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    that society feels that should be sacred and protected. People have different views about marriage. Some people believe that it is old fashioned and that is existence is irrelevant. Nonetheless for the woman in the 19th century it was difficult to have choices. In the 19th century men were in charge in relationships‚ but in today’s society women have more rights and attitudes from the 19th century that do not apply. There are various ways someone can describe or explain the meaning of marriage. “Marriage

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    WOMEN: THE NEW ART PATRONS IN 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY AMERICA Art was not always a woman’s pursuit‚ like it is nowadays. In the late 18th centuryduring the Enlightenment‚ the idea of the “gentleman” pervaded American culture‚ as exemplified by Ben Franklin. Arts‚ natural sciences and humanities became de rigueur for respectable men. This continued throughout the early 20th century‚ until the end of the westward expansion and the transformation of the United States from a rural to an urban society

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    Homework based on the seminar: Domesticity and Protest: American Women Writers in the Nineteenth Century Wintersemester 2011/2012 PD Dr. Dr. h.c. xxxx On Education and Child Rearing [pic] March 1st‚ 2012 Annie M. Matrikel #: 2xxxxx Abstract The aim of this paper is to analyse three short abridgments about education and child rearing in the 19th century. In the course of the essay it is to be examined who the writers were and how the texts were

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    During the 19th century a revolution had occurred. It was called the Industrial Revolution. Many inventions were being made which would not only help the society but also the economy. A man by the name of Eli Whitney had found a way to make slave lives easier. Machine by the name of "cotton engine"‚ also called cotton gin. It would allow kind fibers to separate from the seeds a lot easier than by hand. It took a toll on a society by causing the slave population to increase. As the cotton production

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    You find yourself staring at the clock in a factory somewhere up North. You hear the roar of the machine‚ but pay no need to it as you dream of all the things you could be doing instead of occasionally repairing the machine. The machine breaks‚ you sign as you get up to fix it. The whistle soon blows as you look to all the tired women heading back to the women’s dorm‚ you decide to join them as you need all the rest you can get. Women are always thought of as weaker both in mentality and physicality

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    Music was institutionalized in Europe during the 19th Century. Composing followed a scholarly route that lead to very subtle variation in classical music. Cultures outside of Europe produced music in their own unique style that differed from the usual European composition. Western composers began to incorporate music from other cultures to portray nonnative aspects of European society or bring new life into European Music. Ralph Locke’s spectrum of exoticism classifies compositions based on whether

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    infrastructure etc. The United Kingdom is probably the best example of a liberal country. In the 19th century‚ its politics were dominated by the Whigs; the Liberal Party. The U.S. also started off as a liberal country (the Revolution was a liberal revolution)‚ but ultimately‚ the issues of slavery and manifest destiny turned the U.S. into an altogether different beast. Towards the end of the 19th century‚ Liberals began to support state-run social programs in

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    The future is something that will happen in time to come. But what happens when you rush the future? The Yankee was a devout protestant man of the 19th century who believes in the power of advancement and the future. Although the Yankee was a man of the future‚ he progressed into a man of the past. It was because of the Yankee’s bigoted beliefs that led him to change the regime of the 6th century; consequently until his external downfall‚ at the end of the novel. From the start of his journey‚ the

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    August 18‚ 1920‚ the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution instilled American women the right to vote”—the first step to acknowledge the civil battle known as woman suffrage (19th amendment). At the time the United States of America was founded‚ women did not possess all of the same civil or humanitarian rights as men‚ including the right to vote. The oppression of women has been prevalent throughout history‚ gaining its original  attention throughout the 18th and 19th century. Addressing the inability

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    the engineering behind it. The significance of the canal is that in the nineteenth century there was an issue in finding an alternative to make shipping goods faster‚ but also to make it cheaper. The canal was very important in the commercial world‚ which was why the

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