The ardent question then became, what to do with the poor and how to deal with the new immigrants that were mostly seen as less civilized then western Europeans. ... So then what was a social Darwinist in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century? ... An English philosopher, Herbert Spencer might be singlehandedly responsible for what people today see as social Darwinism, which is the literal use of survival of the fittest within society. ... An article from 1873 about the sanitary conditions of New York City and its effects on children quoted Spencer saying "that the savage habit o...

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Table of Contents Part I: Introduction 3 Part II: The Gay Rights Movement in the US from 1860-1969 1. 1860-1935: "The Movement that did not exist- 4 2. 1950-1969: "The Three Major Groups and Their Aims and Criticisms- 2.1 Mattachine Society 6 2.2 One, Inc. ...

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