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The Seven Sisters/Women's Education

The cultural bias against education for women was so severe in the eighteenth century that Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), note...

Religion and the Role of Women in the Middle East

gender equality is seen throughout the world and not limited to the Middle East (Kandiyoti, 1991). To assess the link between wo...

Reading as a Form of Resistance

imagine a more severe disparity of power than the one that exists in present-day Iran since its revolution and the institution of ...

Chopin/The Awakening/Suicide as Closure

the beginning of the novel? Why does Edna not try to follow the same path as her artistic mentor, Mm. Reisz, who lives the indepen...

The Female Influence on British Literature

however, the lives of the fictional Frankenstein and the author of the book had many similarities. Both were treated as objects r...

Male and Female Relationships in William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra and John Milton's 'Paradise Lost'

Cleopatra is a very sensual woman who is aware of her own passion. This, however, does not detract from her ability to rule...

Female Artists of the 19th Century

was considered to be an essential component of every young artist training. Some critics at that time actually argued that no grea...

Comparative Analysis of 2 Texts on Women's Issues

Tanenbaum points out, "Even today a common way to damage a womans credibility is to call her a slut" (2000, p. 2). In many ways, ...

Female Protagonist Effectivenss in Oranges Are Not Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson and Beloved by Toni Morrison

from secondary characters to protagonists who were considered universal or genderless to those who were females yet were strong an...

Women Servants' Treatment in England During the 19th Century

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

Female Benign Pelvic Tumors

and assessment of benign growths. Critical Review of Literature When a pelvic mass is discovered in a woman, it is not uncommon ...

The Effects of Female Coaches on Male Sports Teams

extent, the role that women play in the locker room does make a difference. Reporters or fans are one thing, but a female coach is...

Submissive Characters In Children's Literature: Influence Upon Self-Perception In Female Children

set down for them without making any fuss. Laurence Behrens and Leonard J. Rosen, authors of Writing and Reading Across the Curri...

Women, Literacy and Health Care Critique of “A Winning Combination: Women, Literacy and Participation in Health Care”

by practicing nurses in this area. Both of the authors also hold advanced degrees: one holds a Masters degree and teaches at a co...

Women and Geoffrey Chaucer

to some extent. One critics opinion seems to support such a perspective: "The Wife of Baths negative image seems only to have chan...

Motherhood According to Caryl Churchill's Top Girls and Kate Chopin's The Awakening

and traumatic childhood (Taylor and Fineman 35). Edna longs for some sort of meaning and transcendence in her life. In Mademoise...

A Century of Progress for Women from 1890 to 1990

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

Mary Robinson, Charlotte Smith, and Jane Austen on Romantic Love

In twenty pages this paper examines how female authors portrayed romantic love in the late 18th century in a consideration of Robi...

New Atalantis by Mary Delariviere Manley and Fantomina by Eliza Fowler Haywood

In 5 pages these two female authors of the 18th century are examined in terms of their popular works and the feminist social criti...

Traditional 'Male' Jobs and Lack of Female Representation

In eleven pages the traditional male job domain of brokerage firms and the lack of female representation are the primary focuses o...

Female Coming of Age as Seen in West Indian Literature

family life. Annie John can be seen as a typical; adolescent, not only of Antigua or of West India, but of adolescents as a whol...

Colonialism and Feminism as Seen in Ngugi and Head

This paper examines the Twentieth Century authors, Ngugi and head. The author specifically addresses the contributions of the fem...

A Historical Critique of 'The Yellow Wallpaper'

This paper of 7 pages chronicle's the female protagonist's descent into madness due to the oppression of the patriarchy and its in...

The View of Women in Jane Austen's Society

This paper examines the roles played by male and female characters in the society created within Jane Austen's literature. This f...

Females in the American Political Process

The years spanning the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were an interesting time in regard to the progressive role of...

19th Century Social Constraints Imposed on Women and Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence and House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

In 5 pages this paper examines 19th century female social oppression within the context of these two literary works. There are 5 ...

Early 20th Century Historical Contributions of the Average Female

significant impact from the colonial period forward, and which have actually altered the course of American history, particularly ...

The Ashley Alexandra Dupre Story: A Look at Female Prostitution in the Twenty-First Century

as a serious crime. Still, it is usually the case that the prostitutes are arrested while their customers go free. In the case of ...

Early 19th Century Single and Married Females

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the status of single women with their married counterparts in a consideration of Em...

Female Independence and Seventeenth Century Restoration Comedies

up every day / Some new unheard-of fool for us to play" (Internet source). The prologue alone suggests that Etherege was offering ...