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- 14411: A Review of the Essay "Rose Schneiderman and the Triangle Fire" by Bonnie Mitelman
- ... it usually employed 900 workers. On the day of the fire, only between 500 to 600 workers were there. When the fire was out, 146 were dead. Each death was avoidable. Minutes of a Women's Trade Union League meeting held a day after the Triangle Waist Company fire refers to the public indifference to the deplorable working conditions and the pleas for safety reform. One irony of the fire was ... winter of 1909-1910. The reason for the strike was grievous working conditions faced by garment workers. The thousands of women and young girls striking were asking for safety and sanitary reforms in the industry's workplaces. The result of the strike had been a shorter workweek equaling 52 hours, minimal increases wages, and some safety reforms. However, the instrument that would have given the workers the power to enforce the ... anarchists. This began to change after the fire. The 146 dead made the establishment begin to see striking workers as human beings seeking their rights. The Triangle Waist Company fire was not the first waistmaker's fire. Three months before the Triangle Waist Company fire, 25 working women were killed during a destructive fire in Newark, New Jersey. Garment worker reform activist, Theresa Serber Malkiel, went before the Women's ...
- 14412: Legalizing Idustrial Hemp
- ... than 50 years of prohibition (Turner, Craig). The re-emerging world hemp industry is growing steadily, and farmers are excited and enthusiastic about the potential of hemp crops. Hemp has been valued throughout this country's history as an important raw material. Until the late 1800s, almost all of our cloth was made from hemp, and virtually all of our paper was made from hemp rags (Herer, Jack). From 1631 to ... hemp prohibitively expensive. Restrictions on hemp production were eased briefly in the United States during World War II when Japan invaded the Philippines, cutting off the supply of abaca (Manila hemp) (Hesington 77). The U.S. Navy desperately needed a domestic supply of hemp to provide the lines and rigging for its fleet. The U.S. Department of Agriculture encouraged farmers to produce hemp for the war effort by distributing a film called "Hemp for Victory!" (Hemp Victory). After World War II, the hemp industry declined as the federal government ...
- 14413: Impact Of Graphic Art On The French Revolution
- ... and wealthy businessmen of the Third Estate. These were the people who had the time and money to attend theater and patronize artists. These were the people that came to the galleries to view David's works. His works were of a new style, never seen before. The art of the French Revolution represented a sharp break with the art of the early part of the eighteenth century, when rococo reigned ... classical Greek and republican Roman themes. Oath of the Horatii (1784), Death of Marat (1793), Junius Brutus (1789), and Death of Socrates (1787), all prominent historical pieces by David, were painted in the middle 1780's. The neoclassical era was an important instigator of the French Revolution; not because it depicted ancient scenes, but because of the ideas contained in those paintings. The best known canvases painted by the master Jacques ... vital to a republican revolution: condemnation of monarchical rule and a willingness to sacrifice oneself or others (whether they want to die or not) for a greater cause. The first Revolutionary principle found in David's art was a condemnation of monarchical rule. This idea is best expressed in Oath of the Horatii and Junius Brutus. Both of these paintings are derived from the legends surrounding the birth of the ...
- 14414: First Amendment
- ... enjoy the freedoms that he knows are rightfully his. He reflects the American desire for freedom now when he says, "I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's bread." He recognizes the need for freedom in its entirety without compromise or fear. I think Langston Hughes captures the essence of the American immigrants' quest for freedom in his poem, "Freedom's Plow." He accurately describes American's as arriving with nothing but dreams and building America with the hopes of finding greater freedom or freedom for the first time. He depicts how people of all backgrounds worked together for one cause: ...
- 14415: Examination Of Twenty Lines Of
- Examination of twenty lines of VolponeIn lines 78 to 8 on page 28, Jonson s unique style of writing is present. Secondly, there is the characters themselves to analyse. As always, the whole of the story line is present within these lines.The first thing that I have to comment ... his greed that he is in fact an invalid whom can not do any more then he is already doing. The arrival of Corbachio prompts Volpone to say the vultures gone and the old raven s come . This line in it s self exemplifies Jonson s writing of ncredible depth, as well as Volpone s ability to say bold things.Volpone and Mosca s ability to create such meaningful and vivid images in the story is ...
- 14416: Oscar Wilde
- ... was a poet who wrote patriotic Irish verse under the pen name Speranza, and had a considerable following. As a youngster, Wilde was exposed to the brilliant literary talk of the day at his mother's Dublin salon. In 1864 Wilde entered the Portora Royal School at Enniskillen, and in 1871 entered Trinity College in Dublin. In 1874 he left Ireland and went to England to attend Magdalen College at Oxford ... the Bohemian life style of his youth into a unique way of life. He came under the influence of aesthetic innovators such as English writers Walter Pater and John Ruskin. He found the aesthetic movement's notions of "art for art's sake" and dedicating one's life to art suitable to his temperament and talents. As an aesthete, Wilde wore long hair and velvet knee breeches, and became known for his eccentricity as well as ...
- 14417: R.I.C.O
- ... Caesar, Edward G. Robinson, playing the role of Caesar Enrico Bandello (a.k.a. Rico), dies at the hands of the police while uttering his last words: "Is this the end of Rico?" While Rico's career in organized crime had been terminated, the film's implied message is that the mob survived as a never-ending circulation of brotherhood. The methods employed by police to put an end to organized crime are shown to be quite ineffective. The police simply wait out the gang hoping that one of the mobsters will grow tired of the rackets and willingly become an informant on his fellow gangsters. What our cities need, according to the movie's forward, is a more effective way of eliminating organized crime. Some have suggested that the acronym RICO had its origins in the Edward G. Robinson character (Greek 1991). Some forty years later, in 1970, ...
- 14418: David Walker’s Appeal
- David Walker’s Appeal David Walker did not change my opinion upon slavery in early American times but he changed my view upon those in power at that time. He changed the way that I will forever think ... and what he stood for. While our textbook provides us with information that would make anyone think that Jefferson is a regular American hero it is obvious that he was actually the root of America’s greatest problem to date. By seeing this about Thomas Jefferson and how he is viewed normally in our society, it has changed my opinion on the United States in general. No longer do I think ... fathers of the country for the great things that he accomplished, not for his unbridled hatred and cruelty to the African American race. The thing that the textbook so eloquently leaves out, though, is Jefferson’s views upon slavery. Jefferson did not only own slaves, but had relations with them. He stated that all men were created equal, but in some way was able to allow himself to believe that ...
- 14419: Break Stalin
- Break Stalin Destalinization: A Wise Political Strategy Although many of his ideas did not bring the expected results, Nikita Khrushchev policies of de-Stalinization were politically wise. He went against many of Stalin s tyrannical policies and gave the people a much greater sense of freedom. In the process known as de-Stalinization , legal procedures were restored, some greater degree of meaningful public controversy was permitted, forced labor camps were closed and the secret police tactics of Stalin s era were erased. Stalin s method of personal rule was replaced by group rule and more orderly processes of government, the terror apparatus was largely dismantled, the economy was notably modernized and foreign policy was conducted with much greater ...
- 14420: American Labor Movement: Development Of Unions
- ... called "free workers" because they were unskilled. These immigrants poured into cities, desperate for any kind of work.(Working People, 1) Child labor in the factories was not only common, but necessary for a family’s income. Children as young as five or six manned machines or did jobs such as sweeping floors to earn money. It was dangerous, and they were often hurt by the large, heavy machinery. No laws ... reduced the demand for skilled labor. Yet, eighteen million immigrants between 1880 and 1910 entered the country eager for work. With an abundance of new immigrants willing to work, and no laws protecting a worker’s rights, businesses disregarded the lives of the individuals. (Department of Humanities, 1) This began to change with the formation of National Unions, collaborations of trade unions created to be even more effective than the local ... on skilled workers. (www.planetpapers.com/Assets/306.shtml, 2) The founders were quoted as saying, "the various trades have been affected by the introduction of machinery, the subdivision of labor, the use of women’s and children’s labor and the lack of an apprentice system so that the skilled trades were rapidly sinking to the level of pauper labor. To protect the skilled labor of America from being ...
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