Furthermore‚ and even more important‚ women spoke out for the rights of all human beings. The legal statuses of women rights in times before the Revolutionary war were governed by state law and not on a Federal level. Considering this‚ the rights of women were dependent on where they lived or what their social status was within their region. “In every state‚ the legal status of free women depended upon marital status… they had the legal right to live where they
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Women no longer stand the same way they used too. Women used to stand under the working man‚ the disabled man‚ even under the enslaved man. Time has flourished and evolved the women figure. Many females’ show their empowerment through work‚ education‚ politics‚ movements‚ and in the home. Sometimes women’s stories get distorted throughout history. Many people consider females to have had a success story right away. The impact of women on earth has been tremendous and empowering. Women are the creators
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The early 1940’s 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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Union Street also shows women being degraded but in such a way of social conflicts and different opinions. During the 1970’s was a period where women’s political and social lives collided causing uproar about different livelihoods and perceptions of how people should live due to the fact women are now able to vote and have much more of a say in the political world than they did ten years ago. As Monteith states‚ “The 1970s was a ‘woman’s decade‚’ a period in which women’s political and personal lives
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Women in the field of sports always has been undervalued and has struggled enough to be recognized in them‚ which some remain today. On the one hand‚ women formerly regarded as housewife and mother without having any kind of participation as a sporty woman in society. Starting with the old Greece‚ at that time the woman was banned to participate in any kind of sport and if she was married to being a spectator‚ due to the man was involved with the torso bare and that for married women was punishment
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Since the beginning of time women have been fighting for equal rights to men. In the year 2013 their still fighting‚ why is this happening? In the next few minutes I’m going to convince you that they should have equal rights and why. In the past women have had the minority of legal rights‚ being unable to vote or cast political views. They were inferior to men and considered to be objects. In the 18th and 19th century women were simply meant to raise their children and do chores around the house
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Women´s in the 19th Century European and American women in the nineteenth century lived in an age characterized by gender inequality. At the beginning of the century‚ women enjoyed few of the legal‚ social‚ or political rights that are now taken for granted in western countries: they could not vote‚ could not sue or be sued‚ could not testify in court‚ had extremely limited control over personal property after marriage‚ were rarely granted legal custody of their children in cases of divorce‚ and
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In 1860‚ the United States was primarily a land that contained small towns and farms. At the time‚ Americans had discovered that living on farms were more beneficial than factories‚ since the amount of land was immense‚ affordable‚ and labor was high-priced due to its insufficiency. However‚ in a matter of forty years‚ the nation had made an evolution and became the greatest industrial country in the world. Ever since the rapid increase production of raw materials‚ farm laborers had departed to work
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Throughout the years‚ women have fought for their rights and to be as equal as men. In fact‚ even today‚ women are still fighting for their rights and gender equality. In addition‚ it is either fighting for equality‚ discrimination‚ sexism‚ or having an equivalent pay they have been “promised.” Since the 1800’s it was common that women would not have to work‚ but rather stay at home and be a house wife. They were mostly considered second-class citizens‚ and did not have the right to do anything‚
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start at conception‚ however starts when the child is born. My opinion on this issue is that abortion is a private matter and is a decision that should only be left to the mother without any interference from the government and society. In Canada women are lucky enough to have the privilege of having the rights to their bodies however there are a lot of questions and concerns regarding this issue. Abortion should also be seen as the start of women’s control and rights when it comes to matters regarding
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