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    Abstract This paper goes into detail about the struggles women faced back in the 1800’s‚ as well as how they were treated verses men. Women weren’t able to vote‚ work‚ learn‚ and were considered “less powerful” than men. They were strictly known as “mothers” and their job was to take care of their family. In the second and third paragraphs of the paper‚ the author describes that women wanted change‚ and wanted to make an impression on the world. This caused movements and acts to be developed‚ and

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    Puritans in the Wilderness Corruption in the Church of England led to the seventeenth century puritan’s departure for the New World. Puritans strove to live in keeping with the biblical principals that they thought would please their god. The Puritan belief system lent itself to the group’s success in the wilderness setting. Their structure and discipline provided them with organization and endurance to succeed in the untamed land. Seventeenth century puritans lived a heavily structured life.

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    Outline and evaluate the view that the role of religion in society is to promote stability and consensus? The title is arguing clearly form a functionalist perspective on religion. Religion is a secondary agent of socialisation‚ it plays a major part in many people’s lives‚ even though we may not be as religious as we used to be‚ religion still features strongly in our word as many of our laws and moral codes‚ which are targeted at maintaining a stable society stem from the bible. Such as ‘thou shall

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    fullest. Flappers were a breed of new women in the 1920s that defied convention and attempted to redefine the female role. Women began to smoke cigars‚ test with sexual rules and disregard traditional Victorian etiquette. Prior to this era‚ females were governed by rigid regulations and robbed of their social‚ cultural and constitutional rights. The roaring 20s‚ a decade of cultural change‚ granted several females enough freedom to rebel against the submissive role that they had been subject to for centuries

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    In the 1950’s‚ gender roles‚ and the behavior of men and women were about as clearly defined as you can get. A new invention called the television popped up‚ and all the popular shows of the day mirrored real life to a tee. Ozzie and Harriet and Leave it to Beaver were just two of the regular shows that the whole family would sit down and watch together. And why not? The shows of the day reflected the 1950’s family‚ and their values. Families would have breakfast together. The man of the house

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    Nursing Role in the Society Nurses are the care professions who are a part of a health care team. They play a substantial role in quality of patient care. The core of nursing is patient care and patient advocay. Nurses are increasingly working to promote people’s health and prevent illness from hospital setting to community health. The role of nurses develops globally over years. Nurses share a commitment in advancement and development of nursing science (Waldie‚ 2010). Various nursing role and

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    Puritans were believers and this way they were able to convince their counterparts across the journey about the importance of their doctrines. Similarly ‚ according to the usual manner ‚ many were afflicted with seasickness. This was part of testing their faith in the lord. The puritans were able to glorify the lord and to streamline his worthiness in their belief and life. The Puritans strongly believed‚ that God appear in their lifes. They believed that God is present in every human action and

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    The Puritans and Sex In the passage “Puritans and Sex” Edmund S. Morgan discusses the puritans in an unusual way‚ instead of just explaining all the laws and beliefs the Puritans were expected to follow‚ Morgan also tells the readers the way the Puritans disobeyed and rejected their government. In 1630 John Winthrop lead and settled a small group of Puritans in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Puritans lived a very religious‚ strict‚ and high expected life. As Edmund S. Morgan states “They would

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    It is widely regarded that the police in any given society have a difficult job to fulfill. Dealing with criminals and placing themselves in harms way on a day to day basis is indeed‚ an admirable calling. Although seen as difficult‚ there is an underlying sentiment in the general public that the job of law enforcement officers is relatively strightforward. Simply put‚ their job is to arrest the "bad guys". This is true to a point‚ a large part of their job is to arrest these so called "bad guys"

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    “The 1920s saw the development of a distinct‚ lively youth culture and of a society that was much more youth-oriented than ever before.” (“A Changing Society”) This change was the result of women having more opportunities in their lives to become more independent and stray from their former lives of being stuck as a wife whom only cleaned and took care of the kids. During the 1920s and 30s‚ women were able to get better jobs‚ and change their lifestyle in order to become more independent‚ however

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