...behind her opponents, she went to be believing she lost. When she woke up the votes were completely counted, and America was informed Montana just elected their first female congress member (Bold Women in Montana History, Judy). Her first day in Congress was celebrated with a parade in her honor, and a standing ovation when she entered the chamber. First order of business, however, was something Jeanette dreaded. Having a strong anti-war opinion, Jeanette knew she would never vote for war, but the first thing she had to do was vote if she wanted to have America enter World War 1. She already had her mind made up, but with Wellington, and the rest of the country telling her a vote no would end her career, she was put into a crossroads. Even though she was told not to vote “no”, she stood before the Chambers, standing tall and saying, “I want it to stand by my country, I cannot vote for war. I vote no,” (Bright Star in the Big Sky, O'Brien). Rankin’s choice to go against her countries wishes to stick with her beliefs, shows a great deal of courage. Many would...
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...Student Number: Courts Graded Project Examination Number: Summary Number One Link: Article Title: “Montana Appeals Former Teacher’s One-Month Sentence for Rape of Teen” By: Karen Smith, CNN http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/30/justice/montana-rape-30-day-sentence/ Opinionated Summary Number One: In the year 2008 Cherise Morales, a fourteen year-old female from Montana, was allegedly raped by her 47-year-old teacher, Stacy Dean Rambold. This crime came with a great price, not for Rambold, but to the family of Cherise Morales when she committed suicide in 2010. Rambold was charged with three counts of sexual intercourse without consent in 2008, pled guilty in August of 2013, and was sentenced to just thirty one days incarceration by District Judge G. Todd Baugh. As if Judge Baugh didn’t realize the sentence he imposed would seem unfair to the family of the victim and create massive amounts of controversy he went on to say that Morales, “Seemed older than her chronological age,” and a court document said, “The circumstance of a 47-year-old teacher having sexual intercourse with his 14-year-old student is precisely such a circumstance warranting a mandatory minimum sentence.” A few days more than two months after Judge Baugh imposed this sentence he now claims to have made a blunder in his previous ruling and was unaware the minimum sentence was two years. In an apologetic statement Judge Baugh said, “I made some references to the victim’s age and control. I’m not sure just...
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...In the early twentieth century, women were not a part of political life- they didn’t serve on juries, hold a political office, or even vote. Instead, they remained inside the house and did the stereotypical “wifely” duties (cook, clean, watch after the children, etc.), and watched their husbands, brothers, and fathers partake in political elections. Thanks to women suffrage leaders, the role of the woman (although not yet fully equal with men) changed drastically changed in politics. It asserted the right of women to participate in everyday life as separate citizens and not standing behind their husbands In the 1900’s, according to the Supreme Court, they were not protected under the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution, giving them no...
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...a thought. Women’s participation was nonexistent. In fact there had only been forty four women in the United States Senate since it was instituted in 1789. Their presence in the global political landscape was sparse. According to the old predominantly male political components, in America men were the presidents, congressmen, and the senators; in the Caribbean they were also the Prime ministers, the deputy prime ministers, and the opposition leaders. Additionally, they were the policy makers as well and likewise the voters. Women had no face much less a voice. As history...
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...with the organization itself. The macro environment is primarily concerned with major issues and upcoming changes in the environment. The acronym for the macro analysis is “STEEP.” The five areas of interest are Socio-cultural and demographics; Technology; Economic conditions; Ecology and physical environment; and Political and legal. SOCIO-CULTURAL AND DEMOGRAPHICS Societal values and lifestyles change over time, and the most important of these should be discussed. For example, over the past generation, it has become acceptable for women to work outside the home – or not; smoking is not as acceptable as it once was; people are not retiring at 65; students going to college are older; and people are more aware of the environment and healthful living styles. The changes in values and lifestyles may come from many sources: medical (smoking, healthy eating, exercise); science (global warming, going “green”); economic (people working longer, women in the workforce); cultural diversity (music preferences, foods, living accommodations, medicine); and technologies (Internet dating, biodegradable plastic) are just a FEW examples. Some changes in values and lifestyles will be important to the industry, but not to your business. For example, the current trend is to adopt pets from a shelter, rather than from a pet store; this has an impact on the pet store industry. However, if a pet store is located in a town that does not have a shelter or the store does not sell pets (just supplies...
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...DARLENE ANTEZANA 1. WOMEN’ PEACE PARTY- The WPP was founded in 1915 and was led by Jane Adams and other well-known reformers. The WPP dedicated itself to promoting pacifism and feminism. The WPP leaders maintained that women suffrage and women’s participation in government would stop this and future wars. To them, wars represented the failure of male leaders (pg. 320). 2. BESSIE COLEMAN- The first black woman to earn her pilot’s license in 1921. Coleman crashed and died while practicing for an air show in Orlando, Florida. After Coleman’s death, her friends and fans took up her dream of establishing a flying school black Americans, naming it the Bessie Coleman School (pg. 344). 3. ADELINA OTERO-WARREN- With an elite background and was bi-lingual, Warren proved to be active and influential in the woman suffrage movement. She managed to reach out to Hispanas of other classes, convincing many of them that the patriarchal system could change, and that women could and should have the right to vote. Otero-Warren served as president of New Mexico’s chapter of the NWP, until 1919, when she became chair of the women’s division if the Republican State Committee for Women (pg. 332-333). 4. NINETEENTH AMENDMENT- On August 26, 1920 the secretary of state proclaimed the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. American women could finally vote at last. Seventy-two years had passed since the 1848 convention at Seneca Falls, where women had first asked for...
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...organization itself. The macro environment is primarily concerned with major issues and upcoming changes in the environment. The acronym for the macro analysis is “STEEP.” The five areas of interest are Socio-cultural and demographics; Technology; Economic conditions; Ecology and physical environment; and Political and legal. SOCIO-CULTURAL AND DEMOGRAPHICS Societal values and lifestyles change over time, and the most important of these should be discussed. For example, over the past generation, it has become acceptable for women to work outside the home – or not; smoking is not as acceptable as it once was; people are not retiring at 65; students going to college are older; and people are more aware of the environment and healthful living styles. The changes in values and lifestyles may come from many sources: medical (smoking, healthy eating, exercise); science (global warming, going “green”); economic (people working longer, women in the workforce); cultural diversity (music preferences, foods, living accommodations, medicine); and technologies (Internet dating, biodegradable plastic) are just a FEW examples. Some changes in values and lifestyles will be important to the industry, but not to your business. For example, the current trend is to adopt pets from a shelter, rather than from a pet store; this has an impact on the pet store industry. However, if a pet store is located in a town that does not have a shelter or the store does not sell pets (just supplies...
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...last stages of their disease. Moreover, if a person has sustained an injury where their brain is not functional or damaged beyond basic functions, euthanasia is an option to lengthy life-sustaining treatment methods that may be futile. However, euthanasia has been a debated topic since the Greek-written Hippocratic Oath. This Oath is one of the first statements of moral conduct where doctors and health care professionals profess to do no harm by practicing medicine ethically. There are many opinions that in certain special populations, such as minorities and the disabled, euthanasia and assisted suicide give ways to possible abuse of the health care system. The three states that that now allow assisted suicide are Washington (2008), Montana (2008), and Oregon (1994), euthanasia is still illegal in the United States. The difference between euthanasia and assisted suicide is the administration of the lethal drugs to the patient. If the physician or another person directly administers lethal medications to patient, the action is called euthanasia. Euthanasia is acknowledged in two ways: active or passive. Active euthanasia involves the use of a lethal drug to directly end the life of a patient. Passive euthanasia is the removal of life-supporting systems such as respirators, hydration and feeding tubes...
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...why and how women are oppressed. It is a vision of a society where women are liberated and sex role stereotypes are no more. It is also a conviction that oppression of women is a contradiction in society. Women feminists fought for their right to not be property, rights to their inheritance, rights to an education and to a religion that was not patriarchal. Even though feminism had been seen for quite some time, the actual term "feminist" was not first used until 1912. "The modern feminist movement began a as result of sweeping social, political and industrial changes in Europe and the United States" (Conger). Many suffragists did not refer to themselves as feminists. They advocated only for voting rights, not complete equality. Oppression as an Obstacle for Women Women advocated against a mindset, an entire system of socialization. "Women were socialized, both in their minds and in the minds of men, that their sole role in society was reproduction" (Fisher). "The average married female gave birth to seven children" (Conger). If a woman was engaging in public activities then "she was ignoring her biological weaknesses - a smaller brain and a more fragile physique - which she was supposed to protect in order to ensure her reproductive abilities" (Krolokke, 5). Women had little control over their life. Women were considered to be property of either their fathers or husbands. Women's value and role in society was framed as the "question of women". The question...
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...The Advancement of Women Tammy Phillips HIS 204 Instructor Vera Parham January 8, 2014 The Advancement of Women Through History Women’s Rights have grown stronger through the years. Women have gone from being seen and not heard to having a voice, supporting war multiple war efforts, and becoming politicians. In the landmark case of Roe verses Wade gave women the right to own their own body with the decision of whether or not to have an abortion. Women were battling for equality as well as the right to vote. This suffrage was a long drawn out battle through the years but finally was won. Women’s roles during all three wars, the Spanish American War, World War I, and World War II, included nurses, clerical positions, and they back filled spouse’s duties at home. A “New Woman came about in the 1920s as women changed their attitude along with hair, make-up and attitude. All of the progressions were won due to persistence. Women have played a significant throughout the wars in America, not just stateside but abroad. “The Spanish-American War created a substantial need for military nurses” (Small, 1998). Dr Anita Newcomb McGee became the nurse’s bureau chief. This was the first time contract nurses were hired to in military hospital. In September 1918, 1,100 nurses were serving in the United and overseas. During World War I women were allowed to serve in non-nursing positions performing clerical duties. 34,000 women served in the military and 10,000 served as...
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...1. In 1882, Congress enacted legislation prohibiting the immigration of a. Hawaiians. b. Japanese. c. Chinese. d. all of these 2. Curanderismo refers to a. illegal immigrants from Mexico. b. feminist views by Mexican American women. c. a form of holistic health care and healing. d. godparent-godchild relationship. 3. The policy of separate but equal was defined as __________ by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1896. a. reasonable b. discriminatory c. racist d. unacceptable 4. The culture of poverty is a. based on conflict theory. b. a way of not holding individuals responsible for their poor choices. c. a way of holding policy makers responsible for social inequality. d. another way of blaming the victim. 5. The Termination Act of 1953 a. ended reservation residents' tax immunity. b. was a policy favored by Native Americans to gain greater self-governance. c. resulted in the withdrawal of basic services such as road repair and medical care. d. provided funding for basic health care services. 6. A significant aspect of familism is the godparent-godchild relationship called a. curanderismo. b. vendidos. c. bracero. d. campadrazgo. 7. The Allotment Act intended to impose upon the Native Americans the European concept of a. voting and election of leaders. b. religion. c. hunting for sport. d. private property ownership. 8. By the mid-1960s one-fourth to one-third of the people in the Employment Assistance Program a....
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...Law enforcement is a crucial component of the criminal justice system. One of the major problems in this component stems from people that apply with the wrong motives and ethics to enforce the law. On an average less than one half of one percent misfit the uniform, which makes the entire nation of police look bad. A police Officer is needed and wanted by the public, but yet still disliked and hated by them. He can settle differences, make decisions quickly, must be able to render aid, must know everything, must chase thugs and bombs, stake out long nights, write reports until his eyes ache to solve cases, accept low wages for salary, and must be dedicated. He is greedy, rude, has low self-esteem, unprofessional, disrespectful, dishonest, and abusive of power. Corrupt Officers are created within one’s self. They are immoral people from the start of mandate. Those worthy Police Officers that serve with good intent can be lead to corruption by power or greed, lack of community support and the lack of supervisory accountability. These three things need to be addressed in efforts to save the police force and minimize the number of corrupt officers that work in the field of police work. Police Officers that have never been in a position of authority can get carried away and abuse authority. They have aspirations of being one of the best officers in the department. They are made to believe that making the most arrest and writing the most tickets will put them above the...
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...Cultural Imperialism: The Impact of Western Influences on the Cultures of others through media Written by Edward Marcus, Nur Lillah and Sylvester Introduction With the vast advancement of technology today, the world has become progressively interconnected. Together with the rise in connection and communication, countries’ borders are also increasingly unclear as cultures cross borders and people adopt new ways of life styles and new manners of thinking. Most Asian societies for example, view the world from the eyes of the Americans or western culture and hence, they tend to adopt a foreign lifestyle in their apparel choices, the way they converse, even the type of food and eating etiquettes. Cultural Imperialism Over the past few decades, the vast improvements in technology have enabled efficient communication of information across the globe. Businesses in the best of nations have risen increasingly in scale and value. This, in turn, helps a handful of powerful nations exert influence over the world. Not only these few nations dominate the majority’s media consumption, they also consequently transmit their values and ideologies through these media channels. This process of dominating and influencing the mass through the media texts is known as cultural imperialism, which is the main component of capitalism and hence promoted by developed nations across the continents. Cultural Imperialism through Television A high percentage of Americans are couch potatoes...
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...George Washington was elected two times and this was due to the Federalist, John Adams, and the Democratic-Republican vice-president, Thomas Jefferson. Once Jefferson ran against Aaron Burr and won the presidency in 1800, the start of a Democratic-Republican rule began. The easy change of presidential power during the election proved that the American Republic was a working democracy. Democracy in the United States began to open up more with the emergence of women’s suffrage. White American women were granted the right to vote when the nineteenth amendment was ratified on August 18, 1920. “At the time the U.S was founded, its female citizens did not share all of the same rights as men including the right to vote” (Lenz,...
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...Chapter 17 The Industrial Revolution Learning Outcomes After reading this chapter, you should be able to do the following: 17-1 Describe and discuss the development of the Industrial Revolution in America after the Civil War, concentrating on the major industries and their leaders. 17-2 Describe how America’s regional and local markets merged into one truly national market and how this influenced the consumer demand for products and services, as well as some of the costs associated with the transition. 17-3 Discuss the functioning of national, state, and local politics during the late 1800s. 17-4 Describe the formation of the early labor unions in the United States, including their goals, activities, and situations at the end of the nineteenth century. 290 C h apt e r 15 The Continued Move West “ The world that had consisted of small farms, artisans’ workshops, and small factories transformed into a full-scale industrial society. ” As the process of ensuring political, economic, and social rights of African Americans waned during the 1870s, most Americans turned their attenNo invention had more lasting impact than the incandestion to another transformation cent light bulb. brought on by the Civil War: the Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree Industrial Revolution. During 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 the half-century between 1865 and 1915, the United States evolved from a relative...
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