With 1,740,800 women working as domestic servants by 1914 it was the most common job. ... Many lived in the attics of the houses they were working in, and were paid very badly for long days, some even as little as 5 to 10 pounds a year for 12 hour days every day. ... Then in 1874 London School of Medicine for Women was founded, which gave women the chance to become nurses or doctors, which were very high respected jobs. ... Women had pleasant voices that customers, most of whom were men, would like and because society did not treat women equally, they could be paid less and supervised mor...

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Ultimately, Christian theology's rise in social and political popularity shaped its treatment of women. ... In contrast, within higher classes, women were confined to household duties. ... The formation of the Roman Orthodox Church was a political affair and in most political affairs, the working class had little influence on what happened. ... The higher class were more patriarchal in comparison to the ordinary working class, due to women's lack of involvement in society. ... Women became subordinate to men and only men were allowed positions of power within the religion. ...

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It gives control to the largest portion of the people, advocates for the equality of women in the work force, and provides for all. ... People who do little work get paid a ridiculous amount and those that constantly labor get paid very little. ... This eliminates the problem of people laboring away for very little. ...

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Morley says the essays were "as good as a library: they make an incomparable manual and vademecum for a busy uneducated man, who has curiosity and enlightenment enough to wish to know a little about the great lives and great thoughts." Gender: "The greatest difficulty in England today is the relationship between men and women. ... Until the passage of the Married Women's Property Acts (1870-1908) married women could not own or handle their own property. ... Educational and employment opportunities for women were limited. ... In the Subjugation of Women, John Stuart Mill argues that ...

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In contrast, as Ed Cohen notes in Talk on the Wilde Side, "agricultural labourers and the industrial working classes [ ] were largely determined by the material constraints circumscribing their lives- (19), which is to say that the work in which they engaged was mainly physical, intellectually disengaged, and under-waged, so that there was little possibility of accruing excess capital. ...

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An Integration of Mathematical and Multicultural Viewpoints Flatland, a novel written in the early 1900s by mathematician, social philosopher and head of the City of London School Edwin Abbot Abbot, is a wonderful novel that, on the surface, is a cute little story about some geometric shapes who live in a two dimensional world called Flatland, but underneath is full of strong statements about racism and social structure - gender equity in particular. ... Thomas Banchoff, who wrote the introduction for the newest re-publication of Flatland said this about the novel, "Abbott was a social ref...

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This comment raises issues of both security and choice, as the 'wants' of women are ignored in favour of men. In a patriarchal society where middle and upper class women did not typically work, remaining unmarried was dangerous. ... While belonging to the gentry, it is suggested that the Bennets have little or no savings, and furthermore, the family estate, Longbourn, does not make a significant amount of money. ... While, as it is implied by the opening quote, marriage was considered a goal, or duty of women, the power of manipulation was a tool which women could use to their advan...

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The inequality in gender patterns between males and females is not a new concept; men have always been associated extensively with violence compared to women. ... Furthermore, Pavelka (1995:30), disagrees with this concept as he argues that 'no knowledgeable evolutionary theorist would claim that men (and women) are not responsible for their choices.' ...

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The British franchise remained unchanged from fifteenth century until the Great Reform Act of 1832. Although it could be argued that this in itself is enough to earn the epithet Great', in recent years historians have been reluctant to ascribe much significance to the Act. The debate on whether or not the Reform Act was a watershed in British politics centres on what degree of change was instituted, or if the very existence of a Reform Act is in itself marks a new development in British politics. After the collapse of the Wellington's government in 1830, it took two years, a genera...

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Charon states that the fundamental reasons why societies are unequal are the division of labor, social conflict, institution of private property and ability to accumulate wealth, and power, prestige, and privilege (Charon 69). Jonathon Kozol in his article "Savage Inequalities" describes the societi...

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The generation of now doesn't mind paying a little extra cash for better quality and better facilities. ... The working class of women, especially, has been the one with the most growth through the late 90's into the 2000's. ... The "Suzy homemaker" image so to speak has been thrown out the window; women today in India are proving to be equally as good as the men. ... The women making decisions for themselves will increase with growing numbers. The increase in middle class working women will rise tremendously which will introduce the production of women oriented item...

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On the contrary, women are more characterized by their relationships with men and the children they bear. ... However, within the lower class, it is generally only women who are seen as related to the act of learning such as Rose and Oriel. Therefore while men may assert physical power, women maintain their dignity through fast words and comments. ... Acting was a little disrupted due to the adaptation we had to make in the space that was available and our brilliant idea of theatre in the round no longer held the intensity and focal point. ...

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Through all this, Allende critiques our notion of progress and advises that people, especially women, need to start playing a more active role in society. ... However, very little attention is paid to the middle class except for a scene where Nicolás asked Amanda to marry him. ... Allende believes that people, especially women, need to act not as passive victims of political and social injustice but need to take action against what is wrong in the world to make a change. ...

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The Five Points, called so because of the five corners of streets that merged together within the ward; Mulberry Street, Anthony (now Worth Street), Orange (now Baxter Street), Little Water Street (no longer in existence) and Cross (now park street). ... As I reach Worth Street (known as Anthony Street in the 18th and 19th centuries1) the neighborhood begins to open up a little and a few taller, modern skyscraper buildings begin appearing in the distance. ... So, then, if all these people were arrayed in marching order on a parade ground equal in area to the space they live in, their ranks w...

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Victim Surveys are also anonymous and the questions used are trying to discover what crimes people have been victim of, whilst feminists like these surveys because women who have been victims of domestic violence may feel more comfortable reporting the crime anonymously. ... For example, women from an Arabic family would never be outspoken about what she's going through, as they are use to living under men. ... If these methods are used separately then the Crime Rates may help outline the state of our society, but they will never be accurate with every issues it is looked at, and without ...

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It is essentially a materialist approach and therefore mainly concentrates upon economic factors and influences and how this can lead to the oppression and subjugation of both the Proletariat and indirectly women. ... It is commented that Sarah " lived in one of those little shabby villas on the London road- (Pg. 46) and this is juxtaposed on the same page with Connie " bouncing about hospitably in the large, rich house." If both literary and political Marxism is about the control of the means of production and the oppression within the class structure, it can be argued that Hilton...

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The south is commonly known for its class divisions within communities, as well as its views towards women at that time ("After the Civil War"). ... In "A Rose for Emily," Emily's family is described as being wealthy, proud, and they "held themselves a little too high for what they really were" (Faulkner 116). ...

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These like-minded individuals are usually lawyers from the middle and upper classes, and while the class analysis suggests that the Canadian system gives little opportunity for those born into the working class to obtain a position of political authority, it must be pointed out that in Canada there are other factors the lead to the perpetuation of the elite class. ... Pluralists also recognize the unequal composition of the judiciary, which is primarily Caucasian and male; however, they are encouraged by the increasing participation of women and ethnic minorities in this branch of the gove...

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This excludes resident aliens, children, women, slaves, and members of the working class. ... Aristotle is known to have criticized Sparta for the freedom given to women there, but at the same time he condemns Sparta's oppressive serfdom. ... This Ideal Constitution is not the same for all since "different sets of people seek their happiness in different ways and by different means so it is little wonder that their lives are different or that they have different political constitutions."" ...

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Environmental groups, groups concerned with world peace, and representatives of women and subordinate ethnic groups are now shaping the face of political change. ... The question of women and feminism also erodes away at the support of class theory. ... The gendered division of labour is posing tremendous obstacles to the development of a single classification which would encompass both men and women. ...

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An individual report into alternative visions of education, including views about the role of education and the relationship between education and other social institutions Education for Work ! Introduction School was engineered to serve the economy and social order. It wasn't made for the benefit of kids and families, as those people would define their own needs. School is the first impression children get of organized society. Like most first impressions, it lasts. ...

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