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    are treated different compared to the male population. In certain scenarios the men earn 4 % more pay then what women earn. This is discrimination against females. The jobs that the male population mainly take pay more than the job the female population would mainly take. For example as an elementary teacher a man will earn up to 2 % more then what a women would earn. Men and women mainly aim for different careers‚ the career that the male population tend to choose would aim to pay up to 4 % more

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    The essay titled “The Subjection of Women” is co-authored by John Stuart Mill and his wife Harriet Taylor Mill in 1869. The main argument in the essay is advocating for equality between the male and female genders. During the publication of this essay‚ it was regarded as an affront to the traditional European traditional values and norms that dictated the status of both men and women in the society (Mill 30). In the first chapter‚ Mill starts by enumerating the challenges he faced in pursuing

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    In Lowell Massachusetts in the early 1800’s‚ most of the land had been used for farming and agriculture. However‚ with the advancement in industry‚ the town started to produce new goods‚ instead crops and plants. With the advancement of Industry Lowell started to operate textile plants. From the early 1800’s to the 1850’s the number of plants doubled‚ tripled‚ and quadrupled. This boom in industry caused Lowell to come up with new ways to produce items. These plants produced many different items

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    James Russell Lowell

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    "There is Lowell‚ who’s striving Parnassus to climb With a whole bale of isms tied together with rhyme ; He might get on alone‚ spite of brambles and boulders But he can’t with that bundle he has on his shoulders ; …" -Fable for Critics‚ Lowell James Russell Lowell was a father and a husband‚ but most importantly he was a man of literature. Lowell’s works were greatly influenced by those around him‚ events

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    and economic participation for its citizens‚ but not for women. The status of women in the early 19th century was shaped by economic considerations‚ religious beliefs‚ and long-held notions of female inferiority. While poor‚ laboring women suffered the most‚ the characteristics of inequality were evident in all social classes. The Proper Role of Women in the Early Republic The early 19th century experienced a shift‚ at least for women in the urban centers of the Northeast‚ from the household economies

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    Women are equal to men and are capable of achieving just as much success‚ but society places men on a pedestal while women are seen as lesser individuals. In the essay The Subjection Of Women‚ John Stuart Mill‚ a nineteenth century English philosopher and women’s rights advocate‚ explains how women are equal to men in character and ability‚ but are not viewed this way in society. Though this article was written almost two hundred ago‚ the issues that Mill discussed are still relevant in the modern

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    of this work of his‚ "The subjection of Women"‚ Mill sets forth the objective of the essay. He explains in clear terms that the legal subordination of one sex to the other is wrong in itself. This principle which regulates the existing social relations between the two sexes ought to be replaced by a principle of perfect equality. This principle should admit no power or privileges on the one side or disabilities on the other. Mill rejects society’s claim that the subordination of women is ‘natural’

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    At the time when The Subjection of Women was written by John Stuart Mill (1869)‚ women rights were few‚ almost inexistent as the concept of woman was related to meekness‚ submissiveness‚ always in the place of pleasing the man and the community she belonged to. The essay brings arguments in favour of genders equality‚ exposing the mechanism of the system of an upon-agreed society which marginalizes everything that deviates from the norms of it‚ deconstructing the vision of the time regarding woman’s

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    "Decade" by Amy Lowell.

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    "Decade" by Amy Lowell. When you came‚ you were like red wine and honey‚ And the taste of you burnt my mouth with its sweetness. Now you are like morning bread‚ Smooth and pleasant. I hardly taste you at all for I know your savour‚ But I am completely nourished. Amy Lowell produced the majority of her poems after her acquaintance with the actress Ada Russell‚ a widow eleven years older than Lowell‚ with whom she shared the last thirteen years of her life. Russell became Lowell’s beloved companion

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    accomplished author. Also‚ it is an interesting fact that her works stand on their own‚ infrequently being overshadowed by her personal life. Among the best of the Victorian writers‚ G. Eliot deals with themes of social changes and triumphs of the heart and has a remarkable talent to show us the depth and scope of English life: its classes‚ pretensions‚ and hypocrisies. Many of her novels today are included in the canon of classic 19th century literary works. Furthermore‚ some of her masterpieces have been adapted

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