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- 1921: Elizabeth Blackwell
- ... for Women and Children. This won her acclaim from everyone and it allowed a place for women to practice medicine. She also gained tremendous recognition for her ability to meet the problems presented by the Civil War. Within the New York Infirmary for Women and Children, she opened a medical college for women. After the Civil War, Elizabeth moved back to England and settled here for the rest of her life. She was recognized here for her numerous lectures given about her findings and discoveries in the medical profession. She ...
- 1922: The Political And Religious Wi
- ... exist. The seventeenth century, started with the Ascension of Charles I to the throne of his father James II. It was a relatively stable period under Charles I, yet it soon became engrossed in a civil war, of which. Oliver Cromwell and Dissenters led. They formed an improvised republic, which later collapsed. This led to restoration of Charles II, whose new models of government helped to change ideals in religion not only ... of the English people on the world, and shows a new era being heralded in without which we would not exist. OUTLINE I. From James II to Charles I A. Divine Right B. Popery II. Civil War A. Dissenters B. Royalists III. Oliver Cromwell A. Instrument Of Government and Rump Parliament B. Death of Oliver Cromwell IV. Child of Hope (Charles II) A. Predestination B. Support V. Religious Unity A. ...
- 1923: Indira Gandhfemalei
- ... however, that the family’s commitment to the freedom movement meant more than just fun and games. For the Nehrus, who were permanently in the forefront of the movement, the twenty-five long years of civil disobedience and jail sentences meant a suspension of family life(Malhotra 53). Indira’s completion of school, just after her sixteenth birthday, was greeted by a telegram from her father informing her that he was ... law. Two sons, Rajiv and Sanjay, were born in quick succession, and it seemed that Indira was ready to settle down in her role as wife and mother(Malhotra 76). Following the end of World War II, the British Government was convinced, at last, that it could no longer rule India. In September 1946, Jawaharal Nehru became the head of an "interim" government and on August 15, 1947, the first prime ... free and democratic nation," she answered. On June 26, 1975, through a presidential proclamation, Indira declared a state of emergency in India. For the first time since independence, she imposed total press censorship and suspended civil liberties guaranteed by the constitution-including freedom of expression and association and the right to appeal to the courts against falsely arrest. "In India democracy has give too much license to the people," she ...
- 1924: Why Do Governments Find It So Hard To Control Public Expenditure?
- ... cent of total spending did not count as public goods as markets can and do supply them were the demand exists. This was not a popular view in the UK as since the second world war there had been an assumption that these services should be available free, and the criterion of whether people used them should be need, and not ability to pay. This was also true of social security ... command support across the political spectrum. Therefore public expenditure cuts by off loading could not be effective unless it undermined some of the basic assumptions underlying the role of the public sector throughout the post-war period. If the government had succeeded in off-loading then the task of restricting the growth of public spending would have been easy, but they off loaded little, leaving the conservatives with the task of ... the cost of running public services. When the conservatives came to power in 1979 they put efficiency at the top of their priorities for the public sector. In their 1981 white paper ‘ Efficiency in the Civil Service' it stated "the government took office determined to improve the efficiency of the Civil Service, to eliminate waste and to promote methods of administration which enable and encourage staff to give, the best ...
- 1925: Technology and the Future of Work
- ... recognise the effects of new technology on social structure and re-distribute resources, there will need to be rapid development of policies to assist appropriate social adjustments if extreme social unrest, inequity, trauma and possible civil disruption is to be avoided. Yonedji Masuda (1983) suggests we are moving from an industrial society to an information society and maintains that a social revolution is taking place. He suggests that we have two ... a possible future lifestyle of leisure. Most nations will experience a further rapid increase in the proportion of their population 65 years and older by 2025. This is due to a combination of the post war baby boom and the advances in medicine, health and hygiene technology with the availability and spread of this information. Governments are encouraging delayed retirement whereas businesses are seeking to reduce the size of their older ... complete and invincible answer, has somewhat tarnished in recent years with the number of technological accidents such as those which occurred in nuclear power stations at Chernobl and Three Mile Island, and threats of nuclear war and environmental degradation increasing and coming to the fore. Yet the dream that science and technology will free humanity from a life of drudgery continues to remains alive and vibrant, especially among the younger ...
- 1926: Black Students at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas
- Black Students at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas In September of 1957, one of the greatest battles between state’s rights and federal law, since the Civil War, took place in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Supreme Court ordered “gradual integration” in public schools throughout the United States. The problem in Little Rock was the fact that the citizens did not want any kind ... desegregation and they felt they had no say in the decision to change their way of life. In September of 1957, one of the greatest battles between state’s rights and federal law, since the Civil War, took place in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Supreme Court ordered “gradual integration” in public schools throughout the United States. The problem in Little Rock was the fact that the citizens just did not ...
- 1927: Jfk Alliance
- The dawning of the sixties erupted with John F. Kennedy as President, the beginning of an anti-war movement, and the fear of communism. It was a new decade and called for many changes, domestic and foreign. New policies were initiated in the hopes for a better economy and relations with other countries ... profiting the poor. The initiator of the Alliance for Progress was the elected 35th president, John F. Kennedy. He asserted his platform, which was based on the "Rights of Man" issue, which referred to the civil and economic rights that are necessary to human dignity. Kennedy was a moderate conservative and a rational idealist. He wished America to resume its old mission as the first nation dedicated to the revolution of ... But the hard reality of the Communist challenge remained. His domestic program, the New Frontier, called for tax reform, federal aid to education, medical care for the aged under Social Security, and the extension of civil rights. Many of his reforms, however, stalled in Congress, and foreign-affairs crises occupied much of his time. His beliefs soon took him to the continent of Latin America where he fought for the ...
- 1928: Bill Of Rights 2
- ... no law... Madison s original draft had contained a proposal that would have also prohibited state governments from violating the Bill of Rights, but the Senate deleted it. (1) It was not until after the Civil War that the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments were enacted and began protecting individuals against the states. The Fourteenth Amendment has been the principal means by which this protection has been accomplished. It reads, in part ... and City Council of Baltimore, the Court ruled that the Bill of Rights could only be applied to strike down illegal actions taken by national government. (3) This interpretation was first seriously challenged after the Civil War, when the Fourteenth Amendment was adopted. Congressman John A. Bingham, the chief author of this Amendment, said that due process and equal protection clauses were intended to guard the rights of all citizens ...
- 1929: The Life of Jack London
- ... She sent the boy to live with Virginia Prentiss. Prentiss, was a friend who did not have any children. Flora needed this time to rebuild her life and start anew. Within the year she married Civil War veteran John London. John London had two daughters Eliza and Ida. In September of 1876 Flora went and retrieved her son, and changed his name to Jack London. Jack London grew up believing that John ... him who his natural father is. In Jack's early years his stepfather John was a salesman for Singer Sewing Machines. John London however could not walk very much to sell these machines. In the Civil War John's lungs were damaged. Since John could not walk very much to make a living, John moved his family across California to Oakland where he tried his hand in farming. Oakland is ...
- 1930: The Nation’s Sectional Discord And The Unity Within The Nation
- ... of the union, and no longer was an instrument of national unity. Although the compromises helped to solve the problem of the time, however they were delaying the inevitable and these helped lead to the Civil War The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 kept tempers hot in the North. It provided that state and city authorities and even plain citizens should assist in the capture and return of runaway slaves. It was ... failure of the union, and no longer was an instrument of national unity. Although the compromises helped solve the problems of the time, however, they were delaying the inevitable and these helped lead to the Civil War. Therefore, there were many leading key factors that helped to the “national and sectional” discord in our Constitution. These compromises had both its ups and downs but still managed to contribute to the ...
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