In the years before women's right to vote, women stood strong as one voice, fighting for their rights of equality. ... Due to their ignorance of the political world, women voted as their husbands did, thus, just giving away their vote rather than voting for what they believed in. today this still seems to have little change. ... Women were ignorant to public affairs. ... They focused themselves on politics and ignored what controlled women's lives, economics and social and domestic affairs, with little concern of what to expect after the federal amendment on war was passed. ... Other...

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" * "Women should never work outside the home... As time went on the women began to work in factories with very little pay and numerous hours a week. ... If not for women like Hutchinson and Mrs. ... Women such as Lucertia Mott and E.C. ... Women won the vote. ...

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This war would help out women in Canada for years to come. ... While economic was changing so was the women's roles during WW1. ... They would raise money by doing different little shows and using all the money they raised to buy different supplies to send to the men over seas at war. ... How did WW1 help change the way women are portrayed today? It thinks that the women back then paved the way for the women today. ...

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Before Freedom Summer, national media paid little attention to the plight of black would-be voters in the Deep South and the perils faced by civil rights workers. ... Another benefit of Freedom Summer came in the form of long-term change, both for various radical movements and for women's rights. ... In addition to Savio came Casey Hayden and Mary King, who wrote a paper titled "Women in the Movement" describing how men in SNCC dominated decision-making processes, relegating women to secretarial duties. Yet "when later read at a Students for a Democratic Society meeting, it...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The three evidences are the Electoral College, the voting of Senators and the issue of slavery/women. ... The third evidence has to deal with slavery and women. ... Women had a little ore liberties than the African-Americans did. Women were not allowed to vote or own any property for themselves. When it came to elect state representatives, women were counted in the state's population. ...

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In the 20th century the women's suffrage came about and many women had the right to vote and hold office. ... Nationally women gained this right to vote on May 24, 1918. In 1929, women were finally considered "persons" by Canada. ... She was born in Little Bay Islands, Newfoundland in 1879, and died later in Toronto in the year 1959. ... She was born in Little Bay Islands, Newfoundland in 1879, and died later in Toronto in the year 1959. ...

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Women weren't even allowed to vote. ... In America, the Irish found capitalism and obtained harsh, dangerous jobs for little money. ... Many of the Germans left Germany because its political leaders did not care or showed little interest for democrats and socialists. ... Women also emphasized the struggle for democracy in America. ... "We the people" did not give a democracy to women or colored people. ...

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It limited national government, had no tax power, little means to enforce it's decisions. ... Until 1869 women could not vote and only Wyoming granted them right to vote. Not all states wanted grant women the right to vote. ... Defenetly if there was no federal system not all states would grant women the right to vote. ... I have made a little survey , for the question :" What do you associate with the word "democracy"?" ...

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Though these city-states seem so different, they did have something in common; women, no matter what age or class, were given little freedom. ... In Sparta, however, the women had a big responsibility; to make more strong Spartan warriors. Spartan women had more freedom than Athenian women because Spartans saw birth as a great contribution to the city-state (because they wanted more Spartans in their army). ... The Spartans believed that strong women produced strong babies. Besides, the women might have to defend the city if the men were away at war. ...

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This assertion however, has little evidence to back it up. ... He merely took after the people that were in direct contact with him, paying little attention to the citizens he was supposed to be governing. ... The classes were too far apart income-wise and the nation was still too young in its social beliefs to allow Native Americans, women, foreigners, etc to have equal opportunity. ...

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Economic developments changed the lives of many common folk, given them steady jobs with steady pay, however little pay that might be. ... With a new emerging economy most familys, single men and women , could fend for themselves. ... Many children were workers in these factories and their working conditions were almost worse than that of an adult, as well as the womens work spaces. ...

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The three defining moments are: Aboriginal Right to Vote 1960, Indian Act 1951 and Oka Standoff 1990. All these events have a certain meaning for Canada and Aboriginal population in Canada. They tell us what Indians fought for and what they got it. Actions taken by Aboriginal people have signifi...

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Despite the fact that many poor Whites were finally given the opportunity to partake in the political and economic opportunities that were previously available only to White male landowners, no rights whatsoever were given to women and Jacksonian policies were oppressive toward most minorities. ... Jackson and his followers showed little or no concern over the morality of slavery. ... Even though women and minorities were given virtually no personal liberties, looking at what Jackson called "the common man" (an everyday white man), Jacksonian Democrats provided a great deal of personal liber...

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James Madison said, "Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention have ever been bound incompatible with personal security of the rights of property" no doubt he had little faith in democracy. ... Amendments such as the fifteenth and the nineteenth extended the right to vote to those of non-Anglo origin and to women. Early interest groups played important roles in the women's suffrage and civil rights movements. ...

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Often argued as being property, slaves received little benefits in our new country. ... Women were also ignored and disregarded in the land of the free. Truthfully Jefferson often failed to include women in his equation of equality. In a conversation between Jefferson the Secretary of Treasury, the suggestion of women holding public office was discussed. ...

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The French Legislature is organized in such a way that finally, as the French maintain themselves in the 5th Republic, it has proven effective and is respected across France. The French Legislature has duties and responsibilities that it must uphold in order for it to be analyzed in terms of the qu...

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Additionally, there is a large number of grass roots support organizations that focus on microenterprise development, which I believe means the development of small businesses that produce and distribute goods and services and take in little or no capital. ... Other NGO efforts of protecting civil liberties include preserving elections in the Philippines and protecting women's rights in places like Cambodia and Bangladesh. ...

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Taft did not fear corporate political dominance and saw little need for innovative direct democracy. ... He was the only candidate that was pro women's suffrage. As his affinity for direct democracy grew, so did his support of voting rights for women, and after accepting the Progressive party nomination he declared himself a "flat-footed" supporter of women's suffrage. ... Wilson also had long been against a federal amendment calling for women's suffrage, and he refused to change his position in 1912, despite what he thought was a flip-flop issue on Roosevelt's pa...

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It is in History class that the student learns about the successes and failures of the famous and infamous men and women that lived before them. ... Then, it is in English class that the student will read various books encompassing all topics – thus, it is a course that teaches a little bit of everything. ... There are many men and women who came out of the schooling system similar to the theoretical student explained above and have become valuable members to society. ... Men and women who want to change the system are becoming more and more active. ...

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"And do not eat up your property among yourselves for vanities, nor use it as bait for the judges, with intent that ye may eat up wrongfully and knowingly a little of (other) people's property. (2:188)" This verse merely clarifies the policy that decisions should be made on knowledge the deliberations, and not on financial donations. ... When believing women come to thee to take the oath of fealty to thee, that they will not associate in worship any other thing whatever with Allah, that they will not steal, that they will not commit adultery (or fornication), that they will not kill their...

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• Has Bibliography
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The people which need the government most and compose most of the state have little or no profound influence on the system. ... Women, slaves, metics, who were those of foreign birth, and those who had only one Athenian parent were not eligible for governmental activity of any kind. ... In regard to women, they only fulfilled domestic duties. ...

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Jacksonian democracy was created during antebellum America. The Jackson democrats attempted to aggrandize the puissance of lower classes poor while decreasing the influence of the rich and potent. Economically, they benefited from governing during a time of paramount advances in transportation, whic...

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The Jackson democrats attempted to amplify the strength of lower classes' poor, while decreasing the influence of the rich and powerful. Economically, they benefited from governing during a time of leading advances in transportation, which boosted commerce and helped the common man. Politically, the...

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William Jennings Bryan represented the Populists on the ticket in the 1896 election, little did the Populist realize was the fact that Bryan would be the end to the Populist movement. ... Middleclass men and women sought to start one of the major movements in social and political reform. ...

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Jacksonian democracy came about during a time of dramatic change in America. The Jackson democrats, whose influence spanned several decades in the early 19th century, attempted to strengthen the power of the poor lower classes while weakening the influence of the rich upper class. Economically, th...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate