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    During the time over the 1800s and the early 1900s‚ there were many large issues that appeared over time as the United States started to grow larger and larger. One of the main things was the increasing amount of children joining the workforce‚ due to their families not being able to support themselves due to raise in housing. The children were often given pennies a day‚ much less then what an adult would make‚ and missed out on learning and important opportunities such as reading and writing. The

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    Angel Loggans ENGL-2110-301 Josh Reid October 11‚ 2012 The Role of Women in Early America A woman’s role often depended upon many factors including: status‚ wealth‚ religion‚ race‚ and colony of residence. Although the particulars of individuals’ circumstances varied from person to person there were many things that they shared. Unlike modern women‚ a woman during this period often bore an average of ten children of which only half lived to adulthood. Anne Bradstreet bore eight children

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    Discrimination Laws on woman’s rights have changed a lot since the 1900s. Women weren’t allowed to vote‚ get an education‚ and have high authority in jobs. Now‚ women are allowed to do all of these things and more. But have things really changed‚ or are they just more hidden? There are three ways in which women are discriminated against: in the workplace‚ television‚ and in politics. According to Napoleon Bonaparte “Nature intended women to be our slaves they are our property. Woman are nothing but

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    The Social Role of Women If asked what is the social role of women? The most logical answer would be that of a mother‚ a nurturer. Someone else may say barefoot and pregnant but it all panned out to be the same thing‚ inferiority. Throughout the centuries‚ women such as Mary Wollstonecraft fought to change this gender stereotype. It is socially thought that women are inferior to men‚ which is still the case in many countries. A Vindication on the Rights of Women was written back in the 1700’s

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    Fanaticism of Pure Race in the Early 1900s Throughout history we have seen how humans must adapt or evolve to survive. But Germans took it to far by promulgating a purification of a race and tweaking the meaning of survival into races. In the early 1900s the German society acted to convey the purification of their race called the German Volk‚ where women were persuaded to stay home and reproduce beautiful German children‚ suppress abortion‚ and sterilizing people from other races. The Nazis viewed

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    America in the 1800’s and early 1900s was a place of great unrest. The westward expansion created a tenuous environment for pioneers and settlers with Native American tribes; and cities in the east started to explode as waves of immigrants began arriving to fine their “New World” American dream. The wealthy in the northeast‚ generally white Americans of English protestant ancestry‚ felt a sense of urgency and entitlement to maintain control of the social‚ political and financial power in America

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    Before civil war‚ the roles of women were rooted among the people. Women accepted their role in society was to be an obedient and loving wife‚ lowering herself to the men around her. Their job was staying in the house and carrying out the domestic duties‚ while also being the caregiver to their children. They did not have many rights‚ but since this was the traditional and natural order in their society‚ it remained for many years. During the late 1700’s leading on to the 1800’s‚ different events occurred

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    Early Austrlia 1900 Health Health in the 1900th century was not as up to date as it is today there were plagues and very deadly diseases spreading not only through Australia but through the world. Bubonic plague was unknown in Australia until 1900. There had been outbreaks in ports with which Australia had constant contact from 1894 when the plague was officially declared an epidemic in Hong Kong. From 1896 a plague pandemic spread around the world. Hydatid disease was a major problem in country

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    From 1914 to 1945 a social reform took shape to increase the availability of contraception. The U.S. aimed to educate society on birth control and then legalize it. This reform began with a group led by Mary Dennett‚ Margaret Sanger‚ and Emma Goldman. This reform came about due to the struggles many women faced during this time period due to pregnancy. There were a high number of low-income women becoming pregnant that simply could not afford to have a child. The idea of contraception was unheard

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    Context Beginning in the early 1900s‚ America began to change for the better. Albert Einstein began making important discoveries. Forward passes in football were made legal. The FBI was created. Toasters were even invented. But with all these important inventions and discoveries going on‚ the Coca-Cola company believed that America needed one American drink that would help the inventors through a restless night at the desk‚ or just relieve some pressure during a break from working. For the company

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