weak‚ inferior‚ and sexual objects because they were useless in contributing to the warfare. An example is the way Jewish women were treated by the Nazis during the Holocaust. As a result‚ the Nazis viewed Jewish women as an agent of fertility‚ motherhood‚ and homebuilders. During the Holocaust‚ women were considered useless‚ especially pregnant women and mothers of small children‚ due to the fact that they were unable to participate in tasks of the war. This counts for the fact as to why Jewish
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Jeffersonian Democracy 2002 FRQ War of 1812: causes‚ results‚ impact on society No question ever! Jacksonian Era: 1828-1848 Occurs every 2 to 3 years Nationalism‚ Sectionalism: East‚ West & South Parts of numerous questions Secession & Lincoln’s/Republicans’ policies during the Civil War Indirect question in 1997‚ 2003 “Market Revolution”: Industrial Rev/Transportation Rev/ Transportation question in 2003
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Perception of a True Woman The” cult of true womanhood 1820-1860” an article by Barbara Welter‚ identifies the definition and perception of what a “true woman” really is. The author begins the article with how a woman was viewed by men in the nineteenth century‚ as a hostage in the home that men were able to look back at and come home to. While she quickly adds in that we live in a society with changing values‚ a true woman is a true woman no matter where she is and where she is from. Whoever
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this change in culture confirmed even more to republican principles in where the male dominates. This was because these republican principles were already ingrained within the culture and also due to the fact that American law gave family property to the father which allowed the male to continue to dominate. Also sentimentalism discouraged families from protecting their daughters which only further proliferated the patriarchal culture. Then Republican values called for women to spend more time nurturing
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characteristics of the patriarchal Greek society. She questions the inequality of women in a patriarchal society‚ contradicts Jason’s chauvinist beliefs‚ challenges the stereotype that women are weak and passive and completely disregards the feminine role of motherhood. Feminism is the belief that women and men are‚ and have been‚ treated differently by society‚ and that women have frequently and systematically been unable to participate fully in all social arenas and institutions. This belief is confirmed
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WOMEN IN THE MIDDLE CLASS IN THE 19TH CENTURY The nineteenth century for Europe and America has been called the "century of the middle class." Growth in both power and prestige of the middle class was perhaps the most important single development in social and economic history. Prior to the nineteenth century‚ there was a recognizable middle class‚ but it was not large. With the advent of the Industrial Revolution‚ new wealth was created‚ and concomitantly the middle class became the harbingers
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Discrimination against mothers in the workplace Before examining the how the workplace discriminates against mothers‚ one must acknowledge how the social construction of gender contributes to domesticity‚ or the gender system that organizes market work and family work. The social construction of gender is the belief that society‚ not biologically sex differences‚ is the foundation of gender identity (TAW 22). Even before a child is born‚ the social construction of gender is already in the works
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Black women have played a pivotal role in the construction of the blues traditions of African American culture‚ regardless of whether they have be credited as such. In her article “How HBO’s "Bessie" Brings A Dynamic Portrayal of Black Womanhood to the Screen”‚ Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn proposes that Dee Rees’ film Bessie “embodies the social changes of African-Americans at the turn of the century‚ and the women whose musical texts embodied a rich cultural legacy and a new frontier for women..
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The Misperception of Women in the Postwar Era In the years between 1945 and 1960‚ modern history’s typical view of American women is that of a subordinated‚ suppressed and acquiescent group struggling to obtain the ideas of domesticity and conservatism portrayed by popular culture. Many assumptions are made about changing gender roles and their affects upon women as a whole during this period. To us‚ women in the postwar era are most easily and commonly represented by the image of the ideal wife
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changing status both inside and outside the home. Throughout time‚ women’s roles and opportunities in the family‚ workplace‚ and society have greatly evolved. Women’s role in the family before 1815 was based around the idea of Republican Motherhood. Republican Motherhood is the idea that children should be raised to uphold the ideals of republicanism‚ making them the ideal citizens of the new nation. Mothers were obligated to raise “perfect Americans”. With this belief being enforced by the males
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