lose a legal right to dictate the expenditure of her money‚ but also her ability to lead social reform because once she married her sole occupation would become her husband’s household. Additional in England Dorothy met and befriended Dr. Tuke an advocated for the reform of the mentally insane. Tuke introduced Dorothea to the unjust world of the mentally ill‚ acting as a catalyst for the most extensive Asylum reform in America.
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The 1880’s is around the time that businesses found that they could use advertising to coax people into buying their products (“American Advertising: A Brief History”‚ 2014‚ Paragraph 5). From then on businesses changed the advertising market into an abomination. Advertising has advanced so much that everywhere you turn you see an ad; even places like park benches. You can’t turn your computer on without seeing an advertisement for Microsoft or look at a quick video on YouTube without the annoying
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In the 1880s choosing to be a farmer had its opportunity and a lot more difficulties. Many families chose to head west‚ despite all the bad that could possibly happen. I would be one of those families. Moving west provides a grand opportunity to start over. With so many people moving west the government established the Homestead Act‚ which gave people over the age of 21 to file a claim for up to 160 acres of land. The best area to end up in was next to the railroads. If you where in that general
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SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS “First they ignore you Then they laugh at you Then they fight you Then you WIN"” - Ghandi INTRODUCTION In the past few months we have been witness to the successful referendum in Sudan where people decided the fate of their country and exercised their right to Self Determination. While in Egypt we watched the unprecedented scale of a peoples revolution not only demand the resignation of a seating President but demand access to their Civil and Political
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Reform Judaism Out of the multiple variants of modern Judaism‚ the Reformist movement is considered to be the most liberal and progressive. The Reformist movement is seen as a continually developing movement that is most receptive to ideas outside of its own Jewish Community. The Beginning of this movement can be seen to go back to the rise of the Enlightenment era. It could be argued that‚ combined with the enlightenment‚ the growing political and social freedoms for the Jews encouraged or at least
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SOCIAL REFORM MOVEMENTS PAGES 351-361 MORAL REFORM‚ ASYLUMS & PRISONS Social evil --- alcohol; prostitution ( common in port cities) Evangelical reformers approach o Rescue prostitutes o Offered salvation of religion‚ prayer & temporary shelter Poor rate of success Offered women domestic work which was low paying/restrictive Campaigns against prostitution organized by women o Continued throughout the 19th century Earliest‚ most effective anti-prostitution movement o Female
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Reform movements led the United States to become more democratic‚ by trying to make the people of America more equal. Reform movements began with the Second Great Awakening. Abolitionists and feminists wanted to free slaves and make women to men in the household and community. Social reform movements created more equality for every person‚ like prison and school reforms. The Second Great Awakening created the idea of a democratic God. This movement was supported by Charles G. Finney (DOC. B). This
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broke tradition. Many diverse people who found different inspirations help reform America. These ideas stemmed from different areas including religion‚ education‚ and equality. Religious reform is one of the most notable and evident reforms of the time period. Many modern day religions‚ were created in 1840’s. The Mormon religion was created in the 2nd great awakening and is still highly concentrated in same areas Reform started due to Americans starting to question what was considered a sin. For
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Social Reform in Dickens In Oliver Twist and Great Expectations by Charles Dickens‚ both main characters refuse to except the poor hand the world has dealt them. Pip and Oliver reach a great epiphany in regards to social injustice‚ and in turn rebel against the system that oppresses them. They are tired of being mistreated and neglected‚ and thusly decide to make a stand. Charles Dickens exhibits to us through Oliver and Pip that the revolt of the weak against the strong results from the
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fleeing Americans‚ there could have been a worse time to migrate‚ due to harsh working and living conditions‚ and new immigration restriction laws‚ the many negatives outweigh the positives for the new immigrants. The New Immigrants during the 1880-1920 period typically settled in the cities along the eastern seaboard and entered low-paying‚ wage-labor jobs‚ which meant they filled the growing factories and also worked at other poorly-paid jobs such as construction work or sewing. Because the living
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