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    TRIBAL WOMEN IN CHIPKO MOVEMENT -AN APPRAISAL DEBASREE DE UGC Junior Research Fellow at Department of History‚ Jadavpur University‚ Kolkata. The women of Chipko movement have added to the world’s consciousness of environmental issues significantly by their slogan of ‘mitti pani aur bayar’. Major afforestation programmes have also been launched as a result of the movement. To celebrate the Chipko week (30th May to5th June) let us spread the message of Chipko to protect our natural resources

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    The American Civil Rights Movement is a subject that is highly studies in Sociology. There are seven chapters of the book which explain the rise and fall of the Black Insurgency. Empirical analysis of each of the seven chapter headings is done to see how the current social movement theories apply. The McAdams book goes into details of how social groups develop and the way they navigated through diverse spheres seeking political and economic changes. Per the author‚ the book has two objectives

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    Previous social movements have successfully led to progress in the past‚ as historians and history itself have proven. Although these movements of the past have ended‚ their legacies have been carried on by modern movements such as Black Lives Matter and the Gay Rights Movement. The BLM movement is the heir to the Civil Rights Movement; its main purpose is to call out police brutality and combat racism in the modern day. The gay rights movement‚ although the only gay rights movement in history‚ combats

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    If I had the opportunity to travel back in time and witness a specific moment in our history‚ I would want to experience the Women’s Liberation Movement of the 1970’s. In previous generations‚ women were limited to only family life and were barred from many opportunities that allowed them to work outside of the house. The Women’s Liberation Movement wanted to break that mold and advance into a society where women could pursue the same goals and work alongside their male counterparts equally. As a

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    Women’s Rights Movement Imagine having only one purpose in life: to serve men. Your place was to cook‚ clean‚ bear children‚ and look pretty. You had no right to vote or to live your own life in the way you wanted to. This is what women have faced for countless years leading up to the Women’s Rights Movement. Even though many women took on tremendous workloads and dangerous risks during the American Revolution‚ they still were not granted freedom. It was in early July‚ 1848 when action is finally

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    Over a century ago‚ women fought for rights that were only given to men. They wanted the right to vote; they wanted to be able to own their own land; and they wanted the chance to make their own money. Finally‚ after about three decades of rioting‚ picketing‚ and holding conventions‚ on August 18th 1920‚ congress ratified the 19th Amendment. This Amendment states that‚ “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account

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    perfect example of inequality of the sexes in the movement. The Conference was “emphasizing that the role of la Chicana in the movement was to “stand behind her man (Riddell).” The Conference expose the sexism and Chicana women were not having it‚ so they left the Conference and created the Chicana Caucus. Another example‚ that Chicana women weren’t well represent is the documentation of el Plan Espiritual de Aztlán. Where the cause of the Chicana/o movement was documented where women were not mention

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    I will introduce the Civil Rights Movement. I will identify it‚ discuss the important background circumstances for it‚ and assess the historical significance. Civil rights movement that was a mass protest movement to revolt racial segregation and discrimination in the United States. Moreover‚ it was the national prominence during the mid-1950s. Due to the non-violent protest‚ the civil rights movement broke the pattern of public facilities which was segregated by “race”‚ and it achieved the goal

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    The Reform Movement is a collection of social reform movements that emerged throughout the 1820’s and 1830’s. Factors driving these movements were the growth of urbanization‚ changes in labor‚ immigration and emergence of a new middle class. The main driving factor was the religious fervor that swept middle class America and was characterized by the need for large scale provisions for the needy‚ a belief in the basic goodness of human nature and the reformers moralistic dogmatism. All these factors

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    Susan Anthony was born on February 15‚ 1820‚ in Massachusetts. She was an American abolitionist who became one of the most important in the women’s voting rights movement in the United States of America. Susan was educated by her parents to become an independent woman in history. They knew for sure she was going to be able to accomplish many important goals‚ and change history forever. When she was six years old‚ the family moved to New York. She went to the local primary school and then went to

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