9 9 10 11 Introduction We can image that traditional women had to stay at home and old-fashioned in the past. The roles of society during 1940 to 1960‚ men were forced to fight in World War II‚ thousands of women had to stand for themselves. Some of them had not heard homecoming from their partner. They were alone‚ lack of confidence and unrealized nature of life. But everything has changed since she stepped up to Cosmopolitan magazine as an editor in Hearst Corporation Company. She expressed
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The 1960s brought tremendous turmoil for both the Civil Rights and Gay Liberation Movements. African Americans combated segregation throughout the south and other parts of the country and demonstrated against unfair treatment in all aspects of life. The GLBT community was also facing severe police harassment that would culminate in the Stonewall Riots by the end of the 5 decade. Grant Gallup‚ and African American civil tights activist makes a perceptive connection between the two groups during
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“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” This quote by Winston Churchill speaks of the conflicts engulfing our world in the 1940’s. Nations were rising against other nations. Weak nations were becoming strong. Conflicts and threats caused strong militaries to form across the world. As nations were torn by this conflict‚ heroes were born. Conflict can cause people and nations to grow and become strong while defending themselves and their interests. When conflict
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Since the foundation of America women have been working towards a dream that they will one day be viewed as the true equals that they are. In recent years women have made strong‚ influential strides towards this dream‚ but where did this movement begin? As each generation builds upon the success of the last‚ it is important to identify who broke ground first. Even though recent women’s movements have been more substantial‚ the movements in the 19th century were the pivotal beginnings. Some of the
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The Civil Rights Movement The civil rights movement had three main goals: to end segregation‚ to gain civil rights laws‚ and for equality for all. The civil rights movement that started in the 1960’s was a success for the African Americans because of their visible protesting‚ the changing of minds‚ and laws‚ and setting the stage for the future generations. However‚ throughout this long process that still continues today‚ there were many deaths and misfortunate events that have occurred. Events such
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In life itself women are the household care takers‚ they bore the children‚ raise the children‚ cook‚ and clean‚ that is the role of the women. The 21’st century has made an exception to that rule‚ today the average woman has a career‚ a family‚ along with rights that were not equally given to them only 62 years ago. After World War II was over in 1945‚ American’s were overwelmed with the amount of soldiers returning home to their girlfriends‚ families‚ and jobs. Women were responsible for taking
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Throughout the 1960s‚ African Americans made exceptional gains. There cause came to be known as the Civil Rights Movement. The term Civil Rights Movement encompasses strategies‚ groups‚ and movements in the united States contained goals to end racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and the 1960s was a time when African Americans first began to fight against segregation in the South leading to the nationwide battle for economic equality
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During the 1950s and 1960s‚ many African Americans were treated with discrimination and racial segregation due to the “Jim Crow” Laws which segregated blacks from being at certain places with white people (Civil Rights Movement). This inequality angered many African Americans as they began to protest for their civil rights and equality‚ turning it into the Civil Rights Movement. The fight for freedom was a long and rough journey‚ but they were able to put an end to segregation in public places and
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century‚ women and men were not treated equally‚ which eventually came to be a great issue to women. Women’s questioning of their equality helped spark the beginning of the Woman’s Right’s Movement. This paper will go over how women were paid significantly less than men during the 1800’s‚how most women in the 1800’s got married to men for financial stability‚ how women were more decorative and sentimental‚ women’s entrance to the world of politics‚ and some different viewpoints of women earning more
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Were the Sixties Good .or Bad for America? There are two different positions taken about the 1960’s in America. One side says that the sixties were good for America and changed the way Americans live for the better. The other side says that the sixties were bad for America and gave Americans new freedoms and ideas that changed their lives for the worse. Both positions have evidence to support their arguments and make the sixties look like a time of social and economic freedom and reform or make
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