For this paper‚ I have identified two trends that have lasting influence on the United States of America (USA). The social trend that I will be addressing is the impact of young women to the America’s culture. After the World War 2 (WWII)‚ Americans referred to the decade of the 1920s as the Roaring Twenties because of a varied of factors which include rapid social change‚ impact of technology on domestic life and the changes in social values. Women started to have more social freedoms and young
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The Progression of Women through the 20th Century March 24‚ 2014 HIS204 There has been so much history and so many changes to our country over the last 100 years. I will focus on the changes that women have fought for and helped in making positive changes in our country. “If one compares a woman in 1900 with her counterpart in 2000‚ the gains have been significant. There were the obvious changes‚ such as the right to vote and other governmental policies supporting women
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situation still continues because today‚ not a lot of people are willing to support a woman as a possible president. Previously in the 1990’s‚ a famous woman known very much for bravery to step up onto to the plate was a well known lady named Rosie‚ the riveter. She was qualified as someone with lots of spirit‚ and moved with an ambitious aura. In the past decades‚ women were already discriminated again for their lack of manliness and whoever was identified not as a male with a spot in masculine gender
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Jews in Germany during the WWII that is why they started the Double V protest‚ which according to Katherine A. S. Sibley’s essay‚ is about victory contrary to racism in foreign countries and in the U.S. On the other hand‚ the women’s theme was “Rosie the Riveter” because‚ according to what I know‚ a lot of women during the WWII worked in factories and participated
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Today‚ American women are more educated and empowered than ever before. Women comprise forty-seven percent of the workforce in the United States of America (Livingston). They have been transitioning into the labor force not only to further their careers but also to support their families. In “forty percent of American families‚ a woman is the sole or primary breadwinner” (Livingston). Women play an essential role in the economy and in their families. Despite that‚ the United States is the only high
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World War II Posters “Trench of Ideas and Propaganda” During World War II‚ the United States government use propaganda in order to persuade people to join their efforts to stop the enemies of the fatherland. Posters were one of the most common methods of advertisement used by the U.S. government‚ and some of the many purposes of this posters were to encourage people to join the U.S. Army‚ raise funds
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This led them into the workplace; first in more clerical positions as the stereotype dictates‚ and then beyond. Rosie the Riveter became an icon in the call to action‚ drawing women from their homes and desk jobs‚ to the factories. Former housewives began to aid their men not only with rations and care packages‚ but with B-29s and ammunitions. Those women followed in the
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DOCUMENT A Source: President Roosevelt‚ “The Great Arsenal of Democracy”‚ December 29‚ 1940 I want to make it clear that it is the purpose of the nation to build now with all possible speed every machine‚ every arsenal‚ every factory that we need to manufacture our defense material. We have the men‚ the skill‚ the wealth‚ and above all‚ the will. I am confident that if and when production of consumer or luxury goods in certain industries requires the use of machines and raw materials that
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joined the military and/or took jobs in a war production industry; women were obligated to move outside their traditional roles and take positions in employment historically reserved for men. For instance in the United States‚ images like "Rosie the Riveter" promoted the ideology that it was patriotic and not unfeminine for women to work in these various industries. Posters in Canada were launched illustrating a women holding a bomb stating "I’m making bombs and buying bonds." In March 1942‚ Prime
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