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    Women used many methods including parades‚ picketing and hunger strikes to gain the right to vote in the Women’s Suffrage Movement. One tactic women used to gain suffrage was hosting a parade on the day of President Wilson’s inauguration. The parade was meant bring awareness and to gain support for women’s suffrage. The women needed support from the people who can vote‚ if they were to have any hope of getting an amendment assuring women the right to vote. Women suffragists made floats and banners

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    Women used many methods to have the right to vote in the women’s suffrage movement. One of the methods the women tried to accomplish was the women rights parade. At that time President W.W. was arriving. During the parade there was huge crowds. Most of them were men. Most of the men were drinking and in disappointment‚ they through their beer bottles at the women in the parade. As the parade was going on men got furious and started attacking the women‚ the cops didn’t do anything..they didn’t

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    This was when women began to fight for their right to have equality. Women wanted to secure their right to economic and social equality during this movement. The movement was also known as the feminist movement. This event definitely ties into my ad. The ad shows the women staying at home and cleaning the house which is how women were portrayed in society at the time. Women were supposed to stay home while the man of the house

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    The Women’s Suffrage Movement Gender discrimination led women to fight for their rights. The Women’s Suffrage movement began in the early 19th century. This movement was carried on by many women because women were not granted the same rights as men. One of the rights that women were excluded from was the right to vote. Women put up with the inequality‚ but soon decided to make a change and to fight for their deserved equal rights. Through the Suffragist Movement‚ women fought to be regarded as equal

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    Crime in the Bahamas On the 6th April‚ 2011‚ shock waves were sent throughout the Bahamaland after the report of a brutal massacre of Nellie Brown-Cox. It is alleged that this crime was committed by her common law husband (Bahamas Press‚ 2011). This murder was a result of domestic violence‚ which is a crime that is committed among many residents in the Commonwealth of the Bahama Islands. Crime is ubiquitous‚ but can be alleviated if the necessary steps are applied. To further explain‚ certain aspects

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    “Discuss the methods used in the Women’s Suffrage Movement” The Suffragette’s were a group involved in the Women’s Suffrage Movement of the 19th and 20th century. The struggle for equality for women in Great Britain started long before the turn of the 20th Century. Not all suffragettes agreed with militancy. The movement split into two major factions: The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Society (NUWSS) led by Millicent Fawcett and The Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) led by Emmaline

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    Heights this morning”..... “A man was killed in a late night shooting last night. “A 23-year-old man was shot dead last night in the Lyon Road area off Shirley Street”... These are just a few of the headlines that we hear on a daily basis in The Bahamas.  We as a small nation should take heed to the crime problem and try to find ways in solving them. The crime rate will continue to persist if drastic measures aren’t taken. Athena Daminos‚ former Tribune editor and journalist asked this question “What

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    on some initiatives the government offers to assist and encourage more Bahamians to consider farming as a career. I would take a few minutes to speak generally about farming before telling you about those initiatives. A study of farming in The Bahamas shows that farming has not maintained a steady growth over the years. There was once a large dairy and poultry farm at Hatchet Bay Eleuthera that provided milk‚ eggs‚ and ice-cream for Eleuthera and New Providence. Many persons were employed in Eleuthera

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    Women’s Suffrage Up until 1920‚ the right for women to vote was up in arms. Men didn’t want women to vote because they saw women as the family care taker and they believed politics wasn’t a problem that women needed to deal with. From 1848 to 1920‚ women fought back with Women’s Suffrage Movements throughout the country. With continuous parades‚ speeches‚ and picketing attempts‚ the American Woman Suffrage Association proved to men that women can pull political weight. This led to the passing of

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    in the suffrage movement contributed to achieve women’s rights today‚ but some became leaders‚ being the driving force behind the revolution. One of the most important leaders in the women’s rights movements was Susan B. Anthony. As a child‚ her family was very active in reform movements‚ working for prohibition of alcohol and the anti-slavery movement. Growing older‚ she realized that she could help make a difference in how women were treated‚ and founded the National Women’s Suffrage Association

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