big example of such women is Mary Ellen Smith‚ who was appointed to the provincial legislative Cabinet in British Columbia‚ and was the first female Cabinet minister. [3] Winnifred Blair‚ Miss Canada of the Montréal winter carnival‚ yet another suffragist pioneer was the
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a slogan that is still in use today “we can do it” read the ad with a women in a mans flannel shirt showing her muscles (WWII). While women used this ad to keep up the home front during the war it explains the fight through history such as the suffragists‚ the ability
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women’s rights” and that “we shall stand amazed that there was a woman found at the head of the Persian empire that dared to disobey the command even of a drunken monarch.” About twenty years later‚ the Woman’s Bible commentary put together by suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton called Vashti “a sublime representative of self-centred womanhood” who rises “to the heights of self-consciousness and of self respect.” Hanukkah is one of the second main holidays for the Jewish. Hanukkah (also known as the
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A Parable on Populism (and American Monetary Policy) This popular and well-documented reading sees The Wizard of Oz as being about the collapse of the Populist Movement in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. In this scenario‚ Dorothy represents the common citizen‚ the Tin Man is the industrial worker‚ the Scarecrow is a stand-in for farmers‚ and the Cowardly Lion is politician William Jennings Bryan (seen by many at the time as being all talk and no action). They travel along
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Harriet Tubman: Harriet Tubman became famous as a performer on the Underground Railroad during the stormy 1850s. She was born a slave on Maryland’s eastern coast‚ she withstood the harsh life of a field hand‚ including ruthless beatings. In 1849 she fled slavery‚ leaving her husband and family behind in order to escape. Harriet Tubman’s birth name was Araminta Ross. Tubman’s conflict to slavery did not end with the outbreak of the Civil War. Her services as nurse‚ scout‚ and spy were asked by the
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"All of us who are openly gay are living and writing the history of our movement. We are no more - and no less - heroic than the suffragists and abolitionists of the 19th century; and the labor organizers‚ Freedom Riders‚ Stonewall demonstrators‚ and environmentalists of the 20th century. We are ordinary people‚ living our lives‚ and trying as civil-rights activist Dorothy Cotton said
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Even since the beginning women have been a vital asset to the world. God made women‚ because no other creature was suitable or capable of the great works God had planned for women. Women are not perfect‚ but neither are men and we see this exhibited in the fall of man. No matter what‚ women are the back bone of society. With the work they do that’s unseen‚ as mothers‚ teachers‚ and caregivers. God put an incredible design and purpose for them. God created men to be leaders‚ and women to be helpers
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Ratification of The Equal rights Amendment Throughout American history men oppressed women mentally‚ physically‚ and politically. By 1920‚ women got the right to vote under the 19th amendment. After women gained suffrage‚ Alice Paul an American suffragist‚ wrote the Equal Rights Amendment. Ultimately‚ the Equal Rights Amendment‚ which would have boosted gender equality‚ was not ratified because of the conservatives and the male domination of the State Legislature. The original seven-year time limit
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California is a Progressive state whose progressive political ideology originates from the American Progressive Era of the 1800s and continues to influence state legislation today. During the late 1800s and early 1900s‚ the political unrest in response to anti-suffrage for women and monopolies created a climate for reform to take places in California. Progressives shaped California by bringing public attention to a multitude of issues ranging from human rights to food and water supply. Progressive
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moved out and abandoned his wife and children‚ leaving them in an impoverished state. Since their mother was unable to support the family on her own‚ the Perkins were often in the presence of her father’s aunts‚ namely Isabella Beecher Hooker‚ a suffragist‚ Harriet Beecher Stowe (author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin) and Catharine Beecher. Her schooling was erratic: she attended seven different schools‚ for a cumulative total of just four years‚ ending when she was fifteen. Her mother was not affectionate
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