The idea of women as the fairer‚ nurturing‚ compassionate dates back to notions of Victorian sexual polarity‚ which viewed women by nature as passive and emotional and men as are naturally assertive and dominant (Rosenberg.) The “circle of domestic life” was used to justifies women from the political‚ economic‚ higher education an access to birth control and abortion. Women occupied a different “world” than men‚ one that utilized their natural predisposition towards nurturant activities (Kerber 1988)
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Between 1840 and 1860‚ many technological improvements increased industrial productivity. Before this‚ earlier in the 1800s‚ there was an industrial revolution where steam-run textile mills were put to use in northern America. The North’s economy‚ focused around manufacturing and wheat‚ was recovering from the Panic of 1837. Investors had stopped putting all their money into agriculture and began to invest in factories‚ railroads‚ and development of new machines. Industries of America became
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During the 1800s there was a growing emphasis on the importance of secondary education. Aside from college‚ the emergence of the American high school offered educational opportunities to more students. Despite the ideas of teaching the masses‚ many high schools excluded women from getting a secondary education (the origins of the American high school‚ 127). Additionally‚ enrollment at universities popularized‚ but women remained excluded from attending Ironically‚ by the late 1800s women had become
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their reviews in 1855. A lot of changes have happened during the early 1850’s‚ especially for African Americans. Social practices in that day were also drastically different from the ones of modern-day America. Those social practices regard the roles in society of people based on class‚ gender‚ age‚ and race. In the 1850’s several historical events served as a stepping stone for African Americans. Everything started when in 1850’s The Fugitive Slave Law was passed which honored the rights of slave
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had a negative impact on many Americans as business owners became more rich and the workers became more poor. Life became difficult for many workers and others had to live and work in unsafe conditions. The Progressive movement that began in the late 1800s was an attempt to bring reforms and address the problems in American life. These reforms focused on
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In the United States during the 1800s African Americans had a difficult lifetime experience. They had many ups and downs between the three american reconstructive amendments‚ Dred Scott decision‚ and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. African Americans fought a long time trying to gain their equality just like everyone else. One of the main things that is involved with this is the statement “all men are created equal” by Thomas Jefferson. It was clear that this statement was not true. The declaration
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people followed in his foot steps. Little later in 1813‚ the American Textile industry was revolutionized. Due to these new industries‚ money grew and was able to help fund more operations. All of this was getting popular especially in Massachusetts. Suddenly‚ it had become a model for other places as well. Thousands of women started leaving their rural homes to come and work as “mill girls” in the factory towns. From here the women started making high wages and gaining independence. Although
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industrial growth started in the 1800s many factory owners began to hire women. Majority of the women who worked in the factories were poor‚ young‚ unmarried or widows‚ women of the middle-class were privileged to stay at home to provide their domestic duties. Women were paid lower then men due to women were subordinate to them.‚ it did not matter what kind of quality the women produced. Any income women received legally belonged to their husbands and with that status employers were able to keep women’s
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Soils of the tropical savannas The soils of the tropical savannas‚ along with the distinctive wet/dry climate‚ are a major determinant of vegetation in the region‚ and of potential land uses. Soil is an outcome of five broad factors: parent material‚ climate‚ relief/slope‚ time and organisms. | Infertile soils Given the variations in all of these in the savannas it is no surprise that there are many different soil types in evidence in northern Australia. Generally speaking the combination of these
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Americans did not always celebrate Christmas. In the 1800s the Christmas was not considered a holiday in America. Americans wanted to distance themselves from Washington Irving and Clement Clarke Moore are considered the founders of the modern American Christmas. Through their literature Washington Irving and Clement Clarke Moore popularized Christmas and shape many of our Christmas traditions today. First‚ Washington Irving brought European Christmas traditions to America and helped shape St. Nicolas
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