This mass-migration caused many demographic problems in the new racially diverse city. The first sign of lingering

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    history‚ women have always been discriminated against in terms of work and finance. Since women first entered the workforce in the 1800’s during the Industrial Revolution‚ women have always earned less than their male counterparts. Although women’s movements have made great progress over the past several decades‚ there is a lot left to accomplish. To overcome the social injustices of antiquated gender roles‚ women have strived to advance their education and careers to help pave the way for women in the

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