and the first woman who entered the Cabinet was Margaret Bondfield (1929). In 1909‚ Jesse Wilston Phipps was the first woman to take part in a council sub-committee and by 1925 the London County Council already had 25 women members. By the mid-twentieth century‚ women had taken part in the social‚ political and cultural sphere‚ but this fight continued in the second half of the 20th century‚ with women becoming writers‚ artist and politics. Margaret Thatcher (13 October 1925 - 8 April 2013) was
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road. As Margaret stated‚ “The days are alright‚ you’re surrounded by all sorts of people‚ but the nights are so lonely…” This is the case in other celebrities we know‚ such as Jim Carey who said‚ “I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer.” These people were so profound in saying this because outside of the realm of being surrounded and loved by millions‚ the feeling is nearly incomprehensible. Margaret Mead is an
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Margaret Thatcher‚ the first female Prime Minister of England‚ was known to have strong determination and perseverance throughout her time in office. She entered into office with a struggling economy and soon implemented her capitalistic plans for decreasing inflation‚ which she believed to be at the root of all the economic problems. As she was implementing her plan‚ unemployment in England skyrocketed to the highests rate since the 1930s. This massive unemployment caused increased tension‚ which
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My Name Is Margaret. “My Name Is Margaret” written by Maya Angelou. Maya Angelou is novelist‚ poet‚ playwright‚ actress‚ composer‚ and singer. Actual name is Marguerite Annie Johnson born in 1928. People identify with our name in many ways. Our name is what links us to our family; History and we are the image that is associated with our name. In the outline of the essay‚ the narrator is informative of how it was like to live in that precise time period. Margaret distinguished between
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"The Morality of Birth Control" by Margaret Sanger‚ (1921) Margaret Sanger uses several method’s within her speech‚ "The Morality of Birth Control"‚ to tell her strong views on the topic. She uses a strong sense of bias‚ fallacies‚ and colorful rhetoric devices in her speech to not only get the attention of the audiences‚ but to relay a sense of urgency for the actions that need to be taken. One bias that Sanger uses is toward the idea of motherhood without birth control being condition of
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Margaret Are You Drug George Starbuck’s‚ “Margaret Are You Drug”‚ is an excellent example of a colloquial poem. The term “colloquial” simply is a poem that has a style so informal‚ it gives the readers a feeling the speaker is having a casual talk with his subject‚ in this case Margaret. The speaker‚ in this case‚ comes across as one apathetic drug user who talks to another (Margaret or “Mag”) about his attitude towards premature drug-induced death. By incorporating the colloquial characteristics
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points that were brought to my attention. The main character in the novel was named Offred. Offred went through a really bumpy road throughout this novel. She had to do things that she had no say in doing. She was forced into becoming a handmaid. Margaret Atwood‚ the writer of The Handmaids Tale really focused on how the females in The Handmaids Tale were being sexual mistreated and abused. Not only was the mistreatment physical‚ but also mentally. It affected Offred throughout the novel. The Commander
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Sometimes‚ the lack of a mother figure in a woman’s childhood years can have a huge effect on what kind of woman she will become. It’s a proven fact that 67% of women who grow up without having a mother figure in their daily life‚ tend to mature into strong‚ self sufficient‚ and independent women (Sparks 321). In other words‚ women who grow up in stable households‚ complete with both mother and father figures‚ mature into being more so often then not‚ dependant women. These "dependant" women
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American Past Margaret Sanger‚ from “Happiness in Marriage” (1926) What is happiness in marriage? Many people have different ideas of what this means and the attributing factors that cause for a happy marriage. In this article‚ written by Margaret Sanger‚ she describes how many young women have been affected by premature pregnancies in which they are not ready‚ but were pressured to avoid using birth control in that time because it was widely believed to contribute to promiscuity. Margaret was very influential
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