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    Women and Work in the 19th Century The 19th century was an era of change. The United State was moving away from agriculture and turning to manufacturing and commercial industries. This pivotal move would cause countless women to move from domestic life to the industrial world. Women were moving from the small safe world of family workshops or home-based businesses to larger scale sweatshops and factories. Before the changes women had limited career options. In fact the work of a wife was at the side

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    WOMEN IN THE 16-17 CENTURY Women in the 16th and 17th century faced many challenges and restrictions within society. During the 16th century the main role of women was to manage their households. Women were expected to focus on practical domestic pursuits and activities that encouraged the betterment of their families‚ and more particularly‚ their husbands who were seen as their only financial source1. Girls didn’t go to school as it was thought to be detrimental to the traditional female virtues

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    extent did writers‚ painters‚ and composers of the early twentieth century deliberately break with tradition? Explain how they accomplished that goal. Consider the development of atonal music in 20th century. Before the 20th century‚ serious music‚ even the music of the greatest composers‚ was pretty easy for the average person to understand and enjoy. Serious music followed common and easily understood patterns .In the 20th century‚ however‚ many of the most important composers began to move away

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    Major changes came to the textile industry during the 20th century‚ with continuing technological innovations in machinery‚ synthetic fibre‚ logistics‚ and globalization of the business. The business model that had dominated the industry for centuries was to change radically. Cotton and wool producers were not the only source for fibres‚ as chemical companies created new synthetic fibres that had superior qualities for many uses‚ such as rayon‚ invented in 1910‚ and DuPont’s nylon‚ invented in 1935

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    Racism has been a huge problem over the centuries. Despite slavery being abolished in the nineteenth century‚ the general consensus of inferiority has been within the human race for all this time. However‚ not everyone had obtained this particular mindset. Towards the middle and later eighteenth century‚ there were in fact liberal thinkers that felt that the mindset that almost everyone contained in that time was a crime against humanity itself. In fact‚ there were even paintings made to represent

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    States‚ Great Britain‚ England and many more. English is the universal language because it is widely used by many people like Asians‚ Europeans‚ Africans and many more. However‚ how can we use English in shaping 21st century learners? English has many purposes that can help shape 21st century learners. One is we can use English in expressing our thoughts‚ ideas‚ feelings and many more. Because English is important‚ we need to use English precisely because if we don’t use our language properly it will

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    Education Reform of the 21st Century ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- The Education Reform of the 21st Century In today’s American school system we thrive on absorbing as much information as humanly possible in subjects such as English‚ mathematics‚ science‚ and social studies. However‚ these subjects and various courses do not fully prepare students for the real-world. In the 21st century we live in a world of competition

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    Matt Mclellan February 4‚ 2002 6pm class Monday The Pen Is Mightier Than The King The 17th century saw a king’s head roll and an English Caesar sit the throne‚ in the midst of all of this a new class was rising. England in the 17th century was rife with change‚ there was much work to be done before the industrial revolution could fully grip the nation. For hundreds of years the monarch had dominated the political landscape‚ now that was changing radically. Although their remained a Monarch

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    ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form 1. The frottola and the lauda were both strophic songs set syllabically to music in four parts. The frottola was secular and the lauda was sacred. A True B False | 2. The most important secular form in France in the 16th century was the___________. Pierre Attaingnant published about 1500 of these pieces. A chanson B madrigal C lute song D frottola | 3. Secular songs in 16th c. France often used sounds that were descriptive of bird calls‚ street cries‚ battle sounds‚ etc

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    Introduction During the 19th century Britain was transformed by the industrial revolution. In 1801‚ at the time of the first census‚ only about 20% of the population lived in towns. By 1851 the figure had risen to over 50%. By 1881 about two thirds of the population lived in towns. Furthermore in 1801 the majority of the population still worked in agriculture or related industries. Most goods were made by hand and very many craftsmen worked on their own with perhaps a labourer and an apprentice

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