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    government would grant those rights to every legal citizen. However‚ it has only been about ninety six years since men and women have stood on equal grounds. The fight for equal rights did not start until the late 1890’s as the beginnings of the Progressive Movement emerged. Many leaders rose up so that their voices could be heard across the nation. One of these leaders that campaigned was a social reformer by the name of Jane Addams. Jane Adams took a stand for societal reforms through the creation

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    Most Victorian social classes had different experiences in everyday life. These classes were ranked from the lowest to the highest standards‚ leaving this era to be more “organized” in hierarchy. Evidently‚ there are many differences in their society such as‚ extracurricular activities‚ educational opportunities‚ government‚ relationships‚ sibling connections‚ and household responsibilities. First of all‚ sporting is one of the major hobbies that took place in the early/mid nineteenth century. These

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    Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti in Historical Context Victorian Era: Victorian Britain‚ 1837 - 1901 Christina Rossetti * Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English poet who wrote a variety of romantic‚ devotional‚ and children’s poems * Family: Born in London to Gabriele Rossetti‚ a poet and a political exile from Vasto‚ Abruzzo‚ and Frances Polidori‚ the sister of Lord Byron’s friend and physician‚ John William Polidori. She had two brothers and

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    society in the home taking care of the husbands and children. (Hughes‚ n.p.). Women were supposed to view marriage as a way to raise a family instead of using it to fill an emotional or sexual void. (Hughes‚ n.p.). The “ideal woman” in the Victorian era was one who was fully devoted to her family‚

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    Prior to the 1920s‚ the United States was in a phase known as the Progressive Era. This time period featured social activism and political reform in education‚ suffrage‚ labor conditions‚ and civil rights. After World War I‚ Americans saw even more social‚ political‚ and economic changes to their country. During the 1920s‚ mass-production and urbanization caused a rise of modernism that greatly impacted the United States by resulting in severe economic problems and changed attitudes towards minorities

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    The Victorian Era: A Prison for a Woman’s Individuality As Victorian writer‚ George Meredith once dictated: “Each one of an affectionate couple may be willing‚ as we say‚ to die for the other‚ yet unwilling to utter the agreeable word at the right moment.” In the novella The Awakening by Kate Chopin‚ the main character Edna Montpellier is a Victorian woman awakened from a stagnant life of a typical turn-of-the-century marriage. She looks for a life outside of her family that she desires to branch

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    During the Elizabethan times the way they cooked‚ served‚ and handled their food was very different from ours. They didn’t have as many cooking tools but the did have much simpler ones to use when necessary. If you saw someone cooking the way they did during their time you would tend to find it a little strange but quite delicious for upper class. Usually during their time they would use:“spit roasting‚ baking‚ boiling‚ smoking‚ salting or thru frying”(www.http://www.elizabethanenglandlife.com)

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    During the Progressive Era‚ all reform efforts became revitalized. Millions of women started addressing severe social problems‚ which brought them into the public eye. As their roles in society grew‚ they started to become part of mainstream politics. However‚ after recognizing

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    The victorian era was an era of many advancements. Technical advancements‚ industrial advancements‚ and importantly‚ fashionable advancements. In the 1800s women wore modest yet flamboyant clothes. Regal looking but wild in pattern. In a time where a woman’s body is what made her or broke her‚ she sure did have some nice clothes. Victorian clothes were conservative and stiff‚ but as we delve into the past to look at these great fashions‚ you’ll see that these clothes were not only for other people

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    Emily L. Huff Mr. Bounds AP Language 23 January 2012 William Thackeray: An Era without Morals The Victorian Era was the great age of the English novel—realistic‚ thickly plotted‚ crowded with characters‚ and long. It was the ideal form to describe contemporary life and to entertain the middle class. William Makepeace Thackeray is best known for Vanity Fair (1848)‚ which wickedly satirizes hypocrisy and greed (Victorian). In the novel‚ almost none of the characters who act badly or do wrong

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