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…powerful reform movement. The women formed to teach neighborhood residents to speak English, discuss political events, and even hold celebrations. Things that had been impossible for these people before. Ms. Addams set out to see that these changes were made…

…towards women, as males are seen to be the supreme rulers in the 17th century England. This is much different from the society today that has laws that prohibit gender discrimination, permitting women the same rights as men, therefore eliminating…

…to continue the wars that continued to yield the slaves. To legitimize this compromise, the missionaries argued that slavery was not the sin, but the custom of polygamy was. The practice of monogamy as advocated for by Christianity denied many women the right…

…All throughout history, people have always wanted what they are unable to obtain. The unattainable for the black populace during the civil rights era was social equality. When slavery was abolished in 1865 by the thirteenth amendment, black men and women…

…untold sorrow to mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and to establish conditions under which justice and respect…

…of nineteenth-century feminism, insisting on a woman's right to be considered as more than a vessel of emotion. Important moves to improve women's education, job opportunities and property rights came from that voice." and later adds, "Wives and Daughters…

…Although Martin Luther King and Cesar Chavez came from very different backgrounds, their success as leaders of the Civil Rights Movement bears many similarities in its historic development. One major similarity between King and Chavez is that they were…

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