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    Professor Demack Visual Argument Analysis Paper 3/4/14 Lysol has been around since 1889 and has been known for its disinfectant purposes for more than fifty years‚ but in the 1950s it was used for a completely different purpose. Lysol was used as a douching method for women and this advertisement published in the 1950s is sponsoring Lysol as a feminine hygiene product. As a visual argumentative piece‚ Lysol uses several warrants and attributes to prove its point‚ that Lysol was gentle enough to

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    Women s Work in Ireland

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    Table of contents: Introduction 3 Women working full-time in the home 3 Women and paid employment 4 Patterns of paid work 1921-1961 5 Factors influencing women’s labour market participation 7 Conclusion 8 References: 8 Introduction My essay will examine the women’s work in the Irish society starting from the early 1880s and will analyze the changes of women’s place in the Irish workforce. I will pay particular attention on women working in the home‚ those seen as the back-bone

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    friends down the street. Celebrities have a high level influence on the way Australians dress. The length of clothing has changed a lot since the 1950s. Back then it was seen as being very rude if you showed too much skin on your body. Women wore long dresses which did not come above the knees and men wore jackets and cardigans as well as suits. Now women wear clothing as short as they want it and younger girls try to have the most up to date stylish clothing as possible. Men still wear suits out to

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    the beginning of time and is constantly changing. Women’s fashion has changed a lot from the 1950s to the present because of many factors in society. The Era of the 1960s can be described in one sentence. Corselets‚ circle skirts‚ slim dresses and miniskirts were popular (“1950 to 1960”). Shift dresses and bold colors were popular also as well as chunky sweaters‚ turtlenecks‚ and high button up blouses (“1950 to 1960”). Some certain events had a particular effect on the style that was being worn‚ which

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    Method Acting and 1950s American Politics and Culture Throughout the twentieth century‚ method acting had been experimented with and practiced in the United States. The method had derived from Stanislavski’s "system" at the Moscow Art Theatre and was then given its own identity by method pioneers in the Group Theatre‚ Lee Strasberg‚ Stella Adler and Elia Kazan. Through the early 1900’s‚ the method had begun to gain recognition in American theatre‚ but swiftly attained considerable prominence on

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    men rely on women to do so much for them but they could not respect women? Women did not get the respect that they deserved. It was hard for women during the 1800s being that a lot of the major wars were taking place during this time. As men and women it specifically says in the bill of rights “that we are granted with many different freedoms” (First Ten Amendments) but to only get no respect in return. Men have no room to talk being that they get the respect they deserve while women get the side

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    Women In The Early 1940's

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    The early 1940’s were years full of unpleasant events. On December 7‚ 1941‚ Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. The next day Congress approved President Roosevelt’s petition to go to war with Japan. With the United States engaged in yet another great war‚ many men were required to avenge and protect their country. While President Roosevelt drafted men and shipped them overseas‚ women had a part of the war too. Men were volunteering to serve their country left and right. Some left a mother and father behind

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    Women During The 1970's

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    Union Street also shows women being degraded but in such a way of social conflicts and different opinions. During the 1970’s was a period where women’s political and social lives collided causing uproar about different livelihoods and perceptions of how people should live due to the fact women are now able to vote and have much more of a say in the political world than they did ten years ago. As Monteith states‚ “The 1970s was a ‘woman’s decade‚’ a period in which women’s political and personal lives

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    seemed to disappear. In the 1950s‚ like in no other decade‚ people became homeowners; prosperity was plentiful and bad times were thought to be something of the past. Capitalism was working and it was working well‚ to have a better life than one’s parents was only matter of willingness. Clearly it is evident why “Americans chose the 1950s than any other single decade as the best time for children to grow up.” (Pg32) In the essay “What We really Miss About the 1950s” Stephanie Coontz has made several

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    Karen Anderson’s Wartime Women: “Sex Roles‚ Family Relations and the Status of Women during World War II” reexamines the various roles women occupied in wartime America. Anderson argues that though some historians they attribute women’s postwar employment changes simply to economics. Anderson implies that the 1940’s period played a more prominent role in developments‚ helping to accelerate the economic changes that would come after WWII. Moreover‚ though such studies exist in

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