FUISAMI TALILOA BIRTH CONTROL CLINICS IN THE 1920’S HIS/120 01/08/2015 TIMOTHY BUCHANAN UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX The fact that birth control even existed was remarkable enough. Buying a condom made you a criminal in 30 states. In the 1920’s‚ women were able to prevent pregnancy‚ something they have never done before. Women like Sangers‚ a devoted catholic mother who got pregnant eighteen times‚ eleven at birth and seven miscarriages. She created the first” Planned Parenthood Federation
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Marissa Olivas The Prohibition Era from 1920 to 1933 During the 1920s the United States had just come out of WWI and this called for celebration. Americans were in no mood to be deprived of anything‚ automobiles and other indulgences were on a rise. Also during this time temperance movements were also on a rise. This movement was led by rural Protestants and social progressives in both the Democratic and Republican parties‚ called the Dry Crusaders. Due to this rise changes were being made that would
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The 1920s was a timeless age of vibrancy and prosperity for many Americans. Rapid industrialization and new inventions gave rise to dramatic economic and political changes. For the first time‚ America was beginning to feel like a nation held together by similar beliefs and hobbies. During the 1920s‚ America had given rise to one of the most influential and meaningful times in our history‚ however‚ the dramatic rise also cultivated numerous problems that eventually led to a huge crash in our stock
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Philippine Literature in the Spanish Colonial Period The Spanish colonizers wanted to undermine the native oral tradition by substituting for it the story of the Passion of Christ. However‚ the native tradition survived and even flourished in areas inaccessible to the Spaniards. Also‚ the Spaniards were late in instituting a public educational system‚ which contributed to the survival of the existing folk literature. The church authorities adopted a policy of spreading the Church doctrines
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In the 1920s women being to show their place in society not only as housewives but as a self conserved women. This new era of women was a bold new look for women as they only relied on themselves to get their jobs done. Makeup During the era there was an increased use of make up and it was fashionable to perform the rites of makeup in public. Instead of disappearing to the powder room women got out their engraved compact and applied lipstick and powder in sight of a whole restaurant or nightclub
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Radio dominated the Twenties‚ with roughly 3 million Americans owning radios by 1923. Most listeners still used crystal sets with earphones to receive news and bulletins‚ advertising and music. The appeal of the spoken word attracted audiences and advertisers‚ while publishers were forced to improve upon its image to retain profits. Television‚ capable of wireless transmission of moving pictures‚ was first demonstrated in 1926‚ combining sight and sound to rival radio. Tabloids continued being
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conflagration‚ the american was ready to concentrate on domestic affairs (a “return to normalcy‚” as 1920 presidential candidate Warren Harding called it) and to turn inward. During the 1920s until the Great Depression of the next decade private concerns preoccupied most americans. 1920s a decade of optimism and 1930s is a decade of depression. American people were creating new way of living by thrusting forces in 1920s. Whereas stock market crashed initiated a long economic decline that accelerated into a
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Women’s Fashion In The 1920s After the end of World War I‚ the United States president‚ Warren G. Harding‚ claimed that he wanted to return to normalcy and to bring back the peace following the years of war; society did change‚ but it was no where near what it had been before the war (Marcovitz 14). “The reactionary temper of the 1920s and the repressive movements it spawned arose as reactions to a much-publicized social and intellectual revolution that threatened to rip America from it old moorings”
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The media has been influencing the way females view their bodies dating all the way back to the Victorian Era. The fashion industry dictated the ideal Victorian body‚ which was primarily an hourglass shape with a tiny waist (Robert). Popular literature at that time began to praise women for their denial of food or small appetites. Female conduct books became wildly popular around this time. Conduct books were books that advised women on how to act around company‚ and some of the advice revolved around
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The Progressive Era was a time of social activism and political reform for the United States. This era started to bloom in the 1890s‚ and women took this opportunity to push for their rights. Women that took the leap to secure the nineteenth amendment include Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ Frances E. Willard‚ Margaret Sanger‚ and Carrie Chapman Catt. These brave women made themselves heard‚ when men turned their ears away from them. Although it took these women and many more until 1920 to pass the nineteenth
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