Prior to the 19th century‚ women lived in a time defined by gender unbalance. Women had no legal‚ social‚ or political rights that people take for granted today. Women were denied key rights like married women could not own property‚ had very little control over personal property‚ they were rarely granted legal custody of their children in case of divorce‚ had no legal claim to any money they might ear‚ could not sue or be sued‚ could not testify in court‚ were banned from institutions and higher
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Agency and Identity: Women in Early America The historiography of gender in American is a rich and diverse field that has made its presence felt throughout the discipline of history. Gender historians have found bountiful ground in the shifting social and economic structures of eighteenth and Nineteenth century North America‚ as well as the surrounding regions. The multi-national and multi-ethnic nature of the region has led to a multitude of new investigations on the roles played by gender and identity
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the changing role of American women in the first decade of the 20th century. Include in your discussion the changing perceptions of marriage‚ the impact of birth control‚ migration to the city‚ and technology‚ on the daily life of women. 2. Discuss how the American family changed in the first decade of the 20th century. 3. A major early twentieth century trend in the United States was the movement to the cities from the farm. How did this move affect American children and teenagers
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Several factors contributed to the unsuccessful reform efforts in the nineteenth century. A few major roadblocks were violent methods that monopolies used to combat the unions such as The National Guard‚ and Pinkerton Guards. Despite seeming like a positive aspect ‚ rags to riches stories by Horatio Alger significantly reduced change due to the fact that the poor still believed they too could be rich. The last major issue that blocked reform was the fact that unions were viewed as radicals and anarchists
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in protests and liberal democracy arose as the central system of European politics from the second half of the 19th Century. Several labor unions progressed into mass‚ centralized‚ national organizations. Additionally‚ efforts were made to increase voting rights during the mid-nineteenth century. Most importantly new women movements were introduced; women pushed their securities through self-governing organizations and methods of direct action. In Britain‚ women won right to control property‚ and
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This paper will deal with the attitudes of the early nineteenth century toward women and their roles. The paper will examine these attitudes by utilizing primary sources such as newspapers and advice and housekeeping books and by comparing them to books written today on the topic of nineteenth century women. Many examples taken from period newspapers represent the opinion of historian Barbara Welter that attitudes of women were based on their possession of certain well?defined virtues. This paper
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American sports are American because they are a reflection of societal values and cultural norms during the rise of an industrializing America. These recreational activities became popular economic enterprises with specializing labor roles‚ set rules comparable to the standard workplace protocol in other industries at the time‚ and were intentionally “civilized” in such a way that they became more profitable for those in charge. This civilizing also meant a specialization of labor as many athletes
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During the 19th and early 20th century‚ western Europe was the dominant force in the world. Western influence spread like a wildfire‚ filled with ideas of industrialization‚ western cultures‚ practices‚ and political structures‚ and brilliant technology. Merchants‚ diplomats‚ and many others travelled around the world to share their influence and knowledge. The West’s neighbors‚ Russia and China‚ and also Japan soon felt the presence of the West trickling further into their countries than it previously
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Departure Expansionism in the 19th and early 20th century U.S. was not a continuation of past American Expansionism. Throughout American history‚ prime motives for geographical and political expansion have been in support of U.S. economy. As the country grew‚ many other issues became important in the shaping of American expansionism. Slavery and investment of capital were major forces behind these issues. All these events involved economic‚ societal‚ and political expansion. Colonial expansion
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native-born and second-generation American citizens saw these immigrants and their foreign values and behaviors as a threat and thus sought to “Americanize” and assimilate them into the mainstream American society. However‚ Americanization in the eyes of the native-born was different from how immigrants understood Americanization. There were formal institutions for learning English and the American government system but the new immigrants learned just as much about the American way of life on the factory floor
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