Perhaps these ideas of Great Awakening and even more so of the Enlightenment, influenced Abigail's more independent mind and analytical spirit. ... (Akers 9) This is significant of the post Enlightenment years and of Puritan values but it also stands in sharp contrast to Mary Lincoln's later engagement and attraction to spiritualism. ...
Many people where giving up their traditional trades and attending school to acquire enlightenment. ... In Islamic faith, it is acceptable and a common practice for a husband to have multiple wives, but with the new found education and enlightenment that Assiote received she chooses to leave him. ...
11-5-02 Pleasantville: Gender Roles and Humanism Projected in a black and white 50's sitcom, Pleasantville portrays the parable of a totalitarian society inflicted by racial discrimination. With deliberate echoes of the Renaissance, the Civil Rights Movement, and books such as "1984" and "B...
Contrary to common belief, women were important contributors to the popular movement during the French Revolution. They staged demonstrations and food riots, presented petitions to the National Assembly, and brought the royal family back to the governmental capital. They agitated ceaselessly for the political and civil rights that they deserved, and backed up their demands with well-thought-out logical arguments. The women of 18th century France pioneered through uncharted ideological, political, and social grounds, but their work was fruitless in establishing women's rights in the con...
