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    Literature for children in the 19th century Since the view of childhood changes in the nineteenth century‚ the potential of children’s literature becomes evident. With the reference to the sources of children’s literature‚ they can be traced back to alterations in translation and in the literature for adults‚ where a child or childhood are essential concepts; moreover folk literature is concerned to be a wide source for this literary genre. According to Peter Hunt Children before

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    French women The two men agreed that the right occupation for a lady was that of a housekeeper. They had conflicting views regarding the method of training for the woman’s proper role. At that time‚ women were considered as naturally modest beings and were appreciated as morally superior to men. Hence‚ the utmost duty of a woman was to create a safe and calm place for her husband the women from the marketplace sought protection of their professional rights and complained about poor working

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    In the early 18th centurywomen were seen as trophies or devoted housewives‚ they were seen but not heard‚ submissive‚ and conservative. A dramatic change was made in the late 18th centurywomen became sexual objects due to their risqué acts‚ courageous persona‚ and seductive wardrobes. Seeking for equality‚ women wanted to prove to men that they were more than just a pretty face‚ but could be witty and have intelligence. Provocative roles led to stepping stones in bigger careers and ultimately

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    Over the course of two centuries‚ the ways that wars and battles are fought have changed drastically‚ and yet the end goal has always remained the same‚ to win and not be defeated no matter at what cost. As the progression of the Industrial Revolution escalated‚ it paved the way for what could be produced to help military forces win in battle. Industrialization during the 18th & 19th centuries caused the battles of Waterloo and the Somme to be a great example of how industrialization helped evolve

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    nineteenth centuries were times of major change for the British Empire. A monarchy restored‚ a city destroyed‚ colonies lost‚ technology gained‚ civil unrest‚ parliamentary reform‚ trains‚ a queen‚ and a lot of social change. The frequent shifts in social‚ political‚ and economical status were welcomed by some‚ but made most fearful. This essay will examine these changes in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries‚ respectively‚ and then look at how these shifts affected the literature of the time

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    society at large to be a sufficient emotional fulfilment for females. These constructs kept women far away from the public sphere in most ways‚ but during the 19th century charitable missions did begin to extend the female role of service‚ and Victorian feminism emerged as a potent political force. The transformation of Britain into an industrial nation had profound consequences for the ways in which women were to be idealised in Victorian times. New kinds of work and new kinds of urban living prompted

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    The emergence of the 19th century in Canada brought about significant progressive changes‚ which have molded society into what it has become today. As the course has progressed‚ many significant groups have been depicted as having undergone severe mistreatments‚ enforced by society at the time. However‚ the group that struck out as having undergone severe abuse‚ were married women. This class of women‚ had to take on the harsh penalties that were placed by the male-driven society. Any of the “privileges”

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    WOMEN: THE NEW ART PATRONS IN 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY AMERICA Art was not always a woman’s pursuit‚ like it is nowadays. In the late 18th century‚ during the Enlightenment‚ the idea of the “gentleman” pervaded American culture‚ as exemplified by Ben Franklin. Arts‚ natural sciences and humanities became de rigueur for respectable men. This continued throughout the early 20th century‚ until the end of the westward expansion and the transformation of the United States from a rural to an urban society

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    Over the span of the 19th century‚ the European Empire expanded physically with the colonization of Africa‚ and mentally through advances in technology and education. Despite the fact that the world was changing‚ European women had the enormous pressure set upon them to stay exactly as they had always been. Through this paper‚ readers will better understand the limits and restrictions that 19th-century women bodies and sexuality had placed upon them‚ and how colonization‚ plus the emergence of the

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    made for man." A quote from Elizabeth Stanton. Women during the 19th century were judged by four outstanding qualities according to the Cult of True Womanhood; “piety‚ purity‚ submissiveness‚ and domesticity.” Men deemed piety to be the foundation for a good wife. Religion would not take a woman away from her “proper sphere” known as her home which kept her in isolation. Another way men would control women was by her purity. A woman in the 19th century was to remain pure and innocent. Remaining so

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