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    began facing more and more included the rise in poor sanitation and health concerns in local tenement housing. In order for women to gain access to the public sphere and emerge out of the private sphere‚ and gain some sort of status with the men of society‚ Jane Addams proposed the idea of “civic housekeeping” which would let women use their skills from the home in order to clean up the issues in local tenement housing and ultimately‚ in the local government1. Growing up in the post-Civil War era‚

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    and a prominent lawyer during the 1920s;and Do*ñ*a Salome Marques‚one of the first teachers to be appointed to the public school system set up by the Americans. The Joaquins were originally from Obando‚Bulacan‚but the author’s grandfather moved to the village* of *San Pedro Makati* in the 19*th* century‚to establish a kamalig‚or pottery factory‚and from San Pedro *Makati*‚then popularly known as Sampiro‚the Joaquins moved to *Manila*.* Do*ñ*a Salome Marques was from Sampiro. Nick Joaquin grew up

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    Lindsay Caldwell February 19‚ 2013 U.S. History‚ 11 Mrs. Shifflett Problems the Children Faced The book “How the Other Half Lives” by Jacob Riis focuses on how people of other races or poor lived their lives in tenement houses. The most disturbing of all examples are the children and the problems they faced. In chapters 15‚ 16‚ 17‚ and 20 of “How the Other Half Lives” describes how children slept on the streets‚ had no homes or heat‚ and in a lot of cases‚ died

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    literary Decadence” (Greenhalgh‚ 2000b‚ 145) and Beardsley’s evocative imagery furthered the sensation of “active immorality” (Greenhalgh‚ 2000b‚ 145). J’ai baise ta bouche Iokanaan (figure 9)‚ an illustration for Oscar Wilde’s Salome‚ depicts the morbid yet beautiful image of Salome kissing the severed head of John the Baptist (The Victoria and Albert Museum‚ 2012). This portrayal corresponds with increased cultural prominence on the changing position and role of women within society. During this time

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    NOLI ME TANGERE CHARACTERS: Crisóstomo Ibarra Juan Crisóstomo Ibarra y Magsalin‚ commonly referred to the novel as Ibarra or Crisóstomo‚ is the novel’s protagonist. The mestizo (mixed-race) son of Filipino businessman Don Rafael Ibarra‚ he studied in Europe for seven years. Ibarra is also María Clara’s fiancé. Several sources claim that Ibarra is also Rizal’s reflection: both studied in Europe and both persons believe in the same ideas. Upon his return‚ Ibarra requested the local government of San

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    did not offer any future for the average person. In “How the Other Half Lives”‚ Jacob Riis tried to expose and clarify of how harsh the living conditions for many people in New York‚ such as terrible overcrowding and terrible living conditions in tenement houses that many faced‚ the hardship of the working girls‚ and the effects that immigration has had on New York. The immigrants arriving in America during the 19th century mostly came from Germany and Ireland then later from Italy‚ China‚ and Eastern

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    He describes countless homes and instances of diseases from overcrowding. Riis recalls a young husband and wife who “took poison together” in their tenement and after seeing their living space‚ he understood their reason. Their room was one of four in the attic‚ which had a “sloping ceiling‚” a window that barely served its purpose‚ and almost no space to turn 180 degrees. The couple could not take the

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    it in the tomb that was cut out of the rock. Once the Sabbath was over‚ three people who brought some spices to anoint Jesus’s body. They were Mary Magdalene‚ Mary the mother of James and Salome. On the first day of the week in the early morning just after sunrise Mary Magdalen‚ Mary the mother of James and Salome were on their way to the tomb where Jesus was laid to rest. They asked each other who will roll the stone away to get into the tomb. (Mark 16‚ 1-4) As they entered‚ the tomb where they saw

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    immigrants crowded into the growing cities‚ searching for their chance to make a better life for themselves. Staying in America with my family in Europe‚ outweigh life in America. When immigrants travel to America‚ many stay in tenement houses. A tenement house is a run-down

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