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    Women Freedom Fighter

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    SHARMA TGT(S. Sc.) Topic :- Role of Women in Freedom struggle of India Women of the freedom struggle  India has for a long time produced of most as feckless female as she did male ones. Unlike in most other civilizations and contrary to popular belief‚ Indian women played politically and socially important roles since times unknown. HERE is a look at a few such forgotten women heroes of the Indian freedom struggle.  Women’s participation in India’s freedom struggle began as early as 1817 when

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    Lincoln constructed an executive order called the Emancipation Proclamation that proved to be an integral part of African American culture. That historical turning point is celebrated as a reminder that freedom is a treasure. This day is nationally recognized as Juneteenth. But what did newfound freedom really look like for a former slave teenager? As a teenager myself‚ I imagine their first thought would be to reconnect with family members that had been snatched away from them and sold to other slave

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    New Women In The 1920's

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    Also‚ I think the New women was one of the successful changes that emerged in the Roaring twenties. The now women known as flapper had more freedom (they did not want to use corsets and act like their mother). They had short hair‚ short skirt‚ drink and smoke in public. Women had access to a type of birth control‚ which helped poor families to not have a lot of children. In 1920‚ the 19th amendment allowed women to vote‚ which increased women presence in public area. Women had more chances to work

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    The Changing Roles of Women in the 1920s    In the 1920s‚ women were becoming more independent. This could be  seen in all walks of life. Changes could be seen in their home lives‚ as well as  in the choices available to them in fashion‚ employment and politics. Women  went from being second class citizens – and almost being the property of men  – to having the right to vote ("Winning the Vote: A History of Voting  Rights." Winning the Vote: A History of Voting Rights. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 31  Mar. 2015

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    What Is Freedom

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    What is freedom? Many people‚ both pro-gun and pro-gun control‚ talk about freedom. But nobody ever really stops to define what it is‚ and then apply it to the gun debate. This leads to mischaracterizations‚ particularly from the pro-gun side‚ that any attempt to implement gun control policies is an infringement on freedom. The ultimate end of this argument is to paint those in favor of gun control as "tyrants‚" or bring up the name of Hitler in an attempt to tar those on the other side. In this

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    Women no longer stand the same way they used too. Women used to stand under the working man‚ the disabled man‚ even under the enslaved man. Time has flourished and evolved the women figure. Many females’ show their empowerment through work‚ education‚ politics‚ movements‚ and in the home. Sometimes women’s stories get distorted throughout history. Many people consider females to have had a success story right away. The impact of women on earth has been tremendous and empowering. Women are the creators

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    America has a history of suppressing the rights and progress of minorities. The unknown scares America into hiding what it cannot control and showcases what it has a handle on without opposition. In early America‚ the lack of support for women‚ African-Americans‚ and other immigrants grew into a national attitude towards these groups. For example‚ women were not viewed as equals amongst men‚ blacks were not even considered human amongst white people until the 1900’s and immigrants of non-Caucasian

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    In the 1920s women being to show their place in society not only as housewives but as a self conserved women. This new era of women was a bold new look for women as they only relied on themselves to get their jobs done. Makeup During the era there was an increased use of make up and it was fashionable to perform the rites of makeup in public. Instead of disappearing to the powder room women got out their engraved compact and applied lipstick and powder in sight of a whole restaurant or nightclub

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    Misuse of Freedom by Women

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    A free man or woman is one who can dispose of his or her person without let or hindrance‚ without reference to any master. If you‚ being a woman‚ resolved to be free in this social sense‚ to go out into the world as a woman in freedom‚ how would it fare with you? For a time you might wander unhindered‚ elated by thoughts of liberty‚ but very soon you would find that you cannot dwell forever on the heights. Let us suppose that you feel tired and that you enter a tea-shop in default of a better place

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    women and sexual freedom

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    Women and Sexual Freedom In Leslie Bell’s “Hard to Get: Twenty-Something Women and the Paradox of Sexual Freedom‚” twenty something women are confronted with the struggles of being a woman in this day and age realizing they are being pushed to act in a way suitable enough for men and the norms of society. The author uses the concept of sex and love to express the way these women feel using the word “splitting” to categorize the uncertainty and concern women have about their freedoms. The meaning

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