thousands of Igbo women from Calabar‚ Owerri and other provinces in southeastern Nigeria traveled to the town of Olonko to protest and lead “a war” against the British colonizers who implemented an alien system of government and whom they accused of excluded them from their role in the political systems of the new government. The women also protested to amend their hardships by the colonizers. The protests were fairly symbolic and ritualistic in notion‚ but on a few occasions the women violently clashed
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Freedom has not only changed since the 18th century‚ but has come to define the United States to make it the great country it is today. The idea of freedom can be debated and talked about because there are many viewpoints on what it exactly is. Of course‚ freedom has changed throughout the Coase of history and means different things to different people. During the Colonial period to the civil war in the United States‚ many people worked to expand new ideas of what freedom is‚ and if it wasn’t for
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ACTIVIST WRITING RHETORICAL FEATURES Identify the purpose Inform the reader Have a persuasive point Keep the reader entertained (humor‚ interesting facts‚ make them want to keep reading) identify the audience and speak in their language be clear who the column is written for
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‘subaltern’ from Antonio Gramsci who initially used it in to refer to persons of lower rank (Gramsci 55) and it has its roots in Post Colonial theory. Spivak used it to refer to the marginalized‚ downtrodden or those who were outside the “hegemonic power structure(s)” (Singh 113) of the society. They are discriminated on multiple grounds and denied the rights‚ freedom and opportunities in society. Singh suggests that in recent times it is used to refer to “those who lack agency in society and access
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Orissa Review Role of Women in India’s Struggle For Freedom Siddhartha Dash The entire history of the freedom movement is replete with the saga of bravery‚ sacrifice and political sagacity of hundreds and thousands of women of our country. Their participation in the struggle began as early as 1817 when Bhima Bai Holkar fought agaist the British Colonel Malcolm and defeated him in guerilla warfare. At a very critical time for our mother land when the British East India Company was fast expanding
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Freedom and liberty are some of the major reasons why many people came over from England a long time ago. For many people arriving to the new world was scary because they did not know the land. Over time‚ many more people started to arrive and a nation started to development. Some groups of people gained freedom and liberty as time at on. However‚ some groups gained some freedom and liberty but not same equality as the white men had. Women in history have been fighting for their liberty ever since
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comes to be written‚ the sacrifice made by the women of India will occupy the foremost place - Mahatma GandhiJawaharlal Nehru had remarked‚ when most of the men-folk were in prison then a remarkable thing happened. Our women came forward and took charge of the struggle. Women had always been there of course but now there was an avalanche of them‚ which took not only the British Government but their own menfolk by surprise. The entire history of the freedom movement is replete with the saga of bravery
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of my class topics to write a speech on. This is the topic I received and‚ (as you can see)‚ I have to agree with the motion that “Teenagers today have too much freedom”. The following are the 9 reasons my teacher required us to brainstorm: 1. Parents don’t know where their children are anymore. 2. Not everywhere is a war zone‚ but not everywhere is safe. So‚ teenagers shouldn’t have as much freedom as they do to roam dangerous streets and hang around in parks or alleyways‚ especially at night
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Since the end of world war two‚ in 1945‚ Australian society has witnessed many dramatic changes in the rights and freedoms of women. Women‚ who had been encouraged to take on men’s jobs during the war were expected to vacate these positions and return to their traditional vocation in “home making”. Throughout the 1950’s and early 1960’s women were expected to either stay at home or work in underpaid “women’s jobs”. Women’s wages were significantly less in comparison to the wages awarded to men
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the last colony to become established in the seventeenth century. The owner‚ William Penn‚ hoped to create it as a place where those who were facing persecution because of their religious beliefs‚ could practice religious freedom. William Penn was a supporter for religious freedom and a dedicated member of the Society of Friends or also known as Quakers. The Quakers followed their inner belief instead of following others. His religious views separated him from other people and he was persecuted because
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