Essays about: "Suffrage movement"

Found 2 essays containing the words Suffrage movement.

1. 1. Fighting the dragon and riding the wave of love and peace : how environmentalist groups in Hong Kong utilized the context of a social movement

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Frans Libertson; [2016]
   Keywords : Umbrella Revolution; social movements; cross-movement coalition; politicization; social movement abeyance; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the potential of society, and social movement in particular, as an agent of change for sustainability. In August 2014 student activists initiated a sit-in strike outside of the Hong Kong government headquarters, as a protest against the non-democratic electoral system forced upon the city by China. READ MORE

3. 2. The Development of Kitty Coleman in Tracy Chevalier's Falling Angels

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Katarina Odlander; [2006]
   Keywords : Historical novels; Historiska romaner; Victorianism in literature; Gender roles; Könsroller i litteraturen; Suffrage movement; English literature; Engelsk litteratur; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This paper deals with the historical novel Falling Angels by Tracy Chevalier. It focuses on the development of the character Kitty Coleman who is a Victorian middle-class housewife. The essay shows that Kitty is very different from the ideal Victorian woman and that her inability to conform to the role she has been assigned makes her unhappy. READ MORE