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    Ladies Association of Philadelphia. She also donated money to the Continental Congress when they needed it. Without her‚ America could have lost the Revolutionary War. Sarah Bache was born September 11‚ 1743 in Philadelphia. Her father was Benjamin Franklin and her mother was Deborah Reed and Sarah was nicknamed “Sally” her entire life. Her father educated her thoroughly in politics. Sarah was the only child of her mother and father. Her brother Francis Franklin died of smallpox when he was four

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    topics these days seem to be related to sexual identity‚ equal rights‚ and gender roles. It is no doubt that sex and gender roles play a substantial role in society; however‚ these terms are often mistakenly used interchangeably and incorrectly. The American Psychological Association defines ones sex as their biological determinant (i.e. male or female) and this does not naturally change from the time of birth; whereas gender “refers to the attitudes‚ feelings‚ and behaviors that a given culture associates

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    A study completed by Vik‚ Nygård‚ Borell‚ and Josephsson (2008) looked at how older adults with disabilities participate in daily life after hospitalization. They found through their interviews with the participants that the need for being in charge was important to each person. All three of the participants in the study discharged themselves from the hospital. In this study they also noted that the residents dislike waiting and frequent changes in staff. Thus‚ in the program being implemented

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    The Second World War was much bigger and deadlier than the first in every way. It was fought around the world‚ from Norway to New Guinea‚ from Hawaii to Egypt‚ and on every ocean – it was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. Known to have been the most widespread war in history‚ it directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. But unlike the First World War‚ the Second World War was fast moving and mobile; the use of technology was more widespread and effective. The

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    Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii resulted in America’s involvement in World War II. While the rest of the world was at war‚ America stayed neutral until the attack on Pearl Harbor which ironically was intended as a preventive action towards America’s involvement in the war. After the attack‚ America entered the war‚ a war that the Americans were not prepared for. America just has gotten out of the Great Depression in the 30s and was still recovering. The war brought about draft and new job opportunities for men

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    identity is strongly linked to the music I listen to. I think a moment that played a key role in shaping my identity was when I went to my first punk show. I was 14 years old and was friends with several skaters. My one friend Andrew had a half pipe at his house‚ along with a barn. When the skate park in our town was about to be shut down‚ a benefit was held at Andrew’s barn. My friend’s band‚ along with many others played that day and we raised enough money to keep the skate park open. I had never

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    In a study done by New Republic‚ they “examined films for their number of female characters‚ the roles these women played‚ how they were sexualized‚ and the gender of the filmmakers” which led them to their conclusion that “In the global analysis of these 120 films and their 5‚800 speaking or named characters‚ researchers found that women were grossly underrepresented in terms of sheer numbers‚ and that the female characters that do exist are often portrayed in lower level jobs‚ with overwhelming

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    Gender identity Children begin to identify themselves as a boy or a girl as early as 18 months. But it’s between the ages of 2 and 6 that they begin to identify with others of their sex and demonstrate play and other behaviors that are characteristic of that sex. Most social scientists agree that an interplay of nature and nurture determines how these gender roles play out. Physical growth Between the big growth stages of infancy and adolescence‚ boys and girls grow in height and weight at

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    Women’s role in the war was more than just supporting their husbands. When men went to war they left their jobs and the women took over them. With the women taking the men’s jobs‚ women started striking because they weren’t getting paid as much as the men were for doing the same job. Also women started going into war and helping in the hospitals and getting supplies. When war broke out women had a huge impact on taking over the jobs the men had. Women worked in factories‚ they did the farm work

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    Nonetheless‚ the Persian Wars were important because the final result was the separation of Greece and the Near East. There was the first Persian war in 490 BC‚ but the Persians were routed. As they took on a new approach ten years later‚ the second Persian war unraveled. The second Persian war was a war of much significance to European history. It was the invasion of Greece from 480 BC to 479 BC; King Xerxes I‚ of Persia‚ was determined to conquer Greece during the Greco-Persian Wars; he had an army

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