Sentences with phrase «families earlier this century»

Age and ethnicity differences appear to reflect cohort effects related to the impact of economic hardship on families earlier this century and racial prejudice.

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In the early centuries, in the High Middle Ages, and again at the time of the Reformation, Christians were compelled to rethink and reformulate their understanding of marriage and the family.

When reading the Old and New Testament, one finds that right from the start, both in Judaism and early Christianity, family relationships were considered extremely important, and this is also seen in the work of the churches throughout the centuries.

Thus, mainline churches continue to offer what Becker calls the «standard package» of family ministries that were institutionalized earlier in the century for married couples with children.

My family had been in Brooklyn (or, as I will ever call it, God's country) for over a century, refugees from the Lower East Side and a Jacob Riis — style life in early - twentieth - century New York.

Still, the old patriarchal institutions were not completely unsuited to land tenure, and through these early centuries the idea of family possession took such firm hold as to be written into the laws and to provide the background for the colorful incident of Jezebel's theft of Naboth's ancestral property.

Kirschenmann Brothers custom farm management began with potatoes in early 20th Century; now the family's diversified plantings include table grapes, almonds and cotton

She is not the first to question that; earlier this year, I read an intriguing essay by legal scholar Katherine Franke in the anthology, Marriage at the Crossroads Law, Policy, and the Brave New World of Twenty - First - Century Families, comparing the experience of African - American slaves who, once freed after the Civil War, also became free to marry — but «free» is a relative word.

You and your family will get a sense of how workers at the Dole Plantation lived way back in the early 20th century amidst the looming presence of the tall, lush Cook Island pine trees that populate Lanai.

But out gay and lesbian parents and their children have been part of US society since the midtwentieth century, as Daniel Winunwe Rivers shows in Radical Relations, the first book to offer a broad history of these families from their earliest years of visibility.

Today the Museum conducts guided tours of the dwellings showing how families lived in the early 19th and 20th Centuries.

First published in 2013, A Healing Landscape: Environmental and Social History of the Site of Mass Audubon's Boston Nature Center by Scholar - in - Residence Steven Pavlos Holmes, PhD, tells the stories of the people who have lived and worked on the land over the past two centuries — including early farming families, a Revolutionary war soldier, pioneering birdwatchers, the residents and staff of the Boston State Hospital, and, of course, the Clark Cooper Community Gardens and Mass Audubon.

The homes, all rentals except for one, date back to the early 20th century, many occupied by multi-generational families.

In the early part of the 20th century, hundreds of recently arrived Eastern European Jewish families lived on farms in upstate New York.

The only person in his family since the early 16th century to have dementia was his great - grandmother, so the familial type of Alzheimer's, which is responsible for about 3 percent of cases, is not likely.

He came from a family of, I would say, the horticultural and botanical intelligentsia of England in the 18th century and early 19th century.

«Even though people started to be born further away from their families during the early 19th century, they were still marrying cousins for 50 years,» says Kaplanis.

In other ways, her experience is completely foreign to young women in the early 21st century who are trying to balance career, family and hobbies.

According to Family Tree Magazine, by the early 20th century Diehl had created the ceiling fan.

If you and your date are looking to learn more about the history of this great house and its family from many generations dating back to the early 19th century then this is the perfect location for your first date.

Adapted by Joel and Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese, and William Nicholson from Laura Hillenbrand's book, Unbroken deliberately zeroes in on the discrimination Louie and his family suffered as Italian - American immigrants in the early 20th century, a cruelty that led Louie to turn to alcohol and petty theft.

Based on a James Joyce short story featured in The Dubliners, The Dead (1987) is one of his most exquisite works, a perfect cinematic short story attuned to the rituals and touchy relationships of family and friends gathering in early twentieth century Dublin to celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany.

It's interesting watching a family suffocate from early - to - mid-20th century tabloids and a boy's childhood innocence and wonder get smothered in a flood of worldwide fame.

Set early in the 17th century, among a Puritan family that's been exiled to a solitary existence in the woods, it features dialogue taken directly from diaries and court records of the era, creating an additional layer of distance that heightens the already pervasive feeling of strangeness.

This Best Picture winner is an account of early 20th - century life with a hard - working, fun - loving family in a Welsh coal - mining village, where they deal with love, death, union strikes and bullying.

The English - language drama is set in Florence in the early 15th century, where Cosimo de» Medici (Madden) finds himself at the helm of his supremely wealthy family, when his father, Giovanni (Hoffman), dies suddenly.

When charming but mysterious English baron Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston) arrives in early 20th - century New York, he's ostensibly seeking funding for a contraption that will help him mine the rich red clay beneath his family estate in England.

It is very much a gothic romance, rather than a straightforward period horror piece, with a great emphasis on family dischord and melodramatic behavior, set in snowy Buffalo, New York, early in the 20th century.

Starring Hemlock Grove's Kaniehtiio Horn — a First Nations Mohawk who grew up on the Kahnawake Reserve — as a Mohawk woman driven to violence by soldiers» assault on her family and her ancestral home in early 19th - century New York, the film engages with the horrors of American history in an uncommonly blunt way, using them to tell a tale of supernaturally tinged revenge.

It's the story of Chris Guthrie in the early 20th century, a teenage girl (here played by Agyness Deyn) who suffers the changing rota of her family as they pass on or exit, ultimately leaving the farm to her tending.

Synopsis: This Best Picture Academy Award Winner based on Noel Coward's classic play arrives on Blu - Ray for the first time... A British family's triumphs and tragedies unfold across the decades of the early twentieth century.

Just like in nearly every other Pixar and Mouse House animated movie this Century, someone dies early on in «The Good Dinosaur» and Arlo must prove his worth as he battles enemies and the elements trying to make it back home to his family with the help of a new friend, a young cave boy.

Howards End (2017) Hayley as Margaret Schlegel Premieres November 12 on BBC1 in UK Premieres Spring 2018 on Starz in USA The social and class divisions in early 20th century England through the intersection of three families — the wealthy Wilcoxes, the gentle and idealistic Schlegels and the lower - middle class Basts.

In the 19th century and early 20th centuries, a family that had children in school was typically one that had already moved some distance up the socio - economic ladder.

Grounded in a research - based, time - tested curriculum model and fueled by a visionary commitment to early learning and robust family engagement, Elm City Montessori School is on the leading edge of New Haven's efforts to provide a portfolio of exemplary educational options designed to ensure that all New Haven students complete high school equipped with 21st Century skills and ready to lead successful lives.

The standard school - day schedule is a holdover from cultural traditions of the 19th century, when most children were expected to return from school in the early afternoon to help support their families.

Inspired by early automatic movements developed by Abraham - Louis Perrelet in the 18th century, the Turbine family features a free - spinning bladed rotor above the fixed dial.

Set in the early 19th century, The Invention of Wings opens on the 11th birthday of Sarah Grimke, member of a very wealthy family in Charleston, South Carolina, and inspired by a real - life historical figure.

Also in BookPage: Earlier this week I blogged about Steve Coll's The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century — a must - read for those who want more information on the entire Bin Laden fFamily in the American Century — a must - read for those who want more information on the entire Bin Laden familyfamily.

A.S. Byatt's The Children's Book is a masterful look at the early years of the 20th century through the lens of a large, upper - class bohemian Edwardian family.

This has meant some early ones (The Voyage Out, Night and Day) as well as this highly experimental late one, which follows the Pargiter family from the late 19th century to the years after the First World War.

This time I took her invitation to enter into this early twentieth century Iowan family's life and see the world from each character's individual viewpoint - including viewpoints seen from small baby eyes!

Behave by Andromeda Romano - Lax This page - turning historical novel about a complicated relationship between two scientists in the early 20th century touches on themes that will resonate with modern readers — the enduring debate of nature vs. nurture, as well as the eternal struggle women face to balance family life and career opportunities.

It was well known for its mineral baths that attracted many famous visitors throughout the early 20th century, including Clark Gable, Babe Ruth and the Vanderbilt family.

As a member of the hound family, beagles have been around since as early as the 5th century.

Later, in early 13th - century England, Henry III moved his family's royal menagerie to the Tower of London for public viewing.

Over the centuries the Breed has evolved so that it can now fit into any role chosen for it that suits its personality, however, as we mentioned earlier this also means that the breed falls into two distinct types of English Springer Spaniel i.e. the «working type» and the «show type» - both types make equally good family pets and are equally well suited to living in the town or the country, as long as there is a well fenced garden and they are regularly exercised.

In fact, at one point in the early twentieth century, dogs that were represented in art and entertainment as the classic family canine often looked like the pit bull terriers that we see today in our society.

Ship's logs of the early sixteenth century reveal that dogs were brought along on these early colonists» voyages, and logic tells us they were most likely the dog of Tenerife, common ancestor to all the Bichon family.

AHMP's historic buildings include a large, Tudor - style house, which dates from the early 20th Century and was home to the family that founded the cemetery, and a kennel, which housed their prized dogs.