providers for their families‚ they were subjected to social and economic inequality‚ with few opportunities for additional education or professional development. Poor living conditions contributed to higher incidence of illness and infant mortality. Tenements were congested‚ with poor ventilation and sanitation. In poorer areas‚ governmental health services were frequently insufficient‚ and access to healthcare was limited. Despite these challenges‚ working-and-lower class women actively participated
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law that made it illegal to create monopolies or trusts that restrained free trade -When: 1890‚ United States -Historical Importance: Allowed for free trade to occur with nothing to stop it. -Sweatshops -Who/What: small workshop set up in a tenement rather than in centralized factories -When: early 1900s‚ United States -Historical Importance: They showed how horrible it was to live in bad conditions. -Knights of Labor -Who/What: secret society that became the first truly national labor
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economic issues. There were many approaches to this task‚ none of which were entirely successful. Overall they did alleviate many problems‚ but they didn’t effectively stop many of the more critical ones such as hunger‚ and the terrible conditions in tenements. The progressives did help the current situation to a point‚ but there was still a lot of work to be done. Many people tried to find solutions to the issues that affected our country‚ but they could hardly be considered successful. The number of
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United States received a new type of immigrant. They mostly came from Eastern and Southern European cities and moved into American cities and worked in industry. The promised land began to seem less and less promising as immigrants were stuffed into tenement buildings in over-crowded cities and forced to work in factories under deplorable conditions. This wave continued until the Great Depression and World War II. The United States is now experiencing the fourth wave of immigration which is a mixture
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growth for the country. I am working in a mineral exploration company‚ and I have witness the mining investments flourished when the government made structural changes to the mining laws. More mineral exploration companies opened acquiring mining tenements and pouring in million of investments. Not only that‚ we generated employment and uplifted the lives of the local communities thru road developments and other rehabilitation programs where our mining area is situated. But as time goes by‚ the promises
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little hope of surviving in the realist world of her brother. Maggie’s environment is harsh cold‚ a strong contrast to her mindset. Crane writes‚ “The girl‚ Maggie‚ blossomed in a mud puddle. She grew to be a most rare and wonderful production of a tenement district‚ a pretty girl.” (Crane‚ V). This entire passage shows what a unique girl Maggie is. Blossoming in a mud puddle gives a similar feeling as the story of the ugly duckling‚ where beauty comes from an unexpected place. While the author
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The Filipino’s national hero‚ Jose Rizal‚ had written two famous novels which are the Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. The compelling part of these novels compared to the regular novels we have nowadays is all the symbols that depicted the Philippines’ society in Rizal’s time. One of the symbols that he used is his characters. Each character represented a real person in society and through these it can be analyzed if that character represented a social cancer in the society. Most of the characters
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The Descendent of the Messiah. The Deposition of Christ painted by the artist Rogier van der Weyden is the most influential Netherlandish painting of Christ’s crucifixion. Based on the work’s style‚ and because van der Weyden reached renown around this time‚ is estimated that the painting was created in the year 1435 (1). The painting was an altarpiece‚ intended for the Chapel of the Confraternity of the Archers of Leuven‚ who commissioned it. The scene shown would have lasted a moment‚ but there
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aggression in the play being engaged in by former comrades ’ on the streets ’ and in the homes ’ of towns ’ and cities ’ across the nation. Pivotal to the action of the play are the Boyle family‚ terribly poor‚ working class tenants ’ living in the tenements ’ of Dublin‚ the slums ’ of the period‚ in conditions ’ comparable with the worst known anywhere in Europe. The narrative explores their efforts ’ to carry on with their normal daily lives ’ in the tumultuous‚ often explosive conditions ’ they
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History/Previous Owners of 82 Queen Street‚ Charleston‚ South Carolina How was it that a property was only owned for an average of four years before purchased by someone else? Maybe because the life span was shorter in the 17th century or perhaps because those who purchased the property resided elsewhere and thought that they no longer needed the property at 82 Queen Street. This is most likely the reason for the estimated 32 times the ownership of the property traded hands. All of who will not
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