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Holding the Line

The writer examines the Barbara Kingsolver book Holding the Line, which discusses the 1983 mining strike in Arizona. The book reve...

More Than a Century and a Half of Contributions by Women to the Labor Movement

This paper considers how since the nineteenth century women have contributed to the labor movement and the workforce with African ...

Women's Role in Nazi Germany Researched By Claudia Koonz

The research of Claudia Koonz is the focus of this paper on the role of women in the Third Reich. She concludes that far from bein...

Different Cultures for Women in America

Women in America do not have a monolithic cultural experience. This paper examines the difference between Chicano and African-Amer...

Work, Women, and a Constant Balancing Act

In eight page this paper discusses working women in an overview of the delicate balance women must maintain between home and work,...

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...

The Importance of Women's History

women to the sidelines of history, as insignificant to the progress of humanity. By implication, this view says that women did not...

Richard Wright and Alice Munro's Perspectives on Women

contrasted against the life of her sister, Nora, who is not as down-to-earth as Clara and considered the prettier of the two. Nor...

Women's Rights and a Speech by Sojourner Truth

offered chivalrous acts, such as with going through doors and stepping over mud puddles; however, she also acknowledges that she, ...

Women's Roles in 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' by Homer

In 6 pages this paper analyzes how women's roles in these works by Homer reflect the cultural perceptions of women in ancient Gree...

Literature of the Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries and Women's Debate

In 2 pages the 'debate about women' during this time period are examined in a discussion of Arraignment of Lewd, Idle, Froward, an...

Issues Surrounding Breast Implants

In eight pages popular literature is reviewed in this discussion of breast implants and examines why women opt for this procedure ...

Barbara Walters and a Theoretical TV Symposium on Women

In three pages this paper discusses a theoretical TV symposium regarded on the presentation of women in literature and thoughts on...

Women in Three Hardy Novels

This 6 page paper explores the status of women in the Victorian era by examining the way they are presented in three Hardy novels,...

Richard Hall's Patriots in Disguise

In three pages this paper discusses women in Civil War combat within the context of Hall's book and examines women's significant r...

Women's Rights in America

This paper examines women's rights in America during the antebellum and progressive eras in a contrasting and comparison of Declar...

Beauty Pageants

contributing to the betterment of the world in which she lives. For example, "Miss National Pre-Teen" was created in 1980 a...

Choreographers and Ballet

In eight pages ballet is examined from the perspectives of four choreographers Frederick Ashton, Kenneth MacMillan, William Forsyt...

A look at De Pauw's Battle Cries and Lullabies

This well written book by Linda De Pauw is discussed in depth. The book concerns the role of women in the military and especially ...

Criminal Justice System and Women

In five pages this paper discusses the criminal justice system and the problems posed by women in an overview of protocol and reha...

Foreign Policy of Egypt and Women's Rights

In ten pages this paper examines Egypt's policies regarding women and women's rights. Eight sources are cited in the bibliography...

Women's Equality and the NOW Role

women who historically have been kept in lesser paying positions and, even when they managed to work their way into better positio...

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...

Sexuality During the 12th Century

practices were dictated by the church or by the state, there were certain rules and regulations which governed the act, and in fac...

Women's Special Interest Groups in Canada

both an arduous and complicated process by which change occurs at a slow pace - even slower when the special interest group is sup...

British Workforce and the Growing Participation of Women Since the Second World War

control practices and free contraception; the changing attitudes of women; and the availability of part-time work. After the war,...

Criminal Justice System and Women's Needs

penal system. First, it should be noted that this topic is very important due to the increasing female population in prison syst...

Women's Rights, Working Hours, and the 1908 Case of Muller v. Oregon

law passed in 1905 that prevented the women working for more than ten hours a day. Muller argued that this was unconstitutional, a...

Frances Heidensohn's Women in Control?

the treatment received. The work examines, as would be imagined, both the United States and Britain. According to one review of...

Contrasts and Comparisons between Medea and Clytemnestra

In reaction, the nurse relates that Medea, "the hapless wife, thus scorned...lies fasting, yielding her body to her grief, wasting...