Woman's Christian Temperance Union

Title Through the majority of history books taught in middle schools and high schools these books discuss about the great men whom made changes and impacts throughout human history. In some instances a few women make notable appearances in which are somewhat mentioned but never really goes in extent when comparing to other male figures. These examples in modern day age goes to show the small importance women are really given or the impact they made, without really portraying the struggle and…

The American service and labor have always played an important role to every person throughout the history. This also applies to the different experiences of each individual person with the people who built, serve and protect our country in ways of how they view them. Most likely, gender and race are the predominant issues that people encounter on many occasions. However, there have been adjustments to the treatment of the people made over the years across the United States, especially with the…

Modern day Canada can be described as a vibrant, cultural and racial mosaic however, by no means did Canada’s past reflect today’s predicament, as several members of the Canadian population were subjected to immense levels of discrimination. Like our American counterpart, Canada had struggled to obtain racial equality for all, but the 20th century proved to be a step in the right direction as there were remarkable factors that drove social change in the country. A reductionist view would not do…

American journalist, author, and poet, Stephen Crane utilized the standard fiction writing style of the late 1800s: realism. He grew up in an atmosphere where literacy was not only a common-day skill, but also a career focus for many in his family of eleven. Crane made his fame and fortune as the author of the Civil War novel, The Red Badge of Courage, in 1893. Two years later, he went on to write a book of poetry entitled The Black Riders and Other Lines. His modern, stylish approach to…

They made campaigns to spread the word about the suffrage movement and respected and influential organizations such as the National Council of Women and the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, spoke out in support of the suffrage movement. “Valuable support came from the WCTU, whose leaders saw votes for women as necessary in achieving prohibition. In 1910, the respected and influential National Council of Women spoke out…

The Civil Rights Movement was one of the most progressive times for equality that not just America had ever witnessed, but the world. However this period also brought forth some of the darkest acts in history and two organisations, out of many against racial justice, will be analysed. These two groups are the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and the White Citizens Council (WCC). Two strategies the KKK used were lynching and supporting the prohibition of alcohol while the WCC used propaganda and intimidation.…

Prohibition was a baffling time in US history. The United State of America was place that lived for its freedom but Prohibition seems to go against that principle. The 18th amendment told people that they were not allowed to drink a beverage that they had been enjoying for years. It was historian W.J. Rorabaugh that best described it by saying “Americans drank from the crack of dawn to the crack of dawn.” But even with this kind of thinking the amendment was passed and it changed the way America…

The Orange Sun, Bioethics and Praxis of Systemic Annihilation in Kaine Agary’s Yellow Yellow ABSTRACT From the quasi-oral form, African Literature has cascaded through systemic phases in less than two hundred years of contact with the Western written form. It has migrated from that dark romance portrayed by western writers to contemporariness of self-reappraisal. The primary inclination of these texts has been the ultimate question. What have we achieved with our independence? The unsavoury…