War bond posters were made with headlines such as "Wanted-Fighting Dollars, Make Every Pay-Day, Bond-Day!... The American government created campaigns to persuade and encourage men to join the military or any type of war job (Poster Campaign). ... It's a Real War Job!...
" Most accounts have assumed that one of the profound changes to the status of women, was the erosion of the sex segregation of jobs characteristic of the pre war economy." ... Rates of pay were legislated, however this agreement was welcomed by feminists who were keen to see sex segregation eradicated. ... Moreover it is widely acknowledge that women received a hostile welcome by male employees and managers, and openly expressed their doubts about women's ability to cope with male jobs. ... A wartime social survey concluded that out of 2, 609 women, 25% replied that they would conti...
In 1907 his mother gave him permission to take his inheritance from his father to support him in Vienna for one year and pay tuition. ... At his new job he gained experience of speaking to audiences. ... That was the job that Hitler wanted and the only job he would take but, Hindenburg did not want anything to do with him. ... Hitler did not think Papen was right for the job. ...
Women were told that they could not have a job and a man and that women were better off than they had ever been (Coontz 52). ... It was assumed that a good provider would put his job ahead of his family (Bernard 10). ... Because masculinity was tied to the ability to be a good provider, a man's status in the community was also tied to this assumption causing him to spend more time at work than he might possibly have done had his job not been expected to be the most important thing in his life (Bernard 11). ... The reason for this cooperation was that business had the economic surplus a...
History Coursework 2, Question 1. In 1928, the newly empowered Stalin embarked on one of the most ambitious industrialisation programs in world history, leading to the establishment of the U.S.S.R as a pinnacle world superpower in less than half a century. Industrialisation was the primary goal of Lenin and Stalin, as well as many communist party members. The Soviet economy had made advances under Lenin's semi-capitalist N.E.P with its slight capitalist elements, but Stalin's five-year plans were far more ambitious and so far riskier. Did the Soviet Union need to industrialise so ...
One cannot help but feel fortunate to live in a country such as Canada; its richness and prosperity go relatively unequaled in the world. Canadians, to an extent, have lived a life of sheltered ignorance when compared to the lives experienced by those in other nations. The problems that the greater part of the world faces daily, and expects in the future, are inconceivable to those in wealthy nations. World peace through international government and law is an ancient idea that has mightily fastened itself on the minds of people throughout the ages. Never before, however, has the human race b...
We often think about how many marks we obtain, but we forget the process we have passed; We often concern about how much money we earn, but we forget about the satisfaction of the job; We often care about how much inch of the screen of our smartphone, but we forget to look upon the sky to count how many stars in the sky. ...
Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in Braunau- am -Inn, Austria. The town is located near the Austrian- Germany border. His father Alois, worked as a customs officer on the border crossing. His mother Klara, had previously given birth to two other children...
It took one hundred years, from the time it was first recognized as a syndrome among hysterical women in the late 1800s to its inclusion in 1980 as a diagnosis in the manual of the American Psychiatric Association, for posttraumatic stress disorder to be recognized as a legitimate illness. (Herman ...
Economic expansion refers to increasing the American market overseas, which in turn guarantees jobs for the American middle class. ... People bought billions of dollars worth of bonds known as Liberty Bonds to help pay for the war (Raynor, 92) Many blacks also signed up to fight in order to show patriotism. ... The treaty called for Germany to be stripped of its armed forces and a lot of its territory; it also forced them to pay high war damages. ...
When it was all said and done Germany was held responsible for the war and was required to pay for the war, an amount that came to $33 billion dollars. ... Because of this, Germany did not have the money to pay the countries when they came to collect the money. ... So this conference decided "Germany must pay in kind for the losses by her to the Allied Nations in the course of the war (Dept of State pg 44). ...
Stalin's job was, basically, to manage relations between the various ethnic groups of the former Russian Empire and to develop some sort of coherent policy toward the questions of national secession and civil rights. ... In the June of 1918, Stalin left Moscow (the new capital) and arrived in Volgograd (which, incidentally, would later be renamed Stalingrad) with a new job: "Director General of Food Supplies in the South of Russia". ...
Introduction The genesis of World War One was controversial and was shrouded on confusion. Pinpointing exactly the political origins of the war is a still discordant issue even after all these years, however no one can deny that the facts are still there. While going into the background, history, and causes for the war is not necessary for this essay, it is important to realize that the systems in place during the pre-war period were essentially political "boiling pots" and these tensions carried over through the war into post war circumstances to shape new social movements. Many new politica...
An important topic in international politics today is if Iraq has the ability to politically succeed. Judging by their present democratic and military standing; Iraq seems to be headed in the wrong direction. The westernized view of political success or democracy is still in reach but Iraqi citizens...
Considering that outside of a McDonald's in Seoul there was a sign that listed how much McDonald's will pay you in exchange for cups and other McDonald's refuse, you can expect they do not litter as freely as Americans tend to. ... Koreans focus extreme importance on social hierarchy primarily by age, but also by marital status, wealth, job prestige and various other factors. ...
However, Earl stayed on at General Motors, and as the nation returned to better times, Earl would get his way with design: "dazzling colors reappeared, embellished by two-tone paint jobs (Kelly green bodies with beige hardtops) " and "inspired by fighter planes, he introduced tail fins, clearly derived from the p-38 airplane, which first appeared on Earl's 1948 Cadillac design. ... Because of the ability to now make monthly payments on a car, rather than pay for the entire purchase upfront, by the mid-1950's "everyone who wanted a car (and could obtain credit) had one. ...
The Cold War Tensions with the United States and Russia have been around for quite some time. Russia and the United States were allies during World War II, but soon after they became enemies. After W.W.II, even though the Soviet Union had a strong military, it was encircled by hostile ca...
Many have compared the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 to the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. They argue that both attacks were just as astonishing, unwarranted and unpredictable. The World Trade Center buildings in New York City still lie in ruin, an icy reminder of the terrorist attack. Both the U.S.S. Arizona and the U.S.S Utah remain on the floor of Pearl Harbor, each a ghostly, decaying tomb reminding all of the thousands that gave their life on that fateful day, also, they are both reminders of seemingly how easily the attack was carried out a...
