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1800s in the way women were treated in France. In 1791, French activist Olympia de Gouges published “Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen”, in which she argues that women are citizens are much are as men. She went to the guillotine in 1793. By 1871, French women were given full political rights by Paris commune. In 1862, Swedish women who paid taxes won the right to vote in municipal elections, while American women had no rights before Women’s Suffrage. Countries…

Pale sea foam softly laps the waterlogged body of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi in an image that crystallized the senseless suffering of thousands of Syrian refugees. Though the photo undoubtedly confronts its global audience with a reality that, oceans away, is easy to passively accept, could a single image really inspire viewers to take progressive action? As ocean levels rise, poverty ravages the third world, and both sexual and racial discrimination run rampant, it seems clear that something…

Should the entire United States use the death penalty? Albert Einstein once said “The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people that don’t do anything about it.” This quote speaks true to the society many people live in today. Crimes will be committed everyday, and this will never end. Murders, robberies, auto theft, and kidnapping are all crimes and are committed numerous times everyday. However, something that can change is…

Medicine is an important part of the world we live in, but where did modern medicine come from? Over many years medicine got better, not instantly. The basics of modern medicine can subjectively be traced back to World War I. While World War I was not the first time medicine and medical treatments were used, it was a time of great and very important developments. Medicine change to fit the world that was changing around it. World War I’s weapons and previous methods of medical care made way…

Since the enactment of the African Growth and Opportunity Act in 2000, there have been many that have had rather mixed feelings about the trade deal. Let’s take South Africa as an example. While some African business within South Africa that are involved in the both importing and exporting have expressed their delight in the trade deal by seeing it as an opportunity and taking advantage of it, there are some, especially within the poultry industry, that see the trade deal as a threat to the…

Wilhelm Tell was written in 1804 by Friedrich von Schiller, one of the most talented playwrights in Germany of his time. This play takes place in Switzerland and focuses on the protagonist, Wilhelm Tell who can be characterized as “a brave man”(Schiller, 12), “[an] angel”(12), introverted, and has a primary orientation to his family. On the contrary, the antagonist of the play is Gessler, the evil governor who is a coward, hides behind his power, is “a raging monster”(18), “greed[y] and…

The French Revolution was a very chaotic time. The third class was very angry they weren't being treated equally. They wanted to be like the first and second class. They decided to rebel and this caused the French Revolution. They rebelled and attacked many places like the Bastille and the Palace of Versailles.Eventually, nobody liked the king of king of France. They were but on trial for treason and lost. Eventually, the king and queen were killed and the monarchy was dead. The king of France…

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implanting the person with lethal injections. There are around 25 people put to death per year in the United States. The death penalty has happened since eighteenth century B.C. During that time, people were hung, or their heads would be chopped off by a guillotine (DPIC). More recently, people have been executed with the electric chair. The last person to be executed by hanging took place in Delaware, 1996 (“Death Penalty Fast Facts”). The death penalty is legal in 31 states, and can be used by…

Shaping Self-identity through Interaction with Others: An analysis of Esperanza’s identity development in The House on Mango Street Who am I? Who am I going to be? You must wonder about these questions sometimes, just like Esperanza does when she moves to Mango Street with her family in Cisneros Sandro’s book, “The House on Mango Street”. In the book, she gradually realizes the limitations of the neighborhood, develops her own identity and finally escapes Mango Street. Scholars such as Eysteroy…