In the last century of so, the social and economic status of women has changed, they have come to achieve a more equal situation with men in most modern societies.

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The dirt on the feet indicated the lack of social status, the level of economic class and the level of education and lack of sophistication and intellect.

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What we have not done is integrated the goals of actually providing best care, quality of care, regardless of your social and economic status.

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With the exception of Jack Cade's rising in 1450 and the Peasants' Revolt 70 years earlier (a large-scale popular uprising with genuinely revolutionary social and economic aims), medieval rebellions were often more about preserving the status quo rather than challenging it.

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When the researchers controlled for connections between socio-economic status and beverage preference, they found that wine-drinkers with the same financial resources and social standing as beer-drinkers or teetotallers simply lead more sensible and healthier lives.

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