had become a model for other places as well. Thousands of women started leaving their rural homes to come and work as “mill girls” in the factory towns. From here the women started making high wages and gaining independence. Although girls were now working in the factories‚ supervisors started paying a lot of attention to them‚ to make sure they were putting in proper behavior inside and outside the
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One day Edison’s boss called him to his office. He asked him how much it would cost to buy his improvements. He wanted $6‚000 but his boss offered $40‚000! Edison bought a factory and started inventing. In 1871‚ Edison married Mary Stiltwell and had three children. In 1876‚ Edison moved out of Newark and into Meleno Park. In 1876 Alexander Bell invented the telephone and Edison improved it by making it battery powered. He then invented a lampback out of graphite and it made the signal clearer
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The idea of women as the fairer‚ nurturing‚ compassionate dates back to notions of Victorian sexual polarity‚ which viewed women by nature as passive and emotional and men as are naturally assertive and dominant (Rosenberg.) The “circle of domestic life” was used to justifies women from the political‚ economic‚ higher education an access to birth control and abortion. Women occupied a different “world” than men‚ one that utilized their natural predisposition towards nurturant activities (Kerber 1988)
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between the races. The North and South profited greatly at the expense of shackled and separated families‚ up until the early 1800’s as the idea of slavery became a topic to be repeatedly examined. Slavery was not only a practice of owning a person‚ but controlling and ruling over every action that they take in order to benefit at their expense. These black men‚ women‚ and children did not have the same rights as white Americans living among them. In fact‚ they had no rights at all and no freedoms
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The Life of a Slave in the 1800’s Life as a slave was very difficult. As many as 4.5 million slaves were working in Southern plantations in the early to mid-1800’s. There were two types of slaves; field slaves and house slaves. People think that being a house slave was easier but this proves that theory wrong. Slaves had terrible environments‚ were separated from family and friends‚ and were sometimes beaten to death. Whites knew that slavery was wrong and immoral. Though‚ it still continued. Being
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The Irish emigrated from Ireland to America at two separate times‚ during the 1700’s and again in the 1800’s. During the 1700’s the Irish that emigrated were the Ulster Irish‚ these were mostly Protestant and mostly from the northern part of Ireland. This group of Irish was originally from Scotland which was under English rule. In 1533 when Henry VIII separated from the Catholic Church‚ he enacted penal laws - laws directed against Catholics. Catholic owned land was seized and given to the English
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Hist-H210 Essay 1 Prompt #2 England in the early 1800’s was very segregated place. Social classes were distinguished by many factors including wealth‚ land ownership‚ gender and race. The wealthy white land owning males were at the top of the chain while blacks‚ women‚ and land workers were at the bottom. The aristocracy was considered the top of the social chain. There were many things happening at this time in British history that affected the public and the public’s view of the aristocracy
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The Flour Industry The flour industry was a very popular industry in the late 1800’s. It was also very important because people used it in their everyday foods. Flour was made from wheat so the company needed it. That is why there is so many fields around Minnesota. Always‚ here is everything you should know the about the flour industry. The founder of the Pillsbury flour co. was Charles Pillsbury. He started the company with little money and because he needed a job. Pillsbury did not
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Keywords practically‚ equality‚ men women‚ housewives‚ strides 0Like0Tweet In the mid to late 1700’s‚ the women of the United States of America had practically no rights. When they were married‚ the men represented the family‚ and the woman could not do anything without consulting the men. Women were expected to be housewives‚ to raise their children‚ and thinking of a job in a factory was a dream that was never thought impossible. But‚ as years passed‚ women such as Susan B. Anthony‚ Lucretia Mott
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Factory conditions were harsh in the 1800’s because they had to worked a lot‚ factories had no heating or cooling systems‚ and there were a lot of rapidly movings machines which workers‚ especially children‚ were often hurt by the machines. There were a lot of other things that were bad about this and these are just a few. Factory conditions were harsh in the 1800’s. One reason was that they had to work a lot. Back then the average workday was 11.4 hours and this caused the workers to get tired
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