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Mutualista
Mutualistas were community-based Benefit society, mutual aid societies created by Mexico, Mexican Immigration to the United States, immigrants in the late 19th century United States. According to media analyst Charles M. Tatum, ''mutualistas'' "provided most immigrants with a connection to their mother country and served to bring them together to meet their survival needs in a new and alien country. Cultural activities, education, health care, insurance coverage, legal protection and advocacy before police and immigration authorities, and anti-defamation activities were the main functions of these associations. Sometimes ''mutualistas'' were part of larger organizations affiliated with the Mexican government or other national associations. One such association included Alianza Hispano-Americana, which, founded in 1894 in Tucson, Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Territory, had 88 chapters throughout the Southwestern United States by 1919. Usually ''mutualistas'' had separate women's auxiliari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Health In Uruguay
In 2016, the life expectancy in Uruguay was 73 for men and 81 for women. Health statistics 2011 figures: *Fertility rate – 140th List of sovereign states and dependent territories by fertility rate#Countries, most fertile, at 1.89 per woman *Birth rate – 157th List of sovereign states and dependent territories by birth rate#Countries, most births, at 13.91 per 1000 people *Infant mortality – 128th List of countries by infant mortality rate#Lists, most deaths, 8.73 per 1000 live births in 2017. In 1975 it was 48.6 per 1,000 live births *Death rate – 84th death rate at 9.16 per 1000 people *Life expectancy – 47th at 76.4 years *Suicide rate – 24th suicide rate per 100,000 (15.1 for males and 6.4 for females) *HIV/AIDS rate – 108th at 0.30% Healthcare For the first half of the twentieth century Uruguay and Argentina had the most advanced standards of medical care in Latin America. Military rule from 1973 to 1985 adversely affected standards in Uruguay. More resources we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benefit Society
A benefit society, fraternal benefit society, fraternal benefit order, friendly society, or mutual aid society is a society, an organization or a voluntary association formed to provide mutual aid, benefit, for instance insurance for relief from sundry difficulties. Such organizations may be formally organized with charters and established customs, or may arise ''ad hoc'' to meet unique needs of a particular time and place. Many major financial institutions existing today, particularly some insurance companies, mutual savings banks, and credit unions, trace their origins back to benefit societies, as can many modern fraternal organizations and fraternal orders which are now viewed as being primarily social. The modern legal system essentially requires all such organizations of appreciable size to incorporate as one of these forms or another to continue to exist on an ongoing basis. Benefit societies may be organized around a shared ethnic background, religion, occupation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Civil Rights Movement
The civil rights movement was a nonviolent social and political movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized institutional racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement throughout the United States. The movement had its origins in the Reconstruction era during the late 19th century, although it made its largest legislative gains in the 1960s after years of direct actions and grassroots protests. The social movement's major nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience campaigns eventually secured new protections in federal law for the civil rights of all Americans. After the American Civil War and the subsequent abolition of slavery in the 1860s, the Reconstruction Amendments to the United States Constitution granted emancipation and constitutional rights of citizenship to all African Americans, most of whom had recently been enslaved. For a short period of time, African American men voted and held political office, but as tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
