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Domestic Violence Research Proposal

In eight pages this paper presents a research proposal regarding domestic abuse and women in an investigation of whether or not it...

Umuofian Women in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

In six pages this essay discusses how women's positioning in Umuofian society reveals much about its culture as represented in Ach...

Women and the Impact of the Renaissance

In six pages this paper examines the European Renaissance in a consideration of how it positively and negatively impacted women's ...

Social Status of Women in the Ancient Societies of Greece, Rome, and Mesopotamia

Emperor Valentinian issued a written order to Pope Damasus I requiring the Christian missionaries to cease calling at the homes of...

U.S. History, Labor, and Equality Questions

who threatened the racial caste system for that matter (747). When threats failed to yield results, planters could call upon the p...

Dhammapada's Social Lessons

In nine pages this paper examines women's role as conceptualized by Dhammapada in a consideration of the Buddha's 'five beauties' ...

1930s' and African Women's Roles

In five pages this paper examines Beryl Markham's West with the Night in a consideration of African women's roles and how they are...

Vigil in Maria Lopez's Cuba Neither Heaven Nor Hell and Gustav Firmat's Ano Que Viene Estamos en Cuba

This two Cuba texts are contrasted and compared in 5 pages with women's roles, democratization, cultural and national identity amo...

Movies of Federico Fellini and Women's Roles

In six pages this research paper discusses the narratives in 3 movies by Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini in an analysis of the ...

My Fight for Birth Control by Margaret Sanger

In five pages this essay by Margaret Sanger is evaluated in terms of its significance regarding women's issues. Two other sources...

Resistance and Stereotypes in the Poems of Grace Nichols

In five pages Grace Nichol's poetry is examined in terms of the images of resistance and stereotypes they employ with a discussion...

Provisions of the 1998 Welfare Revision Act

In eight pages this Act is examined in terms of how it addresses rural women's needs and temporary aid to needy families. Six sou...

Symbolic Women in the Perspectives of John Stuart Mill and Melinda Vadas

In five pages this research paper assesses John Stuart Mill's attitudes about women as expressed through his writing and then disc...

Female Protagonists in God's Bits of Wood by Sembene Ousbane

In five pages this novel is examined in an overview that focuses upon the women's roles in the Senegal railway workers strike as w...

Diversity and Women's Studies

do this, do you? She would have been frowned upon, and asked, "You arent a feminist are you?" To some the thought appeared more ...

PLO and Women's Role

In ten pages this paper examines the PLO in an overview of women's roles and also considers feminism. Seven sources are cited in ...

Women and Depression

by genetic make-up" (Dobson, 1997, pp. 44-45) -- and this lists but a few of many such manifestations. Depression related to eati...

Women's Rights Movement Pioneers

in society. Admittedly, each of these women lived during a time in which, as Elizabeth Cady Stanton so aptly observed, men sought...

Kate Chopin Tackling Taboo and Controversial Subjects in 'The Story of an Hour, 'A Respectable Woman,' and 'Desiree's Baby'

This paper examines how women's sexuality, divorce, and miscegenation are addressed by Kate Chopin in this trio of short stories i...

African American Social Contributions of bell hooks, Alice Walkler, and Betty Friedan

each womans strength is varied among these tales, they share a common thread of power felt from down within ones very being. It i...

Wallace Stevens' Poem 'The Idea of Order at Key West'

song of the ocean and the song of the woman. A comparison is offered of the songs, that both make a...

Reviews of Literary Works by Kaschnitz, Robinson, and Cisneros

the conscience of humanity. The young people in the story relate to their bilingual/cultural context, cultural heritage and domin...

Colonial History of America Until 1877 and Women

Women, which have always constituted half of the colonial population, did not receive any type of "civil, political, or legal" rig...

Women's Roles in 'The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer

The Wife makes it clear that she has always enjoyed sex and this verifies the Churchs depiction of women as licentious. In fact, t...

Differing Depiction of Women in Homer's Epics 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey'

Greek society was that imposed upon them by either their fathers or purchasers. They would never aspire to privilege or influence...

Women's Studies and The Importance of Having Their Voices Heard

their study that men and women process information differently. Furthermore, this research team asserts that there are asymmetrica...

Early History of Women's Subjugation

In three pages this paper presents a brief overview of women's subjugation from the ancient period until the 17th century. One so...

Second World War and American Women's Roles

Iin eight pages this paper examines US women's roles during the war effort with factory workers and nurses among the topics explor...

Construction Industry and Women as Owners, Administrators, and Tradespeople

In six pages this paper examines women's various roles in the construction industry in an assessment of successes and failures. F...

Chilean Women

This paper discusses the Chilean workplace in an overview of women's positioning and the changes that are occurring in five pages....