SEARCH RESULTS

single women over the age of twenty-one and widows had the power to make contracts and hold property in her own name (22). A marri...

the founding fathers wrote have done so in an attempt at fairness. They have gone with what appeared to be the mainstream thinkin...

being primarily procreative, there is also a distinction made between marriages which cannot be consummated or which are sterile, ...

The writer assesses the concept of equality in the law, considering the way that the law tries to create equal rights. The writer ...

advance at the time, but it created the scenario in which those receiving health care were not those paying for health care. As c...

treatment of women. Her novel, Sense and Sensibility considers the social position of the early nineteenth-century woman, and thr...

In nine pages this paper examines issues important to constitutional history including the Equal Rights Amendment, affirmative act...

This paper consists of five pages and assesses the support and opposition for the Equal Rights Amendment. Five sources are cited ...

Institute (LII) of Cornell University Law School points out, a civil right is a privilege that is enforceable and which, if interf...

and her sharecropper parents were treated differently than the white girls she played with, but she was unable to understand why. ...

In eight pages a fictional interview with an Hispanic father named Jose discussing equal rights, economics, society, and education...

In six pages this paper examines the JKLF's democracy policy claim as it involves equal opportunities, human rights, welfare for t...

servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United State...

Malcolm X who had such ideas, and his concept had nothing to do with changing class problems, but with race. The notion that soci...

In five pages this paper discusses the impact of the Civil War in terms of the reasons why the South was defeated and also examine...

as pornography and rape, ordinarily fall into the womans domain. Feminist groups continue to fight for womens rights while others ...

It is true that he offers a detailed and thorough account of strategy, weaponry and...

and essentially left the white population of the nation still ignoring the impact of history concerning the African American peopl...

by signing a federal housing order prohibiting such discrimination, but nearly a year after taking office, the bill was still not ...

be reviewed closely and research which specifically targets African American women is essential. Interestingly enough, the "numbe...

Lincoln, and Northerners in general, are popularly seen as advocates for the black race. However, what is less well-known is that ...

6 pages and 6 sources. This paper cosiders the African American experience in the American Civil War. This paper relates the exp...

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

roles between the male and female in the more ancient components of indigenous society, these differences were justifiable in term...

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

job of delving deeply into the historical and cultural foundation of racial discrimination during the slave trade by effectively i...

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

In the Hebrew Bible, women have varying roles but the most important roles are wife and mother. Most often, they are not seen as e...

This paper examines the works and life of Wollstonecraft in terms of her impact on women's suffrage and the women's rights movemen...

This 3 page paper gives an overview of the play Trifles and how it relates to the rights of women at the time. This paper includes...