Feminism has changed New Zealand’s society slowly over time‚ however with significance. Although we take no notice of these changes‚ without feminism woman would not have the right to vote‚ have equal pay to men‚ or have the right to make there own decisions about pregnancy. Feminism once frowned upon‚ is now becoming more socially accepted by both men and woman. In 1893‚ New Zealand was the first country to give woman the right to vote. Woman had gained inspiration to fight for their voting
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Kasie Rewey Ms. Lanners Honors English 10 23 February 2011 Not Only Changing Hollywood‚ Changing the World Almost every movie one watches nowadays contains a female character. Now‚ look at that female. Majority of the time‚ she has some kind of sexual appeal to her. That sexual appeal was make big by Marilyn Monroe. Known as one of the most photographed‚ most famous‚ and most misunderstood Hollywood actress of all time‚ Monroe changed Hollywood and set the bar high
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Georgia‚ to Reverend Martin Luther King (wikipedia.com). At birth Martin Luther King’ legal name was Michael King. His father had changed his and Martin Luther King’s name when they attended a trip to Germany in 1934. Martin Luther King’s father changes their names to honor the German reformer Martin Luther (wikipedia.com). Martin Luther King was a middle child between an older sister‚ named Willie Christine King‚ and a younger brother‚ named Alfred Daniel Williams King. Martin Luther King’s father
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A railroad tycoon‚ owner of a shipping empire and self made multimillionaire‚ Cornelius Vanderbilt helped to create a large railroad system and turn it into the big industry that it was in the 19th century and what it is now. He also did the same thing with the shipping industry. Vanderbilt changed the industries of America by introducing a way of transportation of people and goods that is effective and quicker than anything that has been created before. Seen as a Robber Baron‚ Cornelius Vanderbilt
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onto the shores of Cape Canaveral to see a glimpse of the first spaceship heading to the moon launch into space (Reynolds 134). A monumental event would soon take place‚ but that would only be the beginning. The world and it’s technology was about to change forever. As Neil Armstrong once said‚ “It’s a beginning of a new age‚” (Loff). Although many people only remember the actual take off and landing‚ the idea of performing a lunar landing was announced by President John F. Kennedy eight years earlier
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The economy of a region will experience continuity and change forever. That is the case with the central African economy. During the first century‚ their economy was much different than what it is today. The central African economy revolved around agriculture and hunting during the first century and that remained constant until contemporary times. Though‚ change also began to occur because certain aspects of the the central African economy stayed the same and when the people native to the region
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ways of Europe. The Protestant Reformation was sparked in 1517‚ when a man named Martin Luther nailed the 95 Theses‚ a document containing the opposition of Catholicism‚ to the door of a German Catholic Church. In Luther’s writings‚ Luther objected to how the Catholic Church governed and treated its followers. Luther’s actions were unprecedented at the time; this was the first time the Catholic Church had been publicly opposed. Luther’s ideals affronted the Pope‚ but Luther was not the only one who opposed
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Many‚ many people have struggled throughout history for change. Harriet Tubman‚ an escaped slave‚ civil rights activist‚ and women’s suffrage activist‚ struggled tremendously to be free. She struggled throughout her life to help her family and friends. Tubman is a great example of reasons we struggle for change. Tubman was working on plantations as a field hand during her early teen years. When she was 23 or 24 she fell in love with a freeman. She got permission from her owners to go stay with
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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. The Zulus was a highly developed society with military skills and 30‚000 miles of land. The Europeans
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Part of this aspect of the Treaty was the requirement for Germany to pay $5 billion over five years to pay for the War. The Allied Reparations Committee was also formed with a twofold mission; to determine just how much the War cost and to determine amounts of reparations and how they would be repaid. The Committee was told to have final numbers by 1921. it was the reparations that were perhaps the biggest sticking point in the entire treaty. The terms were harsh‚ and many‚ including most of
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