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Status and Role of Women in 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' by Homer

so "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" are rare glimpses into the feminine status in what was essentially a strict Greek patriarchy. Wh...

Woman's Shelter Worker's Views on Marital Rape

violence and an increase in the number of reported "date" rapes has led to the need for a social and legal response to the issue o...

Tutorial on a Vietnamese Woman's Life

In five pages this essay tutorial considers how to reconstruct a young Vietnamese woman's life from her birth in 1956 to the prese...

Culture, Sexism, and Racism Issues as They Relate to Women's Health

of women in the medical field, attitudes appear to be altering. Practices are slower to change, however, womens health advocates ...

Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft

In five pages this paper considers the controversy over women's rights that continues in an examination of this 1792 book by Mary ...

A Robert Staples Letter

In nine pages this research paper presents a letter to the author of The Myth of the Black Matriarchy in which the writer agrees w...

Women and the Film Portrait of Teresa

In seven pages this paper examines the movie Portrait of Teresa in an examination of women's struggles and the control exerted by ...

The Treatment of Mentally Ill Women in the 19th Century

This 5 page paper discusses the way mentally ill women were treated in the 19th century. The writer argues that mental illness oft...

Ousmane Sembene's God's Bits of Wood and the Sociopolitical Redefinition of Women's Roles

In one page this paper examines the African society's redefining of women's social and political roles as represented in this nove...

Second World War and Women's Status

In three pages this research paper discusses the impact of the Second World War and its aftermath upon women's status in the workp...

Analyzing 'The Joys of Motherhood' by Buchi Emecheta

find "something she was good at" (Holmes PG). Much of the young Buchi Emecheta can be found in the female protagonist, Nnu Ego, i...

Iran's Development and the Effects of Women's Rights Issues

In five pages this paper examines Iran's economic development and the impact of women's rights. Four sources are cited in the bib...

Overview of the Text When I Was Puerto Rican

In six pages this paper discusses the US and its Puerto Rican culture in a text overview that includes cultural variations, the La...

Three Decades of American Freshmen

In nineteen pages this paper examines the changing American freshman class in a literature overview that includes demographics, hi...

Colonial Fashions and How They Evolved

In six pages this paper discusses the seventeenth and eighteenth century evolution of Quaker men's and women's fashions and how th...

Somalian Women and Islam

This paper consists of five pages and discusses Somalian women's social position and how it is influenced by the values of Islam. ...

The Paradox of Change by William H. Chafe

In five pages this historical text regarding American women's twentieth century development is analyzed. There are no other sourc...

Fourteenth to Eighteenth Century Families of Europe and the Roles of Women

Women's roles in European families from 1300 to 1700 are examined in five pages. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....

Getting Out by Marsha Norman

In 5 pages this paper discusses the dual identities of the 1983 play's protagonist and the dual women's realities of the Sixties a...

19th Century Literature A Comparison of Heroines from Two Stories

This paper compares Charlotte Bronte's heroine of Villette with Jane Austen's heroine of Persuasion. It discusses the roles of the...

Ancient World and Rights for Women

This paper contrasts and compares how women's rights are depicted in The Bible, 'The Odyssey' by Homer, and The Thousand and One N...

Dora's Case and Sigmund Freud

In five pages Sigmund Freud's famous 'Dora' case is examined in terms of the woman's background and the hysteria diagnosis. Four ...

Religion in Early America

In five pages the original 13 American colonies are examined in terms of their diverse religious practices with the effects on wom...

1800 to 1820 Fashions for Women

In ten pages this research paper presents an overview of the Regency Period of the 19th century as reflected in women's fashions a...

Women's Movement and 'the New Feminism'

In seven pages this paper discusses the redefinition of feminism in this consideration of recent changes in the women's movement. ...

Third World Representation of Women, a Critique

Feminists and nationalists frequently disagree on how to best represent third world women. This paper discusses various theories o...

Women's Problems, Differences in Gender, and Equal Rights

In five pages a consideration of various issues and problems pertaining to women's equal rights is presented in a for and against ...

Identity and its Power in the Shakespeare Heroines Mariana and Ophelia

In six pages this comparative analysis of the heroines featured in William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure and Othello compares ...

The Psychological Experience of the Battered Woman

The fact that men who beat women have problems is discussed in depth as this paper explores the psychological implications for bat...

Social Problems Experienced by Battered Women

There are social pressures and prejudices which battered women face. In this twenty page research paper that includes fourteen bib...