OTHER BIT LIFE IN THE 1900s Jobs Caring mother Diligent home maker Obedient wife Provide emotional support for husband Cook Shopping Washing Few paid jobs such as dress making‚ textiles‚ cooking‚ domestic service. This covered 75 percent of jobs. Restrictions Not allowed to work in many jobs purely because they were labelled as ‘’mens jobs’’ Not allowed to show legs They were looked down upon Men held all resources if she was married Were forced into sex They
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their repression‚ the main protagonists of the 1865 Morant Bay Rebellion greatly divided opinions in Britain. The logic according to which people disagree with what they opponents agree with meant that someone’s hero was someone else’s villain. Paul Bogle‚ a Black Jamaican‚ was depicted by supporters of philanthropy as a pious preacher spreading Christianity and striving for the improvement of the living conditions of his fellow islanders. Far from seeing him in the same favourable light‚ people
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which was reflected in fashion as well. For women‚ short bobs because fashionable as did shorter skirts such as pinafores that would never have been allowed in previous decades. There was a certain androgynous look to women’s fashion that borrowed from men’s clothing liberally. Forward thinking designers like Coco Chanel and Jean Patou made sportswear fashionable as well as functional. The designs of Coco Chanel were so foreword thinking that they have resonated down through the decades even
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can lead to mass revolt among the people‚ as was shown by the French Revolution‚ the American Revolution‚ and the Protestant Reformation. All reforms begin with small requests and simple protests‚ but depending on the actions of those in authority it can either erupt into a conflict or be peacefully and diplomatically resolved furthering all of society. The United States from the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s was a place ripe with opportunity for reform and advancement. With a largely diverse
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Dorothy Crawfoot Dorothy Crawfoot was born on 12th may in Cairo. She became interested in chemistry when she was about ten. She attended Oxford and Somerville from 1928-1932. she analyzed glass tessellate from Jerash. She decided to do research on X-ray Crystallography. She did a lot of research on crystals and x-rays. Later in her life she became a teacher in chemistry for the women’s college. She became the university reader for x-ray crystallography in 1956. she also worked in the department
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From 1914 to 1945 a social reform took shape to increase the availability of contraception. The U.S. aimed to educate society on birth control and then legalize it. This reform began with a group led by Mary Dennett‚ Margaret Sanger‚ and Emma Goldman. This reform came about due to the struggles many women faced during this time period due to pregnancy. There were a high number of low-income women becoming pregnant that simply could not afford to have a child. The idea of contraception was unheard
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Between the years of 1861 and 1865 the United States was divided as a nation‚ into the confederate forces of the United States‚ and the Union of the United States. The Union Navy worked to blockade the Atlantic Coast of the United States around the Confederated States‚ (the Southern United States). The Union Blockade also extended around the Gulf Coast. Ships from the Union Navy blocked these vital ports. The Union wanted to prevent the Confederate States of America from receiving supplies‚ men and
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Mexican-American War The Mexican American war started in 1846‚ ten years after Texas won its independence from Mexico. In 1844 Texas was annexed‚ upon their request‚ to the United States. This caused trouble with the Mexican government because they believed that the southern border of Texas was along the Del Norte river‚ while the American government believed that the border was the Rio Grande river. When U.S. President James Polk sent troops into this disputed territory‚ Mexico attacked‚ killing
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Introduction: Naked and hungry that is what you would be without agriculture. Have you ever thought about where your food‚ and clothes come from? Someone‚ somewhere gets up with the sun to feed you and clothe you. There are 5‚977 farms in conniecuit in accordance to agclassroom.org‚ and our population is a booming 3‚590‚000 now‚ if you do that math‚ one in every six hundred people in this state would be a farmer‚ annually those few farmers are adding 4.6 million dollars to the state economy each
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African Americans Then and Now Lakrisha Williams HIS 204 American History 1865 Instructor: Jason Williams February 14‚ 2013 African Americans Then and Now “If I had a thousand tongues and each tongue were a thousand thunderbolts and each thunderbolt had a thousand voices‚ I would use them all today to help you understand a loyal and misrepresented and misjudged people.” (Joseph C. Price) African American history has been around for decades‚ the sufferings of these people were brought to this country
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