possible because the city of Oklahoma had been trying for some time to get a professional team. To do this the city came up with what is called the Metropolitan Area Projects (MAPS), which financed new and upgraded sports, entertainment, cultural and convention facilities primarily in the downtown section with a temporary 1-cent sales tax assessed. Despite the "metropolitan" moniker of the improvement program, the tax was only assessed inside city limits. (Warner, 2003) This desire to update the city and
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Title IX: Equity or Elimination? Issues of gender equity have confronted American society since its inception. The Declaration of Independence specifically states that all "men" are created equal, leaving out women, just as the Constitution originally denied women the right to vote. Over the past two and a half centuries, however, women have striven to obtain equal rights. In 1848, for instance, leaders of the women's suffrage movement, such as Susan B. Anthony, adopted a Declaration of Sentiments
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Mott also helped found the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slave Society • Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton worked together for women's rights • July 1848- first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, NY • Made Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions • suffrage- right to vote • Women's Rights Movement started after convention • Susan B. Anthony wanted equal pay for women, college training for girls, and coeducation • coeducation- the teaching of boys and girls together • First women's temperance
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Terror from the Air Luftebeben: An den Qullen des Terrors, initially a book first written in German by author Peter Sloterdijk. However, the English translation of the book was published by Semiotext(e) in 2009, which we now know of as Terror from the Air. Sloterdijk wrote this book based around terriosm and our atmosphere, he calls this Atmoterrorism. Peter Sloterdijk defined the 20th century as these three things “the practice of terrorism, the concept of product design, and environmental
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7. Références * Bertrand A-F., (2012), Voies d’eaux : voies d’avenir, JDE, 1009(11), 1-6. * Beuthe M., De Saint-Martin A-S., (1990), Le canal du centre : son histoire et sa situation, Recherches économiques de Louvain, 56(1), 81-85. * Beuthe M., Jourquin B., (1992), Impact sur les flux de transport par voies navigables sur le territoire belge de la réalisation de l’ascenseur de Strépy-Thieu et du pont canal d’Houdeng, Mons : Fucam. * Button K., (1982), Transport and economics,
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The First Rally It was a cold morning in Johnston, New York. Cady Lee Stanton wakes up from a deep sleep, to get to her tutor in time. She puts on her skirts and petticoat on and runs to the foyer. Her dog, Garnet, run up to greet her. She pushes the dog aside and runs through their Victorian age house to the foyer. Down the marble stairs through the kitchen, she could make it today. The old-timey clock beeps signaling 8 o'clock just as she runs through the door. “Just in time Cady, though you
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The Baptists are one of the largest Christian denominations. As indicated by their name, the primary Baptist distinctive is their practice of "believer's baptism" instead of infant baptism. Baptist churches tend to be evangelical in doctrine and reformed in worship, but beliefs and practices can vary due to the autonomy of individual Baptist churches. Historically, Baptists have played a key role in encouraging religious freedom and separation of church and state. In the United States, the two largest
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scale in favor of a women’s vote. Although it took 60 more years for the rest of the states to ratify the 19th amendment, women’s suffrage was no longer a national issue. It took 72 years in total to get a vote for women, from the Seneca Falls Convention to the day Tennesse ratified the 19th Amendment, but it was more than worth it. Women had pride in their new voice and were closer to equal with men. Their view mattered and it allowed the nation to have more balanced votes, with people voting who
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“Women’s rights are human rights” are words heard at protest every day around the world advocating for women’s rights. This fight towards equal rights has been going on since before the civil war. The civil war was a war fought between the Union ( North ) and the Confederate side (South) from 1861-1865 about mostly slavery. During the civil war, only men were allowed to fight, which frustrated many women. Women wanted to be alongside men fighting, but could not because of their domestic responsibilities
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members.” (Brinkley, p. 495). In a society, where women were seen as housewives with no say about anything many people were appalled by the thought of women having the same rights as men. In July of 1848, Elizabeth held the Seneca Fall Convention, and at this convention the Declaration of Sentiments was created. In 1869, Elizabeth became the first president of the National Women’s Suffrage Association and held her role as president until 1890. (Biography.com Elizabeth Stanton). Part of being president
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