productivity‚ which in turn wins respect from family and society. Household work therefore brings power and even prestige to women in addition to keeping them busy and away from temptation. Readers recognize the reverence the mother has for the power of domesticity because of the numerous specific instructions she gives
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The dawning days of the 1940’s presents an image of America‚ with her population of businessmen and their loving wives. Everything was simple; he sustained her and‚ in turn‚ she raised his children. All was exactly as society claimed it should be‚ but‚ like all ideals‚ it didn’t last. December 7th‚ 1941‚ a day that shall live in infamy - the Japanese bombing at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii - threw our idealistic nation into another world war. Businessmen became soldiers‚ fighting half a world away‚ and
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Chapter 38: The Eisenhower Era‚ 1952-1960 | The Advent of EisenhowerAmerican people found themselves in the 1950s dug into the Cold War abroad and dangerously divided at home over the explosive issues of communist subversion and civil rightsDemocratic prospects in the president election of 1952 were blighted by the military deadlock in Korea‚ Truman’s clash with MacArthur‚ war-bred inflation‚ and whiffs of scandalDemocrats nominated Adlai E. Stevenson (governor of Illinois) while the Republicans
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1. The Changing American Population 1. The American Population‚ 1820-1840 • The population increased rapidly • Much of it was moving from the countryside into the industrializing cities of the NE and NW • Much of it was migrating westward • Pop growth was due to improvements in public health and high birth rates • Immigration‚ choked off by wars in Europe and economic crises in America‚ contributed little to the American population in the first 3 decades of the 19th cent but revived beginning
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time. From a young age‚ Earhart “struggled… against the restrictions imposed on her sex” (31) during the time period. For instance‚ Earhart had a passion for “strenuous games and exercise” (31)‚ refused to accept the “Victorian selflessness and domesticity” (33) of her mother’s time‚ and had a “boyish” appearance (21). Earhart desired to wear “riding breeches and a heavy leather coat” (36) and kept “short‚ tousled hair” (19). Her appearance‚ along
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Jane Doe Mrs. Becker English III(H)-6 8 April 2011 How Do Charismatic Figureheads Control the Lives and the Minds of Cult Followers? Cult psychology is a topic I have always been interested in‚ but I have never pursued this knowledge. Before research‚ I assumed all cults were destructive. I also assumed cults were all negative. I knew cults used the technique known as brainwashing‚ or coercive persuasion‚ but I never realized the full extent of this technique. Most of us have heard of
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author of the wildly successful Baby and Child Care (1946)‚ suggested that mothers devote themselves to the full-time care of their children. Popular culture depicted marriage and feminine domesticity as a primary goal for American women‚ and the education system reinforced this portrayal. This revival of domesticity as a social value was accompanied by a revival of religion. Religious messages began to creep into popular culture as religious leaders became famous faces. It was during the 1950s that
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Based on their race‚ social status‚ economic status‚ and culture women within colonial Latin American and Brazilian society had different daily routines and lives and assisted the development of the colonies based upon their cultural‚ social‚ and economic status. For African women‚ slave and free‚ along with Native American women their daily routines were dominated by manual labor on fields and domestic labor with much of their labor fueling the economic growth and development of the colonies along
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The average age at which Americans got married dropped drastically‚ to just 19 for women. The number of children soared higher than it had for decades‚ to a peak of 3.7 children per woman in 1957. The goal back then was domesticity‚ and both partners worked for it--one to earn the pay‚ the other to make the home. If a man was a good provider‚ if he didn’t drink or beat his wife‚ if he was a "good father" to his children‚ he was a good husband. A good wife had to be a decent
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“Advice To The Young Adolescence” Culture and knowledge can distribute many positive outcomes to a person’s life and this outcome should be shared not just around friends but around neighborhoods. Whenever one is faced with a situation and reality‚ it is quite natural to feel uneasy not knowing what to do during a tough situation. For example‚ someone can have a hard situation in life and at that moment they don’t have the experience to think of good advice that people with knowledge suggested. Things
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