By the early nineteenth century however, romance was beginning to lead. The author explains companionate marriage as "a term used by some historians of the family to describe a new marriage pattern that allegedly took hold in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, primarily in the middle class." ... Lesbock provided a great insight into women's history through careful research of real women's experiences during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in one society....

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What were the sexual ethics in the nineteenth century and how were those ethics compared to the twentieth century concept of sexual ethics? The focal point of this research paper is to draw the disparity of sexual morality between the nineteenth century and the twentieth century as well as to describe the economic structures, norms, values, and social conditions that have led to such transformation in America's society. ... During the nineteenth century, the "nuclear family" structure dominated in American cities; with husbands working in factories and businesses to earn income and wome...

• Word Count: 2720
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Amber Ashpole Social Division of the Pacific Northwest in the Early 20th Century The Pacific Northwest by definition of it geography encouraged a split social environment. ... Therefore, even though the geography of the Pacific Northwest played a large part in creating a social division in the early 20th century, it was the lack of economic, political, and social rights for women that had the most profound affect on the populace. ... The Cult of True Womanhood was a series of rules and suggestions for the urbanized women of the early 20th Century. ... By gaining the respect of men,...

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The Women's Movements; Nineteenth Century Social Reform Movement, Twentieth Century Freedom Movement and Women's Rights Movement in post 1975 period, have brought to the forefront a wide range of gender relations. ... 'Indian women's movement in the nineteenth century grew out of a cultural and nationalistic response to the British colonialist condemning of the treatment of women as barbaric and directly connected to Indian religious practices'; a big reason for Women engrossment was Mahatma Gandhi.10 His arrival back in India was a turning point for the freedom stru...

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Historically, polygyny was a feature of the ancient Hebrews, the traditional Chinese, and the nineteenth-century Mormons in the United States, but the modern practice of polygyny is concentrated in Africa, the Middle East, India, Thailand, and Indonesia. ...

• Word Count: 3116
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