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assessment of the likelihood of her return "And was there any chance that his strong-minded relative would take the hint? Not one ...

the same qualities that society considers intrinsic to, and acceptable in, women. This goes back to something that Freedman says ...

women did more than this, and perhaps provided a great deal of the food consumed by families. Figueroa (1996) states that the wome...

to her on the basis of her sex. To further complicate her situation, she was an exile from her primitive Colchis homeland, forced...

As this suggests, the novel abounds in paradoxes. Moses, the cruel overseer, did not murder his wife and child, but actually sent ...

accompanying technological advancement changed society to such an extent that people felt they had no guidelines for how to behave...

a room that "opened on the piazza and had roses all over the window, and such pretty old-fashioned chintz hangings! but John would...

It has never been out of print since its publication and has been translated into "French, German and Dutch" (Taillon 16). Written...

and 1 Kings 11:3 indicates that the monarch of Israel had "seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines." There is a gr...

71). This seems to be particularly true for black women, who get caught between the double bind of being female in a male dominate...

inasmuch as they were "fortunate to live at a time characterized by open-mindedness and liberal ideas" (Jianying, 2001). This exa...

for its own good, or the good of the world. The American society is the largest consumer society in the world and they have gene...

it is noted that a band is "made up of nuclear families that live together and are loosely associated with a territory on which th...

all elections and public referenda and [be] eligible for election to all publicly elected bodies" (quoted Sakr, 2000). Therefore, ...

to help the society survive, not to gain positions of power. Womens work, however, was considered just as crucial as that of the w...

faculties, they "won admirers by their eloquence" (Norton et al 33). The Jesuits drew on science to predict "solar and lunar eclip...

is not a phenomenon that emerges overnight. It builds over decades. Angelina and Sarah Grimke argued for womens rights a full ten ...

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

done if they are to change their existence. She wonders if its possible for women to ever be truly happy. She wonders if existence...

which involved a patriarchal society. At the same time there are characters in the story, female characters, who possess money a...

of patriarchal privilege and set society against her is not sufficient justification for ignoring what she perceived to be a highe...

sanctioned as proper for women, Bradstreets work did not go against the norms of Puritan society. However, they do often emphasize...

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

of heroism in combat as they fought for noble causes and died for noble causes, with visions of lavish funeral rites dancing in th...

action directed to control the spread of contaminants from industrial plants has waxed and waned. In 1992, the International Eart...

herself to be more than just a social or racial icon. Instead, Condoleeza Rice has shown her ability to make decisions, be a part...

wheels and horse shoes" and complying with "public health inoculation programs, as well as compliance with other public health reg...

the effect was similar in that the vast majority of immigrants arriving in Canada prior to the 1960s were from the British Isle o...

(Voltaire Chapter 8). She began living the life of a prisoner of war for the most part. One author notes she was "ill-used by othe...

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