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    Not Just another Feminist Kendra McCloskey American History to 1877 Jennifer Gmuca November 5‚ 2014 Mary Wollstonecraft went through a lot as she was growing up‚ but she made a huge impact on society. She was a feminist who believed women should be created equal. She was a theorist for moral and political issues pertaining to women. Craft’s writings were on politics‚ history‚ philosophy‚ and different genres that included critical reviews‚ translations‚ pamphlets‚ and novels. Craft’s best-known

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    Jane Austen is a well-known author that lived in the late eighteenth to the early nineteenth century. Some of her more famous writings include Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. What most don’t know about Jane Austen is how much she has influenced modern society and culture. One way she has influenced it is her sense of humor and the fact that she talked about unpopular opinions of her time. Another is that there have constantly been television series and movies based off of her books and

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    What would the world be like without contacts and glasses? Without the lenses that make binoculars‚ scopes‚ lasers‚ and magnifying glasses‚ would the world still be progressing at the same astonishing rate? Thomas Hobbes influenced the fields of his study‚ as well as the culture that he found himself in; so much so that there are still vestiges of his ideas that are seen in modern-day philosophy‚ government‚ religion‚ and science. Thomas Hobbes inevitably shaped the very way the world is seen today

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    place during the 1930’s which was during the Great Depression. This helps us bring the migrant farm life during the Great Depression to life‚ letting us move along with George and Lennie’s life and how they were able to survive the burdensome time. But‚ how did the Great Depression change society and how were the people affected by it? The Great Depression was triggered by a sudden collapse in the stock market wiping out many investors. This lasted from 1929 to 1939 causing drastic declines in output

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    Historical persons is a person who has impacted on the society either positively or negatively. This is because their contributions to the society is usually arguable. Some think their role is paramount‚ while others say they have less impact on the social changes and thoughts. Information presented as it was being told by a historical person‚ in the academic section it gives it great significance. Since the remote days‚ students have been urged to think with the historical persons as a way of rejuvenating

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    Renaissance itself wasn’t so much a celebration of African-American culture‚ but rather a regurgitation of White principles. But no matter how big the Renaissance was African-Americans were still not accepted into mainstream America. During the Harlem Renaissance‚ African-Americans were still discriminated against‚ even though they had a major impact on society. Even though African-Americans were performers

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    anyone else who did not fulfill the “Aryan” characteristics. As Hitler once said‚ “By the skillful and sustained use of propaganda‚ one can make a people see even heaven as hell or an extremely wretched life as paradise”. Hitler strongly believed that propaganda had the ability to completely change society’s way of thinking about an idea and so he‚ along with the Nazis began a huge propaganda campaign against mentally and physically disabled Germans. As the disabled people did not fit into the

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    How did Hinduism influence Indian society? What similarities do they have with these religions? Although Hinduism has no central doctrine‚ the beliefs have spread throughout the Indian society; the country in which its main effect is. These beliefs include the concept of karma‚ reincarnation‚ respect for all forms of life‚ and respect for other religions. The largest effect however‚ is the caste system that is placed on society. The belief is that each person’s life has Ashramas‚ four life stages

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    Did you know that the mesopotamians helped build our society today? The Mesopotamians are the most amazing civilization. They had beliefs of spirits to protect them. Also they have invented or contributed to many inventions. Games are also part of the Mesopotamian life. Though that’s not all that the mesopotamians did but‚ they are really important things. The Mesopotamians believed in many spirits to help protect them. Lamusa was a spirit of protection that Mesopotamians knew of . Lamusa are human

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    transformed their society and dynamics. In the mid-1600s‚ Europeans were the first settlers of Africa and established their community by farming and herding cattle. The Europeans lived in proximity with their domesticated animals that carried diseases. Over time‚ the Europeans developed a resistance to the virus but the Cape and Koi- San tribe did not have immunity to the virus and developed smallpox. Around the 1830s‚ the European expanded north and encountered a complex society known as the Zulus

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