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    Women in the Victorian Era The Victorian era was a period of wide extremes - characterized by industrial reforms‚ cultural transformations‚ scientific progress‚ gracious living and grinding poverty and wars. The Victorian era lasted from 1837 to 1901‚ when Queen Victoria reigned‚ although many historians believe that the Reform act of 1832 signifies the inception of the Victorian era.The life of women in Victorian era was generally centered on family commitments. Women were seen as temples of love

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    Pictorialism in the Victorian Era; The Works of Julia Margaret Cameron and Madame Yevonde A Personal Research Project Looking at Two Female Photographers of the Victorian Era and Their Styles of Photography Contents Introduction………………………………....................................................................3 Chapter 1 - Pictorialism……………………………….................................................4 Chapter 2 - Julia Margaret Cameron………………………………...................

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    Mariya Gorbuleva Reflected Best Self Professor Martelli Fall 2014‚ November 18‚ 2014 HLTH 808-Managing Healthcare Organizations To be your best self takes a lot of discipline and confidence. The key factors of being your best self to me include being healthy‚ ambitious‚ involved‚ responsible‚ and optimistic. Moving to the United States with my family over two decades ago‚ I gained a newfound respect for my parents to leave behind all known and understanding of life to having to learn a new

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    Executive Summary The traditional methods of project evaluation such as NPV‚ IRR‚ and EVA have been used for many years as the primary methods for IT project approvals in many large corporations. The assumption using in these methods is extremely valid and should be taken into consideration when analysing a project. However‚ financial indicators are only one factor to be considered when making such decision. Cost reduction is one common benefit and tangible result that often is used to justify a

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    I will contriute one later. In June of 2006‚ Edward Alexander began searching for a small income-producing apartment building in which to invest. Alexander had graduated from Harvard College four years earlier‚ and he was working for a biotech firm in Cambridge‚ Massachusetts. He had grown up in Boston and was attracted to the investment potential of the Back Bay-Beacon Hill area‚ which he considered the best residential section of downtown Boston. Many of his contemporaries were renting apartments

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    ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AS REFLECTED IN PAINTING: THE CONTRASTING VIEWS OF ECONOMISTS AND ART HISTORIANS [1] Manuel Santos-Redondo Universidad Complutense de Madrid [las diferencias con respecto al Documento de Trabajo disponible en la Web estan subrayadas] 1. Introduction The Moneychanger and his Wife is probably the picture most widely used to illustrate economic activity‚ and so it is (supposedly) well known by economists‚ managers‚ and accountants. The accounting book which appears

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    Female Victorian women‚ in Great Expectations and Jane Eyre do not conform to their stereotype. During early Victorian England‚ women did not have suffrage rights‚ the right to sue‚ or the right to own their own property. Women were seen as belonging to the domestic sphere. This stereotype obliged them to provide their husbands with a clean home‚ food and to raise their children. When a Victorian man and woman married‚ the rights of the woman were legally given over to her spouse. Under the law

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    The Victorian Era Values BRIEF INTRODUCTION The Victorian Era of Great Britain was a period of time when Queen Victoria reigned from the years 1837 to 1901. Several values and beliefs made up this age and it is often referred to as the climax of the British industrial revolution. SOCIAL CLASS A main value in the Victorian Era which heavily impacted every individual’s daily life was social class. There were three classes: The Working Class consisted of lower commoners and the men performed

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    From Romantic to Victorian The Victorian Age came after the Romantic Age and took place between the years of 1832 and 1901. Throughout the Romantic Age many authors/poets concentrated and focused on the rights of the people‚ as well as the idea of individualism. We are going to see how those beliefs helped spring into the Victorian Age. There are three main things concerning the Victorians during this specific time period: evolution‚ industrialism‚ and women. Along with these three comes doubt

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    Marriage in the Victorian Era Nowadays a woman for the most part can marry whomever they wish‚ while in the Victorian Ages‚ marriage was a more complicated issue that one just didn’t step into. Women these days have a lot more control in their marriage than they used to. It is amazing how much things have changed from a time when men were the head of the house and had so much control over the household to a period where the couple now works together to make decisions. Back in the days of the

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