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Book Review: Women's Activism and Social Change: Rochester, New York 1822-1872

In Nancy Hewitt's Women's Activism and Social Change: Rochester, New York, 1822-1872, the author explores the history of 19th century women's organizations in Rochester, New York, during the Jacksonian Era. Through this investigation, we learn a great deal more about the history of American women and their fight for equality, even in a time of economic elitism and the White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP). In essence, Hewitt's thesis is that there were three distinct groups who comprised the vast majority of women in Rochester during the 19th century - "benevolents," "perfectionists" and "ultras" - who volunteered in these organizations and contributed to ...

Introduction

The topic relates to the ethical issues of genetic screening as the society is increasingly getting into technical advancements and the project of human genome is approaching the century in an increasing manner. One of the major areas of advancement is research associated with the Human genome mapping project and it is major research collaboration in the overall sequence of entire human genome (Weiss, 2011). The human mapping genome has given rise to various advancements and discoveries within the genetic makeup of humans and with these advancements; various ethical and moral concerns are associated in a wide manner. The ability ...

Robert W. Merry's "A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, The Mexican War, and the Conquest of the American Continent."
Robert Merry’s book is a firm but fair appraisal of James Polk’s much maligned Presidency where the Mexican American war occurred and where the United States managed to expand its territory quite vastly. The overarching theme of the book is the misinterpretation of James Polk as a President who perhaps was heavy handed in his tactics but managed to secure considerable expansion for the United States.
In the book, Merry describes Polk as a one term President ...