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First Half of the 19th Century and the Phrenology Controversy

this was seen as indicative that the brain shape would reflect the development of the different cerebral organs, meaning the devel...

RESEARCH PROPOSAL FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN COWBOYS AND EAST TEXAS, DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES

part of U.S. history, it makes sense to delve somewhat deeper; to focus on the Black cowboy as well. An understanding of how the A...

SPAIN AND THE 19TH CENTURY

father) and the liberals started their revolution (Romero-Marin, 2001). The period between 1833 and 1836 saw the abolition of feud...

Late 19th Century Opiate Use

This paper pertains to the use of opium and its derivatives, especially laudanum, during the later half of the 19th century. Four ...

Paris During the Eighteenth Century and London During the Nineteenth Century

(Burns, 1969, p. 566). This worldview came to full flower in the eighteenth century with the philosophical movement known as the E...

The Pursuit of Womens Right to Vote

The right to vote can be considered the most important liberty that is provided by the American system of government. Unfortunate...

Medieval and Renaissance Artistic Depictions of Women

womanly figure that offered men a very subdued connection to women. The fact that this connection with women was incredibly subdue...

18th Century Painter Francisco de Goya and His Influence

In fifteen pages this paper explores how Goya's 18th century paintings influenced 19th century Impressionists and 20th century Exp...

World History and Ethnic Group Persecution

The main reason why the Huguenots were unpopular with the majority in France during the time period was because they were not of t...

Labor Movement and Women's Involvement During the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

addition, many women owned businesses; they worked as "apothecaries, barbers, blacksmiths, sextons, printers, tavern keepers and m...

Portrayal of Chinese and German Women During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

In five pages the ways in which Chinese and German women were portrayed during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries are contras...

20th Century European Paintings and Their Depiction of Women

In five pages this research paper discusses how depictions of women in some crucial twentieth century European paintings exhibit c...

Immigrant Experiences and Angel Island

Before actually describing the art and poetry that came out of detainees from Angel Island, a look at the locations history would ...

'Hedda Gabler' and 'Phaedra'

In this 5 page paper, the heroines of the respective works are compared and contrasted particularly in terms of how they depict wo...

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and the Description of Roles for Women

the means of doing so were very circumscribed; it usually meant they had to go into service. Women rarely worked at any sort of oc...

Post 19th Century Canadian Workplace and the Role of Women

s labor force commitment are difficult to track as few studies have measured s labor force commitment at more than one point in ti...

Analysis of the 19th and 20th Century Charity Organization Society Movement

In twelve page this research paper examines the American and British COS movement that took place in the late 19th and early 20th ...

Christianity and Obstacles Confronting Women

held positions in various states.She also taught at a different seminary and later began her own .In Philadelphia, Bonney and a fr...

Ninteenth Century Women in Anton Chekhov's 'The Lady With the Dog' and Kate Chopin's 'The Story of an Hour'

by curiosity, I wanted something better" (Chekhov). However, the better life that she imagined did not materialize with her marria...

Roles of Women in Leo Tolstoy, Ivan Ilyich and Anna Karenina

to them" (Rowe, 3). Intensely shy, he was nonetheless intensely sexual, and this was to present problems for him for the rest of h...

Sphereland and Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott

In five pages Abbott's 19th century work is analyzed in terms of its presentation of women as inferior that was meant to serve at ...

The Body Project by J.J. Brumberg

counterparts. Rather than a lack of information about their bodies and sex, a situation that was common in the nineteenth century,...

Gender Role and Asian Depictions in Film

demanded. They were depicted as speaking little or no English and as sticking out in terms of being different due to their distin...

'True' Womanhood Visions

who comes to love Mag and he persuades her to marry him. This step, of course, completes Mags ostracism from white society. "She w...

Rebellious Femme Fatales in An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde and The Second Mrs. Tanqueray by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero

come in direct conflict with conservative convention (Bennett 219). The so-called new woman became symbolic of what the Victorian...

Yinka Shonibare/A Flying Machine for Every Man, etc.

of Shonibares characters via their clothing. While Victorian in style, the design for the wax fabrics originated in the Dutch colo...

Men's and Women's Earning Power in America

that these girls and women were paid were considered high at that time. As long as labor was scarce, workers were too valuable to...

Pleasure and 19th Century Women in the Paintings of Mary Cassatt

In seven pages this research paper examines the jouissance or pleasure artist Mary Cassatt exhibits in her 19th century Impression...

Gender, 19th Century Medicine and "The Yellow Wallpaper"

How patriarchy influenced the treatment of women in the 19th century is the focus of this analytical paper based on Charlotte Perk...

Objectifying Male Dominance Over the Female in "My Last Duchess" and "Porphyria's Lover" by Robert Browning

How the male need to transform women into objects and possessions in order to control them existed in 19th century society is exam...