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    States thought that birth control was morally wrong; however‚ a woman named Margaret Sanger would fight to make major changes in this generation that would change our outlook and our opinions about contraceptives forever. Margaret Sanger was passionate about this movement because of her mother‚ Anne Higgins‚ who got pregnant eighteen times and had eleven children along with seven miscarriages. At nineteen years old‚ Margaret watched her mother die at just 50 years of age due to the destructions of

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    Margaret Thatcher: Creating a Neoliberal Culture. Margaret Thatcher had a resounding career as a Prime Minister in Britain. She was loved and hated for her strong handed nature to politics. She drove down unemployment and brought Britain out of a recession through utilizing neoliberal policies. Thatcher increased the power of the private sector with a reduction of government regulation and privatization of public facilities. She took charge at creating a culture that was focused on the

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    Wit Every student has at some point in his or her educational career had a teacher that seemed completely unreasonable and immune to any sympathy towards the student. In the play Wit by Margaret Edson the main character is Dr. Vivian Bearing who is an esteemed professor of early 17th century poetry and fits the bill of the hard-nosed stubborn professor. This character is diagnosed with cancer and the play is about her treatments and battle with the cancer that ultimately at the end of the play

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    aesthetic of cruelty and confrontational flair that places them under an umbrella term known as In‐Yer‐Face theatre‚ popularised in the mid 1990’s and produced predominantly by young‚ emerging playwrights. Each chapter takes a well known quote from Margaret Thatcher as a starting point by which to deconstruct

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    Margaret Higgins Sanger (September 14‚ 1879 – September 6‚ 1966) was an American birth control activist‚ sex educator‚ and nurse. Sanger popularized the term birth control‚ opened the first birth control clinic in the United States‚ and established organizations that evolved into the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Sanger ’s efforts contributed to several judicial cases that helped legalize contraception in the United States. Sanger is a frequent target of criticism by opponents of birth

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    was an educator in sex instruction and the author of several distributed pamphlets. Essentially‚ she had become involved in the change in history like the other birth control activists. Although‚ she led a group that took over and re-structured Margaret Sanger’s Birth Control movement. The works of the movement or league was conveyed from protest to public education and politicization for the cancel of preventive legislation. Additionally‚ she expressed and discussed several methods to the birth

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    After winning a third General election in 1987‚ Thatcher made the unfortunate political mistake of introducing the Poll Tax‚ which contributed to her downfall. The Poll Tax lead to riots throughout the UK and in March 1990 there was a protest in London which resulted in hundreds of arrests and injuries. The unpopularity of the poll tax was widespread and caused many MPs to lose faith in Thatcher. She refused to give in but former defence secretary Michael Heseltine stood against her in a leadership

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    Margaret Thatcher was born in 1925 and died last year‚ on April 8th2013. She was called the ’Iron Lady’ because of her tough character. She was at the head of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990 and was elected at the general election of 1979‚ after a long period of discontent in the 1970s‚ and thanks to her promise of a new beginning for Britain. She rapidly faced unpopularity‚ (cartoons) but her successful leadership during the Falklands War and the division among the opposition allowed

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    An Analysis of Margaret Atwood’s Happy Endings Happy Endings by Margaret Atwood reviewed by Karen Bernardo Want to know more? Check out BookRags Study Guides! ’Happy Endings’ is one of Margaret Atwood’s most frequently-anthologized stories because it is so unusual. In form‚ it isn’t so much a story as an instruction manual on how to write one. In content‚ it is a powerful observation on life. The story is broken up into six possible life scenarios plus some concluding remarks. In scenario A

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    In the essay‚ "True North‚" Margaret Atwood articulates explicitly that the real north is a dangerous and overwhelming environment for anyone to approach or interact with. Atwood also argues vigorously that the consequence of entering the north is deleterious. In the essay‚ Atwood begins by suggest that the definition of "north" varies among different people from different places. However‚ Atwood explains that her north‚ the "True North‚" is the location of her hometown‚ a place of wilderness where

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