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    Compare and Contrast the 21st Century 1. One of the main reasons why the 21st century is better than the 1920s is the 19th amendment Women’s Suffrage. This act was passed by Congress June 4‚ 1919‚ and ratified on August 18‚ 1920. Woman finally gained the right to vote and do the same things men did. Still‚ most women were not treated as equal as men‚ yes they had their rights‚ but they still weren’t treated as fairly as men in a respectable manner. Now in the 21st century woman and men are completely

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    A feminist can be defined as any person who supports the rights of women or empowers women through speech‚ actions‚ or ideas. This idea of empowerment means that a woman has the ability and strength to manage her life on her own‚ and does not require assistance from other people. The Scarlet Letter is in part a feminist novel in that it illustrates the strength that Hester Prynne holds to survive on her own throughout her ignominy. Nathaniel Hawthorne portrays Hester as a rather strong woman who

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    Differences and similarities between the 1920s and the 1950s There many differences between the 1920s and the 1950s; such as‚ race relations‚ roles of women‚ and probably the big one is consumerism. Of course there were more but these three were the main ones. Yeah they had a different teenage culture but it wasn’t big. There were blacks wanting their rights‚ women being the man of the house during the wars‚ and even people just buying stuff because they can. These times were right after a

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    STUDIES The Troubled Relationship of Feminism and History Janaki Nair Why has history remained somewhat impervious to the questions raised by feminist interventions‚ while other disciplines have felt the imperative of a turn to history in general and feminist historiography in particular? This paper reviews both older and more recent contributions to the field of history to trace the dominant frames within which the methods and critiques of feminism have been accommodated. as it an exaggeration

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    Why Is The 1920s Bad

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    I come to realize that the economy in the 1920s was bad because it was the beginning of the Great Depression. But the depression could have been avoided if the Feds became more aware in the beginning and stopped over looking it. The great depression led to unemployment and factories being shut down. The Great Depression was in the 1920s when the stock market crashed. During the depression there were a quarter of teens in the country living on the streets by themselves. It started because people wan

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    households. A patrilineal system governs the society‚ where descent and inheritance are traced through the male line and men are generally in control of the distribution of family resources. Women’s role in Pre-colonial social structures reveals that feminism was theorised differently in India than in the West. In India‚ women’s issues first began to be addressed when the state commissioned a report on the status of women to a group of feminist researchers and activists. The report recognised the fact

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    The economic change in the 1920s helped build the landscape for modern workers in America. Manufacturing plants began to pop up across the country in various places such as Detroit and people like Henry Ford pioneered the way for mass production (pg 689‚693). Along with the changes in the way people work‚ changes in the economy also gave people the time and ability to have leisure time and to take interest in hobbies. In today’s manufacturing plants there are a lot of workers working together to

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    Chapter 23 The 1920s: Coping with Change (1920-1929) I. Economy A. Booming business 1. Unemployment as low as three percent‚ steady prices‚ and the GNP grew by 43 percent from 1922 to 1929 2. Consumer goods such as home appliances (vacuums‚ refrigerators‚ washing machines‚ etc.) i. Sixty percent of US homes electrified by mid 1920s 3. Automobiles i. By end of decade‚ automobile industry accounted for about nine percent of all wages in manufacturing and stimulated

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    Radio Entertainment In 1920s "Video Killed the Radio Star" is the debut song of The Buggles released September 7th 1979 but‚ did not make an impression on the general public until its release as the debut video on MTV at 12:01 August 1st 1981‚ almost 100 years after the invention of radio. Henirich Hertz‚ a German Physicist‚ created the foundation of radio in 1886 by proving that electric waves could be transmitted and received without the need of a physical medium (Spiker 2). Nokolai Tesla expanded

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    In the 1920’s there was a financial success‚ they called this success “The Economic Boom”. The causes for the boom was multiple things‚ one of the major ones was the production of automobiles. Once America figured out how to produce cars at a faster rate‚ this not only helped out that industry but it also help improve many more. Because more cars were being produced at a faster rate‚ many industries like the construction‚ hospitality‚ and oil industries increased dramatically. The first reason for

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