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The Necessity for Labor Unions and Women's Place in Them

a woman named, Mother Jones, who was well into her sixties when she embraced the cause, continued to fight for womens rights in th...

Creative Depiction of Women

In six pages this paper examines how women are portrayed in the works of Gustave Courbet, Charles Darwin, Franz Kafka, and Virgini...

Esther and Ruth Biblical Analysis

In four pages this essay contrasts and compares these biblical books and the women that are featured in them....

Literary Analysis of Jeffrey Eugenides' The Virgin Suicides and Timothy Findley's Not Wanted on the Voyage

trademark. He occasionally collaborated with his partner, screenwriter Bill Whitehead, and was encouraged to embark upon a writin...

Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Labor Unions and Women

Hate their job? Something drove them out of the workforce with inadequate resources, so they will have to determine if they want t...

Industrial Revolution and the Changes in Women's Roles

a pattern which has reemerged throughout history. Fortunes were made from the new technology which surfaced during the industrial ...

Dining with Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice

herself to be more than just a social or racial icon. Instead, Condoleeza Rice has shown her ability to make decisions, be a part...

Issue of Elective Cesarean Section

more to do with other problems than necessarily with the procedure itself (Hannah, 2004). Basing her opinion on the results of the...

Automobile Repair Racket Targeting of Women

1992 that of every dollar women spent on automotive repairs, fifty cents of that dollar were not necessary expenditures and at tim...

Mock Dialoge Between Wollstonecraft and D.H. Lawrence

This 5 page essay compares and contrasts A Vindication of the Rights of a Woman and Give Her a Pattern classic, works by Mary Woll...

Enlightenment Theories and Rights for Women

In five pages this paper assesses equal rights for women in an examination of the Enlightenment theories expressed by Gouges, Woll...

Thoughts on Marriage

the woman reaps any benefit at all from her matrimonial vows. "If marriage be such a blessed state, how comes it, may you say, th...

'Politics of Fantasy' in Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig

In five pages this tutorial analyzes Kiss of the Spider Woman in a consideration of how it represents 'politics of fantasy.'...

1890 to 1920 New York Factories and Women

were leaving the confines and moral strictures of their families and elders and venturing forth to the large industrial cities suc...

Barbara Walters' Life and Career

In five pages the life and work of this pioneering television journalist are discussed in terms of childhood, family, and status a...

Analysis of Primary Data: Brecht and Shaw

year, Brecht was assigned to work in a military hospital, a problematic placement that helped Brecht understand the traumatic issu...

Analysis: Emily Dickinson and Anne Bradstreet

are only 4-6 lines in length. "Contemplations" begins as what we might call a nature poem, describing the way in which the sun lig...

The Relationship Between Happiness And Work

a significant element of their philosophies, with each man sharing many aspects with the other, while at the same time upholding t...

Loving Differently? Men and Women

that they are to blame and are being criticized since the woman is not happy. If a woman expresses an emotion, she usually wants r...

Women's Role In WWI And The Agricultural Adjustment Act

hospitals. Under her wings, she took care of the soldiers while at the same time training other women to "nurse" them back to hea...

Women and Discrimination in the Workplace

to help the society survive, not to gain positions of power. Womens work, however, was considered just as crucial as that of the w...

Pro and Con: Are Professional Women 'Opting Out" of Work by Choice?

1. Strengths and weaknesses associated with the Pro side of the issue Linda Hirshman maintains that despite the increased opportu...

Gender Differentiation and Work Issues

other. For example, Tibetan Buddhism considered compassion to be "masculine," while "wisdom" is considered feminine in nature (Gro...

Integration Theories

education, young professionals generally enter the job market in their mid to late twenties and these recent graduates typically a...

Substances that Would Compromise Health

Could a Woman Working in Manufacturing Introduce Her Baby to This paper considers how industrial contaminants might impact not jus...

Two African Novels.

is not, if she has the courage to break away and follow her own convictions. She tries to reassure her mother that shell write, ...

Women Earn Less Than Men

Laws were passed five decades ago that mandated equal pay for equal work. That goal has not been realized. Women still earn about ...

"The Story of an Hour," Effect of Patriarchy

This essay pertains to "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin. The writer presents the argument that the principal point that Chopi...

Chang-rae Lee/A Gesture Life

adopted Korean daughter of mixed racial heritage. Hata also was originally Korean, but was adopted by a Japanese family. Through f...

Current Prejudices against Women in the U.S.

stereotypes about lesser female competence" (Swim et al, 1995, p. 199). Modern sexism, however, is characterized by "the denial of...