Since the beginning of time women have been fighting for equal rights to men. In the year 2013 their still fighting‚ why is this happening? In the next few minutes I’m going to convince you that they should have equal rights and why. In the past women have had the minority of legal rights‚ being unable to vote or cast political views. They were inferior to men and considered to be objects. In the 18th and 19th century women were simply meant to raise their children and do chores around the house
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In 1789‚ France broke out into a revolution. The citizens of France rebelled against the absolute monarch and the system they deemed unfair. The people were starving while Queen Marie Antoinette spent fortunes on fake boats to put in her hair. The Revolution was centered on hatred for the king‚ Louis XVII‚ and the prospects of a governmental system that promoted liberty and equality. The unfair representation of the third estate‚ the spread of enlightenment ideas‚ and the high price and scarcity
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To what extent did the American Revolution fundamentally change American society? In your answer be sure to address the political‚ social‚ and economic effects of the Revolution in the period from 1775 to 1800. Notes from Mr. Williams: This essay was given to 2nd period APUSH on their first in- class essay. Included were 10 documents (if interested in seeing them‚ please come into class). The DBQ writer needed to take ideas and topics from the documents‚ and ADD significant outside fact and
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Women’s Work in the Industrial Revolution The industrial revolution swept through Europe and North America during the 19th century‚ affecting the class structure‚ economy‚ government‚ and even the religious practices of everyone who lived in or did commerce with these new "industrialized nations." It made the modern age possible‚ but it was not without its "growing pains." The position of women before the industrial revolution was often equivalent to chattel‚ and then as now‚ they were expected
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Unit 2 Essay The 1860’s were a very complex time period for Americans‚ and because of that there are several films and other cultural aspects that portray the complicated roles of race‚ class‚ and gender in the American society. Some of the films such as Birth of a Nation‚ The Searchers‚ Lincoln‚ and Gangs of New York challenge beliefs of race‚ class‚ and gender‚ while others reinforce different components of each. Throughout the movies The Searchers‚ Lincoln‚ and Gangs of New York the conventionally
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divorce rate of up to 50%. The problem with this situation is that it tends to result in a stigma against divorced people‚ and focuses unnecessarily on divorced women. Divorced women get the house‚ they get the car‚ they get the kids. Divorced women get‚ get‚ get‚ while their male counterparts do nothing but lose‚ lose‚ lose. In the 1950’s‚ however‚ their roles were reversed‚ with the sympathy still in favor of the male members of the household. Men got everything in a divorce: the house‚ car‚ kids
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or female. 3- Gender: Ones psychological and sociological aspects; one’s expressions of identity; gender identity (psychological sense of self)‚ gender expression (how one presents themselves) and gender roles (societal role in society). 4- Gender Schemas: Collections of associations or implicit hypothesis about sex differences. 5- Gender Socialization: Much variation between individuals as between sexes. Individuals are “androgynous”; widespread existence of gender socializations in
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started to rise as a powerful figure to the people of Cuba who felt embarrassed by Batista. By 1959‚ Castro had taken Batista’s place in office from victory of his guerilla war lasting 7 years. Through his victory and 7-year campaign‚ he showed the Cuban public that there would be hope for the developing country with a strong sense of nationalism. Castro soon began to associate with the USSR and reject America as time went on. With America’s rejection of funding to Cuba through the International
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brought about change in the nation‚ such as antislavery‚ anti-secession‚ and rebellion. With the Civil War‚ Reconstruction‚ and several newly added amendments to the Constitution‚ America was undergoing what could be referred to as the second American Revolution. The Civil War left a great impact on the nation. President Lincoln stated that he had no intention of interfering with slavery but the south had no actual right to secede from the Union. When South Carolina was the first state to secede and other
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days of ancient female mummies. A movement of tattoos occurred in the United States when the first woman to be tattooed displayed her body commercially. There was an era when people paid to see women covered in tattoos‚ days in age when women with ink were part of the freak show at a circus. Now we see women of all ages with tattoos today as a commonality. What has gone from taboo is now mainstream. Although body ink is becoming increasingly more socially acceptable‚ tattoos will always still hold
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