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Islamic Women's Lives

Women had been treated as possessions of their husbands; Islamic law made the education of girls a sacred duty and gave women the ...

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...

Militarization and How it Affects Women's Lives

minimum wages, and other stipends that directly affect women need to be considered. It is true that in some cases when the milita...

Portrayal of Women in Griselda by Boccaccio, Brothers Menaechmus by Plautus, and 'The Odyssey' by Homer

a distraction, as a goal, as a guide, and as an agent of social recognition (The Odyssey in Transit, 2000). Odysseus is indeed co...

Older Women and Fertility

much wider range of lifestyle choices, and were no longer automatically expected to marry young and embark on a primarily domestic...

Technology and Minorities

In five pages this paper examines the field of technology and the biases that impact upon the involvement of women and blacks....

Comparison of Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys and Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

the womens circumstances and the move to change those circumstances. Rochesters dismissal of Antoinette, her family and her commun...

Observation and Self Definition in Women's Studies

that "ladder of success," or does that mean that they are not on the rung that they would like to be. Since they are the ones who...

Hayashi Fumiko's Writings and the Roles of Women

year old Hayashi and left the house. The child and her mother lived what we in the west label a "pillar to post existence," both,...

Women in Ancient Greece

conceive was thus a serious problem" (Women in the Ancient World). Now, of course one could also argue that this was a patriarch...

DOUBLE STANDARD BY ELLEN WATKINS HARPER

girl, outcast, forlorn/as thrown her life away?"). But the poet is adamant that both parties, the man and the woman involved in th...

Women and War by Jean Bethke Elshtain

underpinnings for decision and action, nonetheless real for being symbolic. It is my contention that such constellations of enshri...

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...

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...

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...

Women, Judaism And Anti-Semitism

and reconcile them to the view of what is right would have provided for a more equalizing relationship where Jewry was concerned. ...

Hindu Society and Women's Roles

are not to be allowed any form of independence - they cannot even undertake religious fasts on their own initiative, but must join...

Margaret Sanger

hold a great deal of authority when it comes to changing the attitudes and perspectives of young girls who may believe living off ...

American History and the Price of Freedom

In four pages this paper discusses the high price tag attached to freedom for slaves, women, and soldiers throughout American hist...

Henri and Julia and World War I

much in love, and neither of them is going to stray from the marriage during their separation. Well also imagine that at the time ...

Historical Perspective on Women's Workplace Fashion

the social elite where the yuppies of the 1980s went quite the opposite way, showing off their designer suits. Steindorf suggests ...

People's History

In five pages history as seen through the eyes of Native Americans, African Americans, women, and factory workers is glimpsed in a...

The Evolution Of Women - Feminism

in terms of political and economic equality. We can also say that political feminism officially began with the suffragette movemen...

2 Feminist Books/Domesticity

womens movement, describing how, at first, the purpose of the womens movement was secure the right of women to speak in public. Th...

Little Changes in Cultures with Regards to Women

In five pages this paper discusses how women's roles in the home have changed little throughout history or from one culture to ano...

Intercollegiate Sports, Participation of Women, and Title IX

In seven pages this research paper discusses how the participation of women in intercollegiate sports was impacted by Title IX wit...

History of Organizations Founded by Mothers

In seven pages this paper examines how women and mothers initiated reform through the creation of various organization in a consid...

History of NOW

In six pages this report discusses the National Organization of Women in a consideration of history, policies, and present activit...

Problems of Pregnant Women Who Smoke and Solutions

(About Pregnancy and Smoking, 2002). There include, both mother and baby will be healthier, the baby is more likely to be born he...

Four Issues Regarding the History of Australia

also occurred in numerous nations in the mid- to late-1950s through the 1970s (Spooner, 2002). The focus of this wave included: "e...