A. Plan of the investigation. In Persia of 1848‚ Táhirih took off her veil in the presence of an assemblage of religious leaders of her time in contradiction to the customs and authorities of the land. The aim of this investigation is to examine the significance of this event within the context of the position of women in Persian society at the time and its effect in acting as a catalyst for the process of the emancipation of women. The investigation will be carried out through examining both primary
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To what extent did the Soviet leadership have a choice in Hungary during the uprising of 1956? Based on the Soviet Union’s perspective‚ they first had‚ and made the choice to not militarily interfere with the Hungarian uprising. Of course‚ this soon changed‚ and the Soviets based on minutes document‚ had found themselves in a position in which they had no other choice but to send tanks into Hungary‚ to surpass the uprising. There were multiple reasons why the Soviet Union felt the need to interfere
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Religious specialists are very important to their community. African communities‚ like many others‚ have seasonal festivals‚ perform rites of passage‚ and communicate with the unseen world. In order for the communities to perform such events‚ they must have religious specialists. A religious specialist‚ either men or women‚ ranks above ordinary humans. They each have a vital force and knowledge‚ that gives them the ability to mediate between society and the invisible world. The goal of all religious
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Throughout the late 20th century there was a boom of liberation. The LGBT community had been established‚ religious diversity was common‚ and women had gained more respect. Everyone was bringing attention to more diverse communities. Speculative fiction describes the fear that society had that could have potentially ruined the beautiful freedom we have to express our opinions‚ beliefs‚ and gender. During the late 1900s speculative fiction displayed the privileges of gender equality and freedom that
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rational‚ yet lavish‚ the disciplined‚ yet reckless‚ and the undeniably esteemed Madame Emilie du Chatelet. Her expansive interests and unquenchable desire for knowledge spread her paints far and wide upon the bare canvas of women’s influences in the 18th century. Emilie du Chatelet widely contributed to the
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Americas and China from the 16th and 17th century‚ European experiences in these foreign lands greatly resembled and differed in many ways. Although one would expect the same victorious outcomes that many European groups did result in while conquering different worlds‚ these operative strategies did not always work for all. Different countries and civilizations clearly have different views and beliefs on the world around them; therefore when the Europeans did not account for this‚ a cultural collision
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How did the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and the period immediately following it deal with the issue of the debate between those who supported a strong central government and those who wanted more power given to the states? The Philadelphia Convention was an assembly of the brightest minds of American politics in 1787. Emerging from it was the Constitution of the United States‚ which gave the national government more power‚ but kept them restrained through a system of checks and balances
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about how these mechanisms should operate‚ and while there was‚ for the most part‚ a consensus that the law should be concerned with achieving justice‚ there was much less agreement when it came to what the nature of justice is‚ a debate which would continue to this
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Colonial America was bursting with changes throughout the late 17th century and into the early 18th century. A new time era known as "The Enlightenment" came about which brought many advances in medicine‚ science‚ botany‚ and education. Also‚ the "Great Awakening"‚ a time of great religious revival flourished. A well known event‚ the Salem Witch Trials were known as an essential turning point in history. It showed how religion and government changed through history. British America became a more
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subjected her to hostile work environment sexual harassment. The Federal District Court had ruled that this was not sex discrimination under Title VII. When the case was remanded to the DC Circuit Court for appeal‚ they ruled that sexual harassment did indeed violate Title VII‚ becoming the first federal court to do so. Specifically they ruled that sexual harassment creating a hostile work environment was a
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