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British Society, Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, and Single Women

In five pages this paper examines British society of Jane Austen's time and what her novel reveals about single women and how they...

Lydia McQueen in Wilma Dykeman's The Tall Woman

to build a school for her own children., as well as the other children in the community. (He has) "The power of a rock. But, th...

'Hawksian Women' of Director Howard Hawks

In five pages this paper considers how Hawks portrayed women in his films with a discussion of Katharine Hepburn in Bringing Up Ba...

Roles of Women and How They Have Evolved

In five pages 20th century women are examined in a consideration of how they have evolved and moved from the domestic sphere into ...

Strong Women in Ellen Glasgow's Barrow Ground and Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God

In six pages this essay compares and contrasts these two female authors' depiction of strong women protagonists in their respectiv...

Two Views of African Women from Fiction Works

In this essay consisting of three pages the dramatizations of African women as depicted in Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen a...

Homer's 'The Iliad' and Classifications of Women

'The Iliad' by Homer is examines with the focus being on the women who are featured within and their classification in a paper con...

Medieval Women and the Concepts of Honor and Dishonor

to consider that the concepts of honor and dishonor, as they pertained to Medieval women, were dictated by the attitudes that wome...

First American Woman Elected to the Royal Astronomical Society, Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming

did. In order to prove his point he actually brought Fleming into the lab, and later hired her in a clerical capacity. In 1881, m...

Art and the Images of Women

themes and strategies I do wonder if women, who are artists, or artists who are women, consciously have themes of resistance. Fr...

Women and Whether They Are Better Off Today Than They Were in the Last Few Decades

In five pages this research paper evaluates if women are better today than they were in previous decades and based upon literature...

Health Care for Women and the Importance of Social Support

In 15 pages this paper discusses health care for women in this overview of social support networking and its significance. Thirte...

The Arts and Women

In five pages this paper examines female artists and their views on feminism. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....

The Woman Who Fell from the Sky by Joy Jarjo

In five pages this Native American poetry collection and its consideration of isolation and individuality are analyzed. Three sou...

Individual, Society and the Social Adjustment of a 74 Year Old Mixed European and Cherokee Woman

In nine pages this paper presents an interview with an elderly woman of mixed Native American and European blood in a consideratio...

Society and Women in Willa Cather's O Pioneers!

In five pages this paper examines how social outcasts were influenced by an independent and strong woman in an analysis of O Pione...

Women and Computers

This paper consisting of six pages discusses Grace Murray Hopper, Ada Byron Lovelace, and other women pioneers in a history of the...

The American Revolution and Women

In eight pages this research paper discusses how women participated in fighting and assisted in the colonial victory during the Am...

Ancient Society and Women

In five pages this paper examines gender during ancient times as portrayed in The Golden Ass by Apuleius. Three sources are cited...

Overview of the Italian Renaissance and Women

spirit, in which desires intrinsic to human nature, generally repressed under medieval feudalism, burst forth with new fervor and ...

The Arts and Perceived Inferiority of Women

In five pages this paper examines the arts in a consideration of the historical discrimination against women. Three sources are c...

'Black Woman' by Leopold Senghor

reality that the poem depicts is, therefore, purely African. It speaks of a passionate attachment to the land that works through t...

Maxine Hong Kingston/Warrior Woman

property rather than fellow human beings. Tourist information on St. Thomas indicates that St. Thomas Market Square is today a "...

Women in the Workplace and Sexual Harassment

In twelve pages this paper examines the changes in the workplace resulting from an increased number of women along with legislativ...

US Civil War Women

In nine pages the stories of Captain Sally and Dr. Mary Walker's spy activities are chronicled in this overview of the US Civil Wa...

Interview with an Older Woman

experience as a woman in the workforce, her thoughts about the struggle for civil rights, and technology as perhaps the most appro...

Oppression of Women in Shirley Jackson's 'The Tooth' and 'The Lottery'

In five pages this paper discusses how women are subjected to oppression by men in these 2 short stories by Shirley Jackson. Seve...

Women in Castro's Cuba

percentage of women possess the knowledge and ability to support themselves in high ranking careers; however, the patriarchal soci...

Media Depiction of Women in the Third World and in Film

In nine pages there is a third world emphasis in this consideration of how the media especially cinema portrays women. Eight sour...

Pregnant Women and Crack Cocaine

force between mother and fetus; if this ultimately occurs, it can cause "shock and death" (Petitti et al, 1990, p. 25) to both ind...