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Canada’s history has been molded as a result of very strong-minded women that used the change that happened during the war to open the door for women to promote and uphold gender equality in Canada. In the pre-war years it was assumed that women would orientate to a predominantly domestic role; women were to dedicate their lives to bearing and raising children. Women were dependent on men for money and support; they faced discrimination at work and in education as many opportunities were barred…

Workers Organizing Committee following its first strike against grape growers in California. His approach to unionism was aggressive but yet nonviolent, this made the farm workers' struggle a moral cause and they received support nationwide. After 1976, Chavez led the union through a major reorganization, the reason for this was to improve its efficiency and outreach to the public.…

Nadia Comaneci was an olympic gymnast in the 1970’s. She was the first women to score a perfect ten in the Olympics in 1976 when she was only 14! She was born in Onesti, Romania on November 12, 1961. She grew up in Romania in an apartment with her parents. She loved to pretend she was a gymnast with her friend, and that is where Bela Karolyi, her soon-to-be gymnastics coach. At the time, she was only six years old. Bela found her and invited her to try out at his gym. Nadia and her parents…

Now there is a majority of Millennials that want to be something else than male or female. Bruce Jenner change genders was affected of my life because how and why he wanted to do it. Before Caitlyn he was a handsome, athletic person that won the 1976 decathlon, 39 years later he became Caitlyn. It is just confusing of pronouns to use like he or she, but I call…

Marijuana, also known as cannabis, is a psychoactive drug extracted and then created from the Cannabis plant intended for medical or recreational use. The main psychoactive part of cannabis is a compound called tetrahydrocannabinol; which is one of 483 known compounds in the plant, including at least 65 other cannabinoids. Marijuana can be ingested or used through smoking, vaporizing, being put inside of food, or can be extracted as an oil. The legality of marijuana can vary from country to…

In regards to the Dothard v. Rawlinson case the Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision, affirmed that the height and weight requirement for employment violated Title Vll, which prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, and religion (AAUW, n.d.). It was show that these requirements would exclude 41 percent of females in the nation, and could not show that these requirements were job related (Dothard v. Rawlinson, n.d.). This case stems…

During her college years, Mathewes-Green was a pro-choice activist and viewed abortion as a right that all women should have, regardless of the consequences. She effectively uses personal anecdotes throughout her writing to inform the audience about the negative aspects of abortion. Mathewes-Green “was strongly in favor of legalizing abortion...we thought that few abortions would ever be done...we expected that abortion would be rare” (P 1,4,6). The reader can tell that she regrets thinking…

current affairs regarding the prison during their conversations. Discussions between convict and visitor were strictly monitored. Eight inmates were murdered inside the prison, five who committed suicide and fifteen which died from natural illness. In 1976 a guard reported…

Legal execution in the United States has claimed the life of about thirteen thousand people since Colonial times. The death penalty is a legal process whereby a person is placed to death as a punishment for crimes. One side advocates the death penalty as a punishment, while the other side challenges against the death penalty as a punishment. While individuals who submit crimes deserve punishment, should the sentence be the death penalty? To debate this claim, this paper will detail the…

of the Gospel of Mark. This show was awarded two Grammies. Then, Schwartz is known for participating in the production of shows like Pippin (1972), which is known for containing the song Corner of the Sky. Then, Schwartz worked on the Baker´s Wife (1976), which is based on the French film La Femme du Boulanger. Besides being involved in musicals, Schwartz has also made songs for movies. A clear reference is his participation in Pocahontas (1995).…