How far did life improve for women in the 19th century? Life for women changed dramatically in the 19th century. They were given more rights‚ started to become more equal to men‚ and more of them were recognised for certain talents such as writing. The way women lived was improved across all areas of their actions‚ beginning the way women are treated now. The average woman was expected to have children‚ carry out everything around the house and do what she was told. Many people consistently attempted
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August 18‚ 1920‚ the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution instilled American women the right to vote”—the first step to acknowledge the civil battle known as woman suffrage (19th amendment). At the time the United States of America was founded‚ women did not possess all of the same civil or humanitarian rights as men‚ including the right to vote. The oppression of women has been prevalent throughout history‚ gaining its original attention throughout the 18th and 19th century. Addressing the inability
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Women have been at an unfair disadvantage in society dating all the way back to the early 19th century. In the 19th century‚ women did not have suffrage and could not own property if they were married. Nevertheless‚ single women could own property‚ but were seen as mistresses or not pure. Divorce also could not be achieved by women without their husbands. Married women that wanted a divorce had to be divorced by their husbands not the other way around. When women married‚ they were stripped of independent
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People have different views about marriage. Some people believe that it is old fashioned and that is existence is irrelevant. Nonetheless for the woman in the 19th century it was difficult to have choices. In the 19th century men were in charge in relationships‚ but in today’s society women have more rights and attitudes from the 19th century that do not apply. There are various ways someone can describe or explain the meaning of marriage. “Marriage is given of human society”(The Future of Marriage
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A Maturing Industrial Nation During the 19th century the United States faced its greatest economic revolution. Mainly‚ this industrial enhancement primarily a result of the completion of the transcontinental railroad‚ a transportation system that runs cross-country. Aside from impacting the economy‚ the railroad also affected the politics of the late 1800s and early 1900s. Since the political jobs were reserved for the upper class‚ investors in the railroad tended to have inflated bank accounts;
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As urban industrial workers expanded in the 19th century‚ industry and the industrial work force boomed as well. Workers ‚ however‚ were met with difficult situations that ultimately led to violent outbursts. Low wages could not buy food and clothes at the same time and conditions in the work place brought about countless deaths and injuries. Growing number of immigrants caused the reduction of wages and insecurity of the workers caused unemployment. There were hostilities between workers‚ employers
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The treatments varied from primitive psychiatric forms of care from the 8th century in Islamic hospitals‚ according to Howells (1975) to a milieu therapy as archaic approach in Middle Ages. Until the 19th century ‚ there is no form of organised systematic care for people with mental illness‚ excepting charitable provision or public asylums. Rogers‚ A. & Pilgrim‚ D (2001)‚ points out the beginning of the 19th century
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Emerging from an era of peace and prosperity in Paris‚ the gothic style seen in Europe is a result of the rapid growth of cities‚ increasing the number of civic architecture present in Europe‚ and the emergence of the stylized and ornate christian cathedrals from a previously unseen class of patrons‚ including the Church of England‚ which hasn’t been seen at any other point in time. With the rapid growth of cities and towns‚ the cathedrals became the center focus of the town in order to build trade
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The increase in sectionalism and the tensions that arose from it was surprising to me because I naively assumed the United States was for the most completely united at this point in Antebellum America. The political polarization and its dramatic impact on the political landscape of the 1850s was very interesting to learn about. The creation of two political parties‚ Democrats and Whigs‚ really cemented the notion of the divide between North and South. The rise of such parties as the Free-Soil Party
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Nationalism is when a person has pride from where they come from. This played an immense role in the accomplishments of the British people from 1815 to 1900. One of the main reasons for the British people being nationalistic was Queen Victoria. Although Queen Victoria’s husband died just 24 years after she took the role of the queen‚ she was able to inspire the British people to create three of the most famous sports in the world. Sports such as soccer‚ tennis and cricket. Without nationalism‚
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