During the nineteenth century, the "nuclear family" structure dominated in American cities; with husbands working in factories and businesses to earn income and women remaining at home to raise children and attend to household duties. ... The growth of the manufacturing and retail sectors of the economy created a great demand for labor in the cities. ... During her years working as a nurse in poor New York neighborhoods, Sanger had been horrified by the misery of impoverished women who gave birth to numerous children, sometimes at great risk to their own health. ... After the charges agains...

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Welcome to New York City's Upper East Side. ... In an article in the New York Times, author Alessandra Stanley states, "Parents matter on Gossip Girl, and their negligence veins the narrative as if to explain their children's excesses" (2). ...

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It started by way of messengers and scribes, evolved through the presentation of newspapers and radio, brought us together with television, and now serves us world-wide via the ever-popular Internet. It is the mass media, and even from the earliest days of its existence, it has contributed greatly in ways that both enlighten and enrich society, and ways that deteriorate and perplex it. It is not a surprise to learn, then, that the mass media is the most powerful source of information we have, and nothing else in today's world influences public perception quite as heavily. Unfortunatel...

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