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    "new woman." Significant changes for women took place in politics‚ at home‚ in workplace‚ and in education. POLITICAL CHANGE: Many women believed that it was their right and duty to take a serious part in politics. When passed in 1920‚ the Nineteenth Amendment gave women the right to vote but surprisingly‚ some women didn’t want the vote. A widespread attitude was that women’s roles and men’s roles did not overlap‚ this idea of "separate spheres" held that women should concern themselves with home

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    Treanesha Dailey AP Lang/Comp -7th hour Othello Essay 1 April 2013 The Female Roles in Othello Each role that the women in Shakespeare’s Othello play illustrates different aspects of the female personality based off of the nature of their relationship. Desdemona plays the role of a woman who is dedicated to her marriage. Emilia role is of a woman trying to amend her faulty marriage‚ but eventually gives up having made a deeper connection with someone else. Bianca’s character is a representation

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    Exam 1 1.) Ernestine Friedl says that the position of women is higher the more they are involved in primary subsistence and the public distribution of the product of subsistence. Kung’s have no hierarchy or leaders; each group has individuals who opinions carry more weight than others and basically function like group leaders. Men are mainly leaders because Kung woman provide most of their families food‚ care for children and are lifelong wives. In order for a Kung woman to have more say in

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    Bund experiences. By the 20th century‚ many of the Jewish were already holding the leadership positions in the American labor movement. Jewish founded the unions that played an important role in left wings politics and after 1936‚ in the Democratic Party politics. And have been aligning with the Democratic Party ever since then‚ throughout most of the 20th century. However by the end of 20th century and early 21st century‚ initiation were made by the Republicans to woo over the American Jews from Democratic

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    manlier. However‚ when she tried to change her activities she quickly realized that feminine activities such knitting or sewing were not for her. I think Gwen’s experience really highlights that in our world society there are still very specific gender roles for female and males. For example‚ one of the counselors talked about how he wasn’t allowed to play with Barbie’s‚ even though he asked his mother for them (Queer Theory in Action‚ 2011). Eventually

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    The Role of Women During the ‘30’s The 1930s were dominated by one of America’s greatest economic crises and during this time millions of Americans suffered. Unemployment was common‚ seniors lost their life savings when banks collapsed‚ schools shut down and children went uneducated. During this time‚ women’s roles were mostly as homemaker and in the workplace remained traditional. Women were viewed as caretakers of the home‚ or working jobs such as nurses and teachers. Only 24.3 percent

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    Women’s Role and Status in Ancient Civilizations Throughout history‚ women have been subject to a multitude of treatments and statuses through the hands of their male counterparts. In Ancient Egypt‚ women enjoyed a clear majority of the same privileges as the men. In other civilizations‚ such as classical age Greece‚ women enjoyed very few social and political privileges compared to previous civilizations. The variation of the influence and status of women can partly be attributed to the cultural

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    The Role of Women in Nazi Germany Women in Nazi Germany were to have a very specific role. Hitler was very clear about this. This role was that they should be good mothers bringing up children at home while their husbands worked. Outside of certain specialist fields‚ Hitler saw no reason why a woman should work. Education taught girls from the earliest of years that this was the lifestyle they should have. From their earliest years‚ girls were taught in their schools that all good German women married

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    The daily life of a woman in ancient Rome was very restricted. The sole purpose of women was to bear children and to look after these children and the family’s house. While upper-class women were allowed to and expected to attend social events‚ the lower-class rarely ever had a public life because they were working all the time. These aspects were often reflected in the way these Roman women dressed. An example of a Roman woman would be Paula. Paula was the wife of a senator to the emperor‚ which

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    Why has Fashion photography changed and developed over the years? Fashion has been portrayed differently over the years‚ this is due to the way that technology has progressed and developed and how opinions and reactions towards new and different art forms have been accepted more. Fashion is now advertised in the most unique ways‚ where the setting of the photograph is now a very significant factor‚ nowadays the setting of the photograph can be seen as just as important as the actual fashion subject

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