Imagine watching all the presidential debates‚ reading all the news articles‚ hearing all the campaign speeches‚ but having to sit in the living room. Imagine living in a country heralded as the birthplace of liberty‚ and yet being denied the ability to vote‚ the ability to have a voice in politics and play a part in the democracy. That was how some women in the early twentieth century felt: cheated‚ vexed‚ and marginalized. From these women came the First Wave Feminists‚ a group of suffragettes
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World War I made a colossal impact on all aspects of human life and almost everyone in Europe was affected by this impact to different degrees as a consequence. One group in particular‚ most often illustrated as a real turning point‚ largely in enfranchisement and employment‚ were women. The outbreak of WWI saw a number of unexpected changes take place within the common social strata. These changes were prompted by the fact that a new wave of social-thinking was taking shape and eventually affected
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"Describe the steps taken between 1832 and 1918 to extend the suffrage in England. What group and movements contributed to the extension of the vote?" Several groups‚ movements and reform bills passed between 1832 and 1918 extended the suffrage in England. The process took many years and the voting rights were first given to the wealthier and more distinguished men‚ then later to the less wealthy men‚ and finally to women. The major reform bills that extended the suffrage in England were the Reform
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“Women gained the vote due to their contribution during the war” - how accurate is this statement? Before 1918‚ women did not have equal rights. For example‚ they did not have control in their marriages or any reasonable say in how their country was run. Women were seen as too stupid or emotional to make any rational decisions in important political matters. There is much debate over what actually improved views on women enough to allow them the vote in 1918‚ when the government decided that including
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How did the First World War change British society? The Great War involved most of the adult population either ’head on’ or discretely. On average‚ 6 million men served in Britain’s armed forces during the course of the war. Many millions of innocent civilians had their lives affects to the overall changes‚ both economic and social that the war caused or added to. The impact of the war varied greatly between the different regions of the sommunity. There were many differences and considerations
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“To what extent was the Great War the most important factor in the enfranchisement of women in 1918?” History Assignment It could be argued that women’s contribution during the First World War was the most significant factor in the enfranchisement of women in 1918‚ as AJP Taylor confirms in his book ‘English history 1914-1945’ stated‚ “war smoothed the way for democracy”. The war was after the industrial revolution; hereafter everything was different. The industrial revolution had changed society
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Feminism is a collection of movements and ideologies aimed at defining‚ establishing‚ and defending equal political‚ economic‚ and social rights for women.[1][2] This includes seeking to establish equal opportunities for women in education and employment. A feminist advocates or supports the rights and equality of women.[3] Feminist theory‚ which emerged from feminist movements‚ aims to understand the nature of gender inequality by examining women’s social roles and lived experience; it has developed
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Huck is inspecting the art of Emmeline and expressing his feelings about them in the text. If you read Huck’s explanations without examining the underlying meanings you will find that Huck is completely clueless as to the artists’ sentimental intentions. He evaluates one picture called
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How far do sources 11 and 12 challenge the view presented in source 10 about the conduct of the police on Black Friday? Emily Davison was a woman who fought for woman’s suffrage in the late 1800s and early 1900s. She died on the 8th of June‚ 1913 after she ran in front of King George V’s horse Anmer at the Epsom Derby on 4 June 1913. Some people believe that this event caused a major breakthrough in later women’s suffrage. Firstly‚ source 10‚ (The Times Newspaper) shows a rather negative view on
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he was stabbed to death during a brawl between two drunken men. After his death his cruel wife Marie sends Tom to a horrible plantation owner named Simon Legree. Tom is then taken to Rural Louisiana with a group of new slaves. One of the slaves is named Emmeline who Legree bought to be his new sex slave. Legree starts to loathe Tom after he refused to whip another slave when ordered. He is then severely beaten‚ Legree decides his goal is to crush Tom’s faith in God. A girl name Cassie comes to his aid after
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