The Changing Role and Status of Women since 1945
The Changing Role and Status of Women since 1945 Assignment Two: Objectives 2 and 3 . Source A is an account of events towards the end of the Second World War written by a woman welder and it gives us a good idea of what happened to some women when the end of the war was drawing near and men started coming home. The source tells us that 12 women welders were made "redundant" with "no reason given" and although the source is only one woman's experience, a lot of women were made redundant as soon as the war started coming to an end because men were promised their jobs back and women were, therefore, expected to go back home and revert to being housewives and mothers again. Although the government produced a great deal of propaganda encouraging women to take men's jobs and depicted women as strong workers and an important part of the community, as soon as the war was coming to an end and their effort wasn't needed anymore, women suddenly turned from valuable to dispensable workers as personnel officers, as in source A, simply fired the 12 women workers with no explanation or reason. We can assume the source is reliable because it's an account written by a woman who actually went through the war, working hard and then was suddenly made redundant and we can assume the account was written at the time, making it a valuable piece of evidence. There are, however, limitations to
Racism in the Unites States.
GCSE MODERN WORLD STUDY Racism in the Unites States .The cause of the black riots in the 1960's consisted of many things. Firstly there was he issue of race; blacks could not get jobs, whites wouldn't employ them many whites preferred to employ Chicanos as their skin colour is slightly lighter. There was great tension between the Blacks and the Chicanos both for jobs, houses and federal money. Blacks where getting more money than the Chicanos even though there where more Chicanos living in Los Angles. The next reason for the riots was that many Blacks could not afford houses, they couldn't afford the houses as no-one would employ them and the jobs they did get they where paid half the amount a white man would be paid to the same job. It was very hard for Black people to get loans to buy their houses and they where not allowed to move into white areas. Areas where set aside for Blacks but the housing there was limited. Blacks had been and where still I many respects segregated from white people. Blacks had different areas to live in; different drinking fountains, different shops and different restraunts and they even had to sit in different parts of a bus to the white people. The school system for the Blacks and the Chicanos were immensely worse than that of a white child's. They where being taught by unqualified teachers, the schools where overcrowded, the buildings
History Coursework - Intolerance kkk
History Coursework Question 2: The Ku Klux Klan was just one of the many examples of intolerance in the USA after the Great War. Looking at all the examples of intolerance in the USA in the 1920's, which was the most serious example of intolerance? In America during the 1920's there was a time of great prosperity, with the economy booming and still getting bigger. America was the super power in the World. Despite all this wealth and prosperity there was an underlying intolerance going on in America at the time. Intolerance is where you are not accepting practice and beliefs that differ from your own. In the essay I will measure the level of intolerance by measuring its seriousness. I will rank these accordingly using ranks of low level intolerance, middle level intolerance and high level intolerance. I will give specific examples to the intolerance, for example a low level intolerance would be: pushing, name calling and boycotting of shops. For the middle level of intolerance I will use examples of destroying property and being physically abusive. For the higher level of intolerance I will use of examples of murder and being seriously physically abused. I will then decide which the most serious intolerant group was. To measure the level of seriousness for the particular intolerance I will see how many people were in each of the intolerant groups. Also, I will see how many
Apartheid Sources Questions
A).Source A is a letter written to the Cape Town commissioner of police by Robert Sobukwe, who was the president of the Pan African Congress. The purpose of the letter was to make the police aware of the protest by the Black Africans on the 21st of march, against Pass Laws and to make sure that they understood that it was to be " a sustained, disciplined, non-violent campaign." The letter was written 5 days prior the event so the police have been told that this was intended to be a peaceful event and that the crowd would " not allow themselves to be provoked into violent actions by anyone". Having read Sobukwe's letter it was clearly planned for the campaigns march to a trouble-free environment, and the letter seeks to avoid confrontation with the white police. B). Source B gives an account on evidence presented at the inquiry held by the South African government into the massacre. The evidence given differs dramatically. The first statement is about the number of people outside the Sharpeville police station at 8.ooam on the 21st of March. The statements were made by a police officer and a newspaper photographer. The police man estimates 20,000 black African taking part in the praest he also describes the crowd as "aggressive and armed with weapon and stones." In the other hand the newspaper photographer estimates 5000 prtestors giving a 15,000 discrepancy between the 2
How far had the Constituent Assembly changed France by October 1791?
Adam Lowe How far had the Constituent Assembly changed France by October 1791? The Constituent Assembly had changed France significantly by late 1791. For example, the August Decrees had abolished most of the feudal rights of the first and second estates. The Civil Constitution of the Clergy, the Declaration of the Rights of Man, the August Decrees, Nationalism and Toleration had significantly altered the running of the church. Absolute Monarchy and the theory of Divine Right of Kings had been stopped by the Declaration of the Rights of Man, part of the 1791 Constitution. This made the monarchy a constitutional monarchy. However, not everything changed. Quite a few of the feudal rights remained intact, the King remained in power in the mean time and the official religion remained Catholic. Some people say that the Constituent Assembly changed France for the better; others say that the Assembly made many mistakes. Aftalion's interpretation of events was that the economic decisions taken by the National Assembly were mistakes that drove the Revolution on further than the deputies wished. He believes that the Assembly accepted the need to pay the Royal debts but because of the disorder in the countryside and the destruction of the "feudal system" in the August Decrees it couldn't do because it lacked any income to do so because taxes went mainly unpaid. The financial ruin of
How far did the role and status of women change 1914 and 1928
How far did the role and status of women change 1914 and 1928? We are studying how far the role and status of women changed between 1914 and 1928. It includes different aspects of life for the women; it will also refer to how and why life changed during the war. In the early 20th century women's lives were a repeated routine, which unfortunately was the same every single day. Women were not allowed to work unless she desperately wanted a job. She would have to work extremely hard to become a nurse or a teacher but the pay was very low. The women could also work as servants and worked in the textile industry. During the war women did jobs that they had not been allowed to do before it, this was because all the men had gone to the war to fight and the government needed workers. There were only women left to do it. Many women had reliable well-paid employment for the first time. Women were, for the first time ever, paid an equal amount of money as the men, whilst they were doing the 'men's work'. The money gave the women greater freedom and more importance in British Society. At the beginning of the war many of the women were given nursing jobs.23000 women served as nurses close to the fighting and a further 15000 volunteered to serve as assistants in the Volunteer Aid Detachments. Women were dealing with the sick and wounded the dying and the dead. The work was hard and
Blacks were substantially better off in 1877 than they had been in 1863.' How far do you agree with this judgement on Reconstruction? In 1863 Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation, prohibiting slavery in the Confederate states
'Blacks were substantially better off in 1877 than they had been in 1863.' How far do you agree with this judgement on Reconstruction? In 1863 Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation, prohibiting slavery in the Confederate states that, at the time, were fighting against the Union. At this point, the African-Americans had no political rights, no money and were seen as little better than property. For the ex-slaves to be integrated into society, they needed help from white politicians fighting for equality and not just for freedom. This help came from the Radical Republicans. However, with a majority white population and the Democratic President Andrew Johnson in power, could this be achieved? A compromise came in March 1877 when a Republican President faced a Democratic Congress which meant Reconstruction (the period in American history where several steps were taken to rebuild the defeated south) to be abandoned. Did Reconstruction have a substantially positive effect on the Blacks social, political and economic status or were they at the same point they were at in 1863? Reconstruction was the period in time from 1865-1877 in which the US government tried to rebuild the south and integrate Blacks into society. Most of the Civil War had taken place in south because they were the defending side, so most of the damage had occurred in the south. Farms had been ripped up,
'The Civil Rights Movement achieved a great deal in the 1950's and 1960's' Do sources C to J prove that this interpretation is correct?
'The Civil Rights Movement achieved a great deal in the 1950's and 1960's' Do sources C to J prove that this interpretation is correct? In this piece of work I am going to analyse each source and see if there sufficient evidence to support this claim and if there is enough evidence I will show whether or not the source supports or goes against this claim. The first source I am going to look at is source C. I believe that this source does not give sufficient evidence to support a claim because the information that it displays is select and does not show enough evidence to show whether the claim made in my title was correct. However I can look at from a southern states point of view and on this small scale I believe that the source does support this claim slightly. It shows how in the 11 southern states shown there was an increase in the number of Negroes in 8 of the states, in the 6 years which it is comparing. Yet these improvements are very small amounts and there was even no progression in 3 of the states. So this information shows to me shows that very little progression has been made in the time that the data shows. The fact that Negroes still only made up around 3% of the total school population in the 11 schools highlights the miniscule effect the Civil Rights Movement had in this case. However I still believe that the source does not provide a sufficient amount
Discuss the meaning of discipleship with reference to present day Christian belief and life.
G.C.S.E. Course work St. Luke and Discipleship B. Discuss the meaning of discipleship with reference to present day Christian belief and life. I have already previously defined the meaning of a disciple. So we know a disciple is a follower of someone. There are two different disciples, one is a follower of someone religious such as Jesus and the other is a follower of someone with an inspiring talent like a singer. I have also described biblical examples of Jesus' call to his first disciples. From this we learnt about the importance of trust and priority (that the Lord is the most important of all things). Now I am going to be looking and analysing modern day disciples. I will also be looking at their understanding of the Christianity and the way they interpret it. I will be trying to individualise the part of them that makes them special. First I will start with a modern disciple known as Maximilian Kolbe. It was in 1941 that three prisoners escaped a Nazi concentration camp known as Auschwitz. In reprisal the Nazi's picked 10 men that were to be executed. They were to be executed by starvation in an underground bunker. There was one man amongst the ten known as Franciszek Gajowniczek that started to cry out about his family once realising his execution was to take place. However to his fortune and to many peoples surprise one of the watching inmates stepped forward. It
Research notes on Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam.
MALCOM X RESEARCH NOTES Book - The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told by Alex Haley PART 1 - Early Life SOURCES - http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/garvey_marcus.shtml https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/black-nationalism --------------- #3 - Father was Reverend Earl Little, Baptist Minister, organizer for Marcus Garvey’s UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Movement) #4 - Garvey (1887 - 1940) Jamaican political activist , believed that all black people should return to “their rightful homeland, Africa” * Black Nationalism (1960’s - current) Advocates for economic self sufficiency, race pride, black separatism. Critical of the gap between “American democratic ideals” and black separatism * Can be traced back to the 19th century, Martin Delany “a nation within a nation… really broken people” #5 - 1929 - House got burned down by whites, the “nightmare night” #30 - 1937 - 13yrs. got expelled from school, going to reform school, first went to detention home in Mason, Michigan #31 - 1929 - 1937 - dad died, Great Depression, mother “lost it” mentally, family was split up, moved to different homes, Malcolm moved in with neighbors #33 - “This is the sort of kindly condescension which I try to clarify today -- these so called ‘good white people’ -- the thing you must always remember: almost never does he see you as
