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    The main focus of this project has been on expectations of women in the 19th century and codes they were meant to uphold‚ This expectation continued for certuries and the world has developed and changed over time‚ expectations were multiple things such as women meant for being superior to man‚ women working from homes and dedicating themselves to their families. Georgianna as a woman in the 19th century did what she was supposed to‚ they were loyal to their husbands and did as asked even though

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    The lives of women in the nineteenth century were greatly shaped by an attitude that believed women should be domesticated‚ pure‚ pious‚ and submissive; true women focused their lives around the family and the home‚ influencing husbands and children by providing them a moral compass. These women‚ however‚ were shielded from the outside world and were neither influenced by nor a part of the politics and business taking place on the other side of their doors. The idea that women were meant for households

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    In the early 19th century‚ there were not many options outside of marriage for middle-class women which is likely due to the taboo that surrounded woman of the middle-class needing to work. The opening paragraph James Hammerton’s article “Feminism and Female Emigration” explains that even education for these women was geared toward preparing them for married life‚ which ultimately hindered those with the intent of entering the female workforce. Incidentally‚ there was a disparity between the population

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    Women have come so far since the nineteenth century. They have become so much more equal to and more independent of men. “The story of an hour” shows feminism through the eyes of a women in the nineteenth century which compares to feminism nowadays. You can define feminism in so many ways. But the main two are “The theory of the political‚ economic‚ and also social equality of the sexes” and “Organized activity on behalf of women’s rights and interests as well”. (Merriam-Webster) Feminism has been

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    During the 19th century‚ The United States was not a place of unlimited individual economic opportunity‚ nor a place where social equality and political democracy reigned supreme‚ as many people believed it to be. Women were not allowed to vote until mid-1919. Although slaver was abolished in 1865‚ black people were still not treated as equals. The political systems was littered with fraud and injustice. Even with the creation of labor unions in 1866‚ the country still fell into depression.

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    Just imagine how our lives would be if all of the technology and inventions we have in today’s modern society were never invented. A history marking event called the Industrial Revolution began in England in the middle of the 18th century and spread to the rest of Europe and the United States in the early 19th century. This era changed the way people worked and lived in drastic ways. New machines were invented and a large part of the population moved from the countryside to urban areas. In the early

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    originators of the abolitionist movement however. Early in this country ’s history many religious‚ social‚ and political leaders sewed the seeds of abolition. From the early days of the Puritans to the time of the American Revolutionary War‚ men and women of great conscience gathered to express their outrage at a morally and ethically corrupt institution. Samuel Sewall‚ a wealthy merchant and printer‚ wrote what was considered to be the first anti-slavery piece published in the colonies. Appointed

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    The role of women during the 19th century was important and was undergoing many changes because of the start of the women’s right movement. Additionally‚ the women’s role in society was very different from all of the other countries in Europe because of the political situation of the country. Women still had many restrictions and a good woman was considered someone who stayed at home and obeyed her husband. Therefore‚ women were not allowed to attend high school until 1850’s‚ In addition‚ upper class

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    Comenius Project 2006-2007 Spanish women in the 19th century Spanish Women’s History in the 20th century THE EVOLUTION OF EUROPEAN WOMEN THROUGH THE CENTURIES For most of the 19th century‚ Spain was a country in which political participation was restricted to a social minority by means of electoral role‚ in which the electoral practice was characterized by the adulteration of elections and in which the main political agent was the army by means of different “military raisings”

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    19th and 20th Century Gender Expectations in Literature Johnny Shelton ENG125 Professor Heather AltfeldFisher 11 March 2012 19Th and 20th Century Gender Expectations in Literature The late 19th century produced a myriad of successful authors‚ poets and play-writes that often incorporated the local customs‚ traditions and expectations of the time (and perhaps their own experiences) into their work. A fact of the times‚ even into early 20th century‚ is that women were not equal to men and

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