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    During the 1800s there was a growing emphasis on the importance of secondary education. Aside from college‚ the emergence of the American high school offered educational opportunities to more students. Despite the ideas of teaching the masses‚ many high schools excluded women from getting a secondary education (the origins of the American high school‚ 127). Additionally‚ enrollment at universities popularized‚ but women remained excluded from attending Ironically‚ by the late 1800s women had become

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    The bystander effect occurs because there is a lack of social queues for action among strangers. I do feel people feel people are more inclined to divert attention away from themselves in the general public. Said plainly; it is awkward to be in that position. I think most people genuinely believe they would "do the right thing" and are likely to be a proactive citizen in a bystander group. But when the moment comes‚ it really does take a confident and swift thinking individual to rise to the occasion

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    thing as AC plants started to appear all over the world. This meant great change for not only our establishments but also‚ for families that were near it and could afford it. It was the dawn of aluminum‚ cars and now a better way of life with electricity‚ life was about to get more exciting as well as easier for many families. Around the time of the late 1800s‚ under the idea of “separate spheres”‚ caring for children was looked at as a central part of most women’s lives. The man was the breadwinner

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    Ductal hyperplasia Ductal hyperplasia is characterized by proliferation of ductal epithelium‚ resulting in increased cellularity and multi layering of ductal epithelium. The pattern of growth varies greatly from case to case leading to different types of ductal hyperplasia. Features indicative of benign nature of the lesion includes oval nuclei with indistinct cytoplasmic border and eosinophilic rather than pale cytoplasm‚ arrangement of the cells in parallel bundles‚ presence of peripheral elongated

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    Comparing women’s rights from the 1800s to the present‚ equality for women has significantly improved. In the United States women use to be only viewed useful for work at home like child rearing and today women in the US are more accepted into the workforce. Even while this is true‚ women still do most of the housework and men are left to dominate the workplace. Women have gained huge milestones in politics as well as the workforce. This topic takes heart to me because I am a feminist and I strongly

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    Are women capable of handling battles and all its components? Of course because all throughout history women have made significant contributions to America‚ especially the Vietnam War. The United States has been slower to include women in its military planning and actions. Men believed in saving the United States from communism‚ and many women believed they could make a difference in the battle. Women‚ military as well as civilian‚ volunteered to go to Vietnam for a variety of reasons‚ as they wanted

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    In the 1800s the production Industry developed on an extensive scale and the mechanization of industry resulted in the abuse of children who were forced to work in terrible conditions in factories‚ mines and mills. The poor treatment of young employees brought attention to the issue of child labor. The sources above are a few examples of the severity of working conditions for children in the 1800s. Although they all discuss or represent child labor‚ the pictures offer a different view of the issue

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    Some people may argue that Rome fell because of Invasions‚ but there are more to Rome’s decline than just invasions. There are many other reasons to Rome’s decline such as their weak leadership‚ economic problems‚ and much more that happened during this event that occurred. Without these problems‚ Rome would have been able to protect themselves. One of the many problems that Rome went through was their weak leadership. Each leader kept falling‚ which made Rome hard to control at times. Rome faced

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    Undergraduate Research (NCUR) 2009 University of Wisconsin La-Crosse La-Crosse‚ Wisconsin April 16 - 18‚ 2009 Prison Culture‚ Education‚ and Recidivism Rates Caleb L. Fry and Lauren T. Rios Department of Anthropology Lake Tahoe Community College One College Drive South Lake Tahoe‚ California 96150 USA Faculty Advisor: Daryl G. Frazetti Abstract Given the number of inmates in the prison system and the high level of recidivism‚ it is important to seek out possible solutions to this growing problem

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    What Does Character Look Like? Should pretty or ugly decide good or bad? Unfortunately‚ more times than not‚ one’s judgment on the appearance of others can greatly influence or even completely determine his initial treatment of the individual. Recent studies have proved “that physically attractive individuals are thought to possess more sociably desirable personalities and higher moral standards than those who are physically unattractive” (Kong‚ Yan‚ Hong). This very common phenomenon would not

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