The huge movement for women's right in the late 1960s was attributed to the growing number of women to the genre of rock music. ... In addition to these subconscious beliefs, women became the mothers and housewives, and were left with little ambition to be anything else. ... -(Women's 1960s). ... The formation of the National Organization of Women (NOW), with Friedan as its president, started to draw up ways to achieve equality for women in society. ... Such victories allowed NOW to become a powerful purveyor in women's rights. ...

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The twentieth century, which is characterized by industrialization and urbanization, brought the rise of the women's movements for rights, winning the vote, taking the higher positions in society by women, and the transformation in the daily life of females, in general. ... World War I brought changes to everyone and convinced women that they could do more and have more freedom. ... The baring of women's legs became a big revolution in the imagery of females. ... Women were constantly trying to lose weight, so sport became an absolute obsession. ... Hats were worn all the time ...

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The significant of women during the WWII.. ... Times were very hard and money was tight Factory had a lot of woman who had to work under very poor conditions for very little pay . ... Many women help in war by working as nurses, in the WAC (women's auxiliary corp), and The significant of women during the WWII others went into factories. ... Rosie the Riveter was poster use to encourage women to join the workforce during the women's industry movement. ... Durning the war women were faced with great challenge and little did the know , it ...

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The decade brought new forms of art such as the Art Deco movement, the blossoming of the jazz movement; in addition women's suffrage, mass industrialization, and accelerated technological advancements. ... Due to the America's isolated geographical location and late entry, the war delivered little economic damage in comparison to France, England, and Germany. ... In little to no time, the US finally became a creditor nation and would import American goods all throughout Europe since countries which were ravaged by the war could not produce their own (The National Experience). The Rep...

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Behind the little girl lays of wall displaying words such as nigger and KKK. ... Through the images appearing on the wall, Rockwell portrays the spitefulness of White people toward the little girl and an indirect way of displaying prejudice. ... The picture displays a dimly light room with the Mother and Father tucking two little boys into bed. ... Norman Rockwell supported the importance of women in society by producing pictures and showing the importance of women in everyday situations. ... The power drill symbolizes that women can do the same jobs as men and the muscular body represents the...

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During the thirties, this was a time of very little wealth to the mass majorities, but to those that could afford it, women mostly wore feminine suits, much like Coco Chanel designed. ... Women wore simple dresses around the house. ... Pants became daily fashion for women in the late sixties, and blue jeans revolutionized women's fashion for years to come. ... The simple little fitted Jackie O. cocktail dress is back, as are 60s items including the turtleneck, miniskirts, short knit halter dress, and wide patent leather belts. ... Women's Wear Daily. ...

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The stories of these men and women were unlike any I had ever read before. ... It spoke of their courage during a time when little could be found. ... I got a little high in the foxhole and I got shot clean through the head - through the left temple" (Brokaw 19). ... His stories surround those who did so much and asked for so little in return. ... Many men at the time felt that women were not as strong as men and shouldn't be in the war. ...

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Furthermore, female expertise in regards to fashion opened up new avenues of professionalism for women "the dress salon became a place where women's professional competence was unquestioned. ... At the center of the hobby craze was the fact that Americans wanted to be creative but also wanted to do it in as little time and with as little effort as possible: hence the popularity of hobby kits. ... American women needed motherly figures. ... Women were not cut off from the familial and communal ties of urban and ethnic enclaves. ... The fact that women were still involved in the crea...

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Having participated in the four-year war, America was a little strained financially, but other countries' economy were pathetic in comparison to hers, putting her at an advantage. ... Women, on the other hand, had been oppressed and perceived as second class citizen. ... This was a crucial road to what would be later women empowerment and gender equity. Women got incorporated into the military as WAC (Women's Army Corps), WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service). Additionally, for the first time, the number married working women was 6.3 million more than single working...

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Women worked in factories where they welded and built planes. These women and young children assembled and manufactured the machinery that was used out on the battlefield. Women were needed in much more than keeping home life normal during the war, as men were away fighting. ... By 1945 eight out of ten married women and nine out of ten single women had either joined forces in a non-fighting roles or were working in factories. ... This allowed the Royal Air Force to launch their aircraft and make surprise, concentrated attacks on the German Air Force, giving them little to no chance of victory...

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Landau in "The Nazi Holocaust"; one, "Why do the Jews appear to have offered so little resistance everywhere? ... In war, women and children are usually spared, but these were the first to be murdered by the Nazis. ... Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky. ... The bravery he showed in holding onto this little bit of himself is remarkable. ... It seems as if the world has not learned anything from the Holocaust, and chooses to do little to save the innocent victims of these atrocities. ...

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The Chinese, especially the women, wanted their independence that was disallowed by their parents. Chinese women were not supposed to be educated and should be married at a young age. The second generation women didn't want to get married through an arranged marriage. ... The women also wanted to continue with their education and go to college even if their parents disliked it. ... They also lived in seclusion from the Americans in Little Tokyo. ...

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A heart-stopping 43 seconds later, at the pre-set altitude of 1890 feet, Little Boy exploded, and Hiroshima was incinerated. ... [He recorded that he had instructed Stimson to use the bomb] so that military objectives and soldiers and sailors are the target and not women and children... ... He was merely told that the use of such a weapon would avoid the aforementioned invasion of Japan, and he immediately settled for using "Little Boy" and "Fat Man." ... After the Hiroshima bomb ignited at 8:15 in the morning, women ran shrieking into the rivers, with their melting skin hanging off them lik...

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Also the work of women and the extra attention they are getting when it comes to the workplace is briefly mentioned. ... There are ads for men's and women's clothing, shoes, medicines, tobacco, and all sorts of other products. ... Friends if you have a problem or a battle, big or little, on hand, mobilize VELVET- The Smoothest Smoking Tobacco. ... Still it is not much different than the claims some other ads make today about attaining women and acceptance through the use of their products. ...

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Lucy constantly did foolish things that weren't exactly the ways women were supposed to have been behaving. ... When the men all came back from World War II, many women lost their jobs and weren't as active as they were during the time of WWII. The jobs were all given back to the men, and women were once again treated very delicately. ... However, as soon as the war ended, the hysteria over communism went away a little bit. ...

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Hitler clung desperately to his childhood and refused to change tastes and opinions, that began when he was a little boy. ... When it came to women in Hitler's life, all ages were attracted to him. ... He believed women should be cute and cuddly, but nonetheless stupid. He felt women, as long as they were beautiful, had no need for intelligence. ... After six marriages, five of the women died at their own hands, all of which a form of suicide. ...

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Therefore the Japanese could do very little to resist interment. ... Many of these people had very little time to pack up their belongings. ... There was little or no privacy in the barracks and not much outside "(USA). ... These men and women were the ones who were the most intelligent and most qualified for college education. ... In this quote they are referring to the white privileged men and women who were not getting the job done the right way. ...

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This Story took place in the 1940's during World War II in London.The author discuses the life of a young man named Bill and a young women name Julie who lived on the streets and managed to make it on their own. ... They headed for the shelter down the street, once again they tried to get ready for bed and Julie noticed a women who she had known coming around checking things. ... When he came home he had noticed a little boy siting on the side of road Julie said he was sitting there for awhile they took him in. ... Bill stated that they wouldn't be able to manage all three of the...

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President Truman's decision to drop the bombs, "Little Boy" and "Fat Man", on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was because he wanted to end the war quickly with little loss of American life, because it was designed to scare the USSR and because Japan's leaders refused to surrender. After the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan, Truman's primary objective was to end the war quickly with little loss of American life. ... At the same time reports of radiation sickness and the fact that the victims of the bomb were not soldiers of military personnel but women, ch...

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The difference between men and women also heightened. Married women in Britain and Germany were forced from the work place by legislation because they were said to be "double earners" as their husbands also had an income. In some cases women were the preferred sex to hire because they were cheaper to employ and more prepared to work part-time. ... Japan, due to its rising population began to import food but found they could not pay for it therefore leaving its people with little available food and a rise in prices. ...

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As well as, women working, women right to vote and to hold public office, and the education of women. ... America is like a boiler, terrorism may have lit the fire underneath us, oh but how little do they know of our flame. ...

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These women would be known as "artists," as that is where the term derived from "gei," meaning "arts" and "sha" meaning "person." ... She was only a fisherman's daughter from a little town called Yoroido. ... This affected the income of Sayuri's okiya, and therefore, left her with little money and little food, also affecting her physical features as a geisha. ... I've learned a lot about geisha, Japanese culture, a little bit about World War II, and even several Japanese terms. ...

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A cartoon displaying a "Japanese Hunting License" refers to the Japanese as a rat, calling it a "savage beast . . . a vicious animal . . . a skunk in appearance" that "has an appetite for women and children." ... The first verse start outs with "you treacherous sneaky little Jap, Don't you know that you"re just a sap, to fight Uncle Sam, little fellow, he"ll make you bellow, because you"re yellow." ...

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Revolution in Russia (1917-1918) Summary The Great War dragged on from 1914 through 1917 with little change. ... On January 9, 1905, a group of unarmed men and women of St. ... Away from the seat of power, which had fallen into the incapable hands of the tsarina and her eccentric adviser, the cleric Rasputin, Nicholas could not prevent the uprising that witnessed hundreds of poorly paid workers and underfed women march on the Winter Palace in St. ...

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But with the willingness of her husband the young lady gets a little education and her husband becomes her home tutor. ... The little educated narrator tries to understand war. ... The scarcity of clothes was such that many women of village were confined to their home and could not go out as they had no clothing to wear as the narrator tells us: "the grand-daughter of SairatunBibi-still unmarried but marriageable-is sitting naked at home," (123). ... The women passed their days sitting beside the hearths as they had nothing to cook and to feed their sons and daughters the sufferings ...

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