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attempt to attend Womans Medical College in Pennsylvania further supports the notion that there were areas of society in which Jan...

with a mind of their own -- and the will to abandon social stigmas without a backward glance -- indicated a loose fiber in the pat...

this child is not identified in the book (Fairbanks, 2002). It seems as if in this book he doesnt necessarily chastise himself fo...

that which was rightfully hers. This was a very grave endeavor during these ancient times and serves to illustrate just one small ...

up slightly in the back in order to show a little bit of ankle or even the calf of her leg when flirting with a gentleman. Swim...

called a "beast," when she all along she thought she was a woman. This humorous beginning not only shows two diametrically opposed...

women voting was by no means in the best interest of the country at large and the family unit in particular. Clearly, at the foun...

the right to vote. During the twentieth century, equality was the issue and in fact, some claim it is still an important fight. Th...

and "one day could not explain some term of horsemanship to her that she had come across in a novel" (Flaubert 29). Emmas disappoi...

the massive scope of mortality, with some contending that natural rights are those that are without social infiltration, while oth...

cant say for certain, simply because women arent given the same opportunities as men to find out for sure. Women and Opportunities...

of their bodies and exercise often, sometimes along with the men, and sometimes by themselves" (Anonymous Legal Status in the Gree...

and Cosmopolitan. While both magazines market their product to a primarily female audience, it can readily be argued that Black B...

And, in terms of using their sexuality, "They do not share their couches with their husbands but with the other men who happen to ...

white freedom and black slavery. The link between whites and blacks would change considerably between the arrival of those first ...

opinions with regard to womens rights. Indeed, she did not apologize for her forceful tone or powerful declaration; rather, that ...

this aspect. Before 1939, the Canadian military women would serve as nurses during the Northwest Rebellion in 1885 as well as in t...

"include the collection and disaggregation of employment related data which make it difficult to ascertain the status of various g...

be educated together" (Wollstonecraft, 2005). She points out that if marriage is "the cement of society," then all mankind should ...

that occurred in New York, before laws were implemented to take care of these harsh conditions. What is not widely reported is the...

Target audience. Most women are curious about menopause and what it will mean in their lives. Public health messages have been c...

entire society will suffer. Why limit the contributions of half the population because of the tradition of male dominance? Becau...

patients did not respond to the same antidepressant drug. Individuals taking desipramine were successfully switched to amitriptyli...

record of 512 miles, from Chicago, Illinois to Hornell, New York (Bilstein, 2001; House, 2006). When America entered the First Wo...

be defined as a sexual act and it made Peggy uncomfortable. According to the law, it is up to Peggy to do certain things before s...

formal education or technical training, women would be hired. The obvious vocational choices were extensions of their housekeepin...

she does "light housekeeping," which is also not consistent with someone who needs assistance getting out of bed. However, the stu...

the U.S. Maxine Hong Kingston was born in the U.S.; her parents emigrated from Hong Kong. But even though she is American, the pul...

simply did an overview of the movement. One of the things that is most striking about the Seneca Falls convention is that the Dec...

black women and women of color. There is a saying that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder," which attests to the epistemologi...