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    unions. cotton gin (1793) Eli Whitney’s invention that sped up the process of harvesting cotton. The gin made cotton cultivation more profitable‚ revitalizing the Southern economy and increasing the importance of slavery in the South. cult of domesticity Pervasive nineteenth century cultural creed that venerated the domestic role of women. It gave married women greater authority to shape home life but limited opportunities outside the domestic sphere. ecological imperialism Historians’ term for

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    INTRODUCTION “The Judgment” is perceived as one of Kafka’s more important and autobiographical works. Written in 1912‚ this short story was initially published in Max Brod’s magazine‚ Arkadia‚ the following year. Many critics view the story as a depiction of the tension between the isolation and alienation of the modern artist and the demands of family and societal expectations. Plot and Major Characters “The Judgment” opens with the protagonist of the story‚ Georg Bendemann‚ sitting at an open

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    Peiss‚ Kathy. (1986) . Cheap Amusements. New York: Temple University. In Cheap Amusements‚ Kathy Peiss studies the customs‚ values‚ public styles‚ and ritualized interactions expressed in leisure time of the working-class women living in New York. The social experiences of these young women gives different clues to the ways in which these women constructed and gave meaning to their lives between the years of 1880-1920. The laboring poor’s leisure activity was brief‚ casual

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    particular regard for a woman’s wellbeing‚ their state of affairs would differ greatly because “if [they were left] two or three hundred thousand pounds” their discussions would pertain to "archaeology‚ botany‚ anthropology...” (Woolf.1.13) rather than domesticity. Woolf interprets that the inability to acquire money entirely affects a woman’s mindset; as illustrated by the impression that wealth would modify their conversations to be more erudite. In the 19th century‚ wealth presented individuals with the

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    These three women’s rights activists did not agree with the “Cult of Domesticity” in the 19th century‚ which basically said that women belonged at home where they could appease their husband and family. Angelina Grimké and her sister Sarah Grimké arranged public meetings to discuss the issue of women’s rights. Sarah Grimké would

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    In the reading “The Environs of Paris” by T.J. Clark‚ Clark speaks about Paris and the surrounding areas‚ Argenteuil in particular. Beginning in the 1860s‚ modernity was starting to take precedence. Throughout the reading‚ Clark provides insight on where examples of modernism may have been detected‚ if not by everyone‚ at least by the individuals that could stand to be in the presence of the petite bourgeoisie. These depictions were rare‚ and Clark sought out to investigate why this was so. The way

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    confronting them. (2009)   7.    Discuss the changing ideals of American womanhood between the American Revolution (1770’s) and the    outbreak of the Civil War. What factors fostered the emergence of "republican motherhood" and the "cult of         domesticity"? Assess the extent to which these ideals influenced the lives of women during this period. In      your answer be sure to consider issues of race and class. (2006)   8.    With respect to the federal Constitution‚ the Jeffersonian Republicans are

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    They have to take care of the children‚ stay home‚ clean up the house‚ and be the self-denying wife and mother. They think only that the life of a woman is all about getting married‚ having children‚ and being bombarded by unimportant details of domesticity. But they do not understand that the education is very important for women not only for them but for a whole family. Because women are the mothers of the future generation. If women are uneducated‚ the future generations will be uneducated. In

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    Iron jawed angels is a movie about about the struggle of American women for their right to vote. The movies starts out with two well educated friends in London‚ Alice and Lucy. They are both woman suffrage activists. Both Alice and Lucy were willing to do whatever it took for the amendment that allowed women to vote. During a meeting they spoke to a lady part of the National American Suffrage association (NAWSA) about their ideas of fighting for constitutional amendment for the right for women

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    “women’s knowledge of home cooking was a limited advantage in running a large soup kitchen” (Ofer and Weitzman 1998‚ 159). Rather than having women working out in the field or participating in the war‚ they would have Jewish women participate in domesticity‚ and at the same time‚ they were subjugated to the

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