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- 881: Essay On Women In The Work Pla
- ... just above that rate which could also exceed that of the men near the end of the century. Only about 11 percent of women had part-time jobs because they couldn't find full-time employment or because they wished to spend more time to their education or their families, or for other reasons. Although 24 percent of the women working part-time would have preferred a full-time job if ...
- 882: European Union
- ... own anthem and celebrates Europe Day on 9 May. The Union's main objectives for the coming years are: othe implementation of the Treaty of Amsterdam (which contains new rights for citizens, freedom of movement, employment, strengthening the institutions) oenlargement of the EU, to take in the applicant countries from central and eastern Europe (Agenda 2000) othe launching of the euro. Citizens rights The European Union has gradually been conferring on ...
- 883: Thailand
- ... prawns, mackerel, anchovies, other fish and shellfish. - Mining; natural gases, lignite, gemstones, zinc, lead, tin, gypsum, iron ore, and manganese. - Manufacturing; textiles and garments, electronics, cement, refined sugar, refined petroleum, motor vehicles and cigarettes. The employment division is 50 % agriculture, 30 % services, and 20 % industry. Thailands major imports are petroleum and petroleum products, machinery, chemicals, iron and steel. Thailands major trading partners are the USA, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong ...
- 884: McCarthyism
- ... members agreed upon, but made just the same. "Nothing subversive or Un-American had ever appeared on the screen." However, the studios nonetheless intended to discharged without compensation those five of the ten in their employment. "None of the ten would be allowed to work until he purged himself of the contempt and declared under oath he was not a communist." This statement gave birth to the infamous "blacklist". This blacklist ...
- 885: Martin Luther King
- ... His hope was to redeem the white majority from the evil of their ways. "We Shall Overcome"- and they did overcome! There was desegregation in many areas in most southern states. Poverty was reduced and employment increased. Dr. King had attitudes that guided him. He believed in human dignity, individuality, and community. What was his attitude toward his fellow man? He believed in agape, a love for all men. He believed ...
- 886: Immigration
- ... America was the ideal place. In the late 1800s, people in many parts of the world decided to leave their homes and immigrate to the United States. Fleeing crop failure, a shortage in land, and employment, rising taxes, and famine, many came to the U. S. because it was perceived as the land of economic opportunity. Others came seeking personal freedom or relief from political and religious persecution. With hope for ...
- 887: Black Panther Party
- ... Western cities (Hayes and Kiene 159) ." As the Civil Rights Movement approached the end of the 1960's northern Blacks became angered by the television coverage of police beatings, incarcerations of Southern non-violent Blacks, employment discrimination along with the police brutalities in Northern Black neighborhoods (Brooks 136). Huey Newton recalls in his autobiography Revolutionary Suicide, "We had seen Martin Luther King come to Watts in an effort to calm the ...
- 888: Slavery - The Anti-Slavery Effort
- ... was born in Adams, Massachusetts on February 15th, 1820, she was an American pioneer of women's rights, and was the daughter of a Quaker abolitionist. After completing her education in New York, she accepted employment as a teacher. Unsatisfied with choice of proefession, she went to work at the position of assistant manager of the family farm in upstate New York. Her work proved rewarding, because it gave her the ...
- 889: Nineteenth Century
- ... born in the United States should have equal rights. However, even after the Civil War, most African Americans were still not treated equally. In Mississippi, for example, all African Americans had to have proof of employment, or go to jail. In South Carolina, in order to work in a job that wasnt on a farm, they needed to pay a heavy bond. The case of Plessy v. Ferguson challenged the ...
- 890: American Reconstruction
- ... laws, limiting the freedom of African Americans. These laws, called black codes, aimed to return former slaves to plantation labor. In Mississippi, one law said that each person had to have a written proof of employment. In some states, children could be forced to work by their former owners, without their parent's approval. With Johnson as President and the Black codes in the southern states, Reconstruction wasn't making a ...
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