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    Women In The Early 1940's

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    The early 1940s were years full of unpleasant events. On December 7‚ 1941‚ Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. The next day Congress approved President Roosevelt’s petition to go to war with Japan. With the United States engaged in yet another great war‚ many men were required to avenge and protect their country. While President Roosevelt drafted men and shipped them overseas‚ women had a part of the war too. Men were volunteering to serve their country left and right. Some left a mother and father behind

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    Karen Anderson’s Wartime Women: “Sex Roles‚ Family Relations and the Status of Women during World War II” reexamines the various roles women occupied in wartime America. Anderson argues that though some historians they attribute women’s postwar employment changes simply to economics. Anderson implies that the 1940s period played a more prominent role in developments‚ helping to accelerate the economic changes that would come after WWII. Moreover‚ though such studies exist in

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    Women in the 1940s Vs. Women Today You may look at my title and say to yourself‚ women are the same yesterday‚ today‚ and tomorrow; strong‚ beautiful‚ feminine‚ and self-confident. Now you are probably smiling saying that’s me. Well not so fast. Although women in the 1940s (Greatest Generation also known as The Lucky Few) and women today (Generation Y also known as Millennial) have some similarities‚ they also have their differences. This essay will be providing you with similarities and differences

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    card. Until the 1960s‚ African Americans could be restricted from basic rights based on the color of their skin. Does this sound like liberty and justice for all? These strides in social justice were made recently. It is hard to imagine what life was like for people during America’s burgeoning years. Although some think that burgeoning America was a land of opportunity for all‚ it was actually an oppressive place for every American‚ specifically the financially handicapped‚ women‚ and ethnic peoples

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    liberation movement of the 1960s Imagine what the life of a woman was before the 1960s. The life that she had called her own was beyond far from perfect‚ and this was just behind closed doors. These ladies were denied of what basic rights they had‚ they were then trapped in a home that they created not just for themselves‚ but also for their family‚ and not to even mention the discrimination that they faced in the workplace. Then‚ here come the 1960s in full swing‚ these women could then have a say

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    London during the 1960s had conservative social ideals‚ especially of gender roles. Post World War II‚ women were expected to leave the jobs they were allowed to have during the war and resume their place in the home (“The Woman Question” 1607). The children of these women had hopes that they could aspire to have dreams that went beyond motherhood (Ireland 3). Guidelines for the female’s place in society and in the home were prominent even throughout the 1960s. In To Room Nineteen‚ Lessing

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    Why are women in their early twenties waiting longer to get married? What’s the difference between 2015 and 1960s? What could be the possible cause of this change? It seems to be more common for the women to wait until their late twenties or early thirties to settle down and tie the knot. Women are no longer feeling pressured to start a family straight out of high school. The most likely reason of change in this generation is that women are continuing their education after graduating with going to

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    with regard to women‚ did not happen spontaneously. These changes reflect the sheer audacity of women‚ who made it happen over a period of a century‚ in the most democratic ways which include and are not limited to lobbying‚ running public awareness campaigns‚ petitions and other non-violent forms of resistance. The women’s rights movement began in 1848 on a hot afternoon in the New York‚ when a young housewife and a mother‚ Elizabeth Cady Staton was invited to a tea with four women friends and the

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    1960's

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    Kristy Breitling-MUS 222 1960s March 17th‚ 2013 Who has not heard of Woodstock or psychedelic music? What is it you think of when you hear of these? Free love‚ hippies‚ peace‚ and drugs. Well this was the end of the 60’s an era where musicians believed drugs gave them the ability to make their songs and how they sounded. This era came right after an era of civil rights movement‚ war and the world in an uneasy place for the population. In the First World‚ Rock ’n’ Roll‚ Pop music‚ Swing music

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    1940's Fashion

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    The 1940s were heavily influenced by the occurrences that happened during this era. Some of these events including World War II‚ Recession; Revolutions‚ the ongoing feminism movement‚ Dior – The New Look and the Parisian Couture house. The 40’s era was where the fashion houses of Dior and Chanel ruled according to Style.com. They dictated the austere style‚ which was strict and plain; yet at the same time sophisticated yet masculine. The forties decade opened up an extensive variety of original

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