... of managing households, businesses, and estates. But when the men returned home, more often than not, women were expected to return to their original roles. Because of the new inventions and the new means of communication throughout the 1800's, women were given more time to crusade for their cause. The post-war generation came with food-canning, the telephone, gas illumination, the linotype machine, which made office ... Women's Protective Union, this union was made to protect women against unfair practices and employers. In 1870 the 15th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified. It ga...

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... for a new tax. He called a meeting of the Estates-General. It opened in May. But in June, the commoners, part of the Estates-General, said they were a National Assembly. They also said they could write a new constitution. The people captured Bastille, and Louis XVI was forced to let them write a new constitution. Other nations wanted to restore the king. Then civil and foreign wars broke out. Finally ... had won. In 1943 France declared war on Germany after they invaded Poland. World War 2 had begun. The Germans then invaded France again. France began to fall. Then, the Allied Forces cam...

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