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- 641: The Touch of Magic by Lorena Hickok
- ... and they were married on May 2, 1905. Annie was now thirty-nine and John was twenty-eight. The marriage only lasted eight years before John decided to sail to Europe. It wasn't a divorce, but more of a separation. Annie knew that she could count on him if she needed anything, so it wasn't like they hated each other, it just didn't work out. Annie and Helen ...
- 642: The Women's Civil Rights Movement
- ... was called the "Mother of the Women's Suffrage Movement". She organized the Woman's Rights Covention of 1747. She was a leader in the fight for women's rights to own property and for divorce laws more favorable to women. Lucy Sten, who was the first woman in Massachusetts to earn a college degree. Susan B. Anthony. She devoted her life to the temperance movement, (against alcohol) and the abolition ...
- 643: The Women's Rights Movement (1848-1998)
- ... they had no voice in their formation. -Married women had no property rights. -Husbands had legal power over and responsibility for their wives to the extent that they could imprison or beat them with impunity. -Divorce and child custody laws favored men, giving no rights to women. -Women had to pay property taxes although they had no representation on the levying of these taxes. -Most occupations were closed to women and ...
- 644: Sixteen Most Significant Events in US History between 1789 to 1975
- ... United States spent over $150 billion on the war. Of the 2,700,000 men and women who fought in the war, many returned with deep psychological problems and suffered form a high rate of divorce, drug abuse, suicide, and joblessness. Many Americans opposed the U.S. role in Vietnam and criticized returning veterans, leaving them with a feeling that the nation did not appreciate their sacrifices. Also as a result ...
- 645: Conflicts During the 1920s
- ... only existing to accommodate their male counterparts. Many women also took up smoking, an activity previously delegated exclusively to men. In addition, more and more women pursued jobs outside of the home. The rate of divorce rose during these times as well. The young generation had stopped living their lives according to traditional society values and had inserted their own sets of desires, goals, and values by which to live instead ...
- 646: Should Americans Adopt Internationally?
- ... S. government. A home study of the adoptive parent or parents consists of a home visit from a social worker, paperwork, detailed information about the parents, copies of last years income tax, marriage certificates, divorce decrees, birth certificates, verification from employers on gross wages, physical examination from a doctor, and references from family, friends, employers, etc. Because of all of this difficulty, some adoptive parents choose not to adopt internationally ...
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