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Women as Viewed by D.H. Lawrence

In five pages women's status during the time of D.H. Lawrence is considered in an exploration of his view of them as reflected in ...

'Hedda Gabler' and 'Phaedra'

In this 5 page paper, the heroines of the respective works are compared and contrasted particularly in terms of how they depict wo...

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...

Women's Issues and Racism

In 6 pages this paper considers the Reconstruction era until the 1930s in a discussion of how changes affected women's issues and ...

All About Eve Cinematic Analysis

provides evidence of repressed female sexuality, and reveals how the traditional patriarchy was threatened as a result of these ch...

Female Characters in Coriolanus and Macbeth by William Shakespeare

They have made themselves, and that their fitness now / Does unmake you. I have given suck and know / How tender tis to love the ...

Male and Female Roles in Marriage

is very much an equal reality in a marriage. Men and women are expected to treat each other respectfully, and to care about one an...

The U.S. in the Progressive Era

there was a genuine concern in America at the time over the abuses and injustices ordinary people suffered at the hands of the wea...

Canada's 1890 to 1918 Women's Suffrage Movement

The region was comprised of mainly men, and most often young men who were less than perfect citizens. There was, according to many...

1905 to 1918 US Women's Suffrage Movement

a place in the trades and professions... is because of her birthright to self-sovereignty" (Cullen-Dupont and Frost, 1992, p. 287)...

Two Decades of Couture Fashion in France from 1919 until 1939

such as Madeleine Vionnet (1876-1976) who catered primarily to the Parisian aristocracy (Bourque et al, 1986). However, even Vion...

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,...

1920s, 1930s, and Women's Issues Lack of Progress

seats, and more than half of those were filling mid-term vacancies (Harrison, 1997). In state legislatures, women didnt fare much...

1815 to 1860 U.S. Reform Movements

insert citation from Chapter 12). While Walden is even today held up as the epitome of how any individual can maintain and retain ...

Women's Social Role from Babylonian to Reformation Periods

higher social position due to their connection with ancient religious traditions that honored the Earth Mother under her many gui...

Women of Edward Rochester in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre and Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea

the two female characters who interacted in literature with Edward Rochester, one notices differences - and similarities - in thei...

1955 to 1975 Feminist Movement Rebirth

participant within the workplace was but one aspect of feminism between 1955 and 1975; however, along with it also came undesirabl...

Antigone and A Jury of Her Peers

This 3 page paper gives an overview of the two stories Antigone and A Jury of Her Peers and the relationships between the women in...

Questions and Answers on Early Nineteenth Century English History (1800-1840)

resulted in a huge public outcry against the King. Reformers and radicals alike encouraged dialogue regarding gender oppression a...

Evolution of Women’s Roles in Society

for the most part they were not really considered citizens and were truly at the mercy of men for their survival. It was not rea...

Women’s Liberation of the 1960s

taking place within and beyond our national borders" (NOW). In this statement one sees that the organizations aim was to fight for...

Militarization and How it Affects Women's Lives

minimum wages, and other stipends that directly affect women need to be considered. It is true that in some cases when the milita...

Women's Roles in Homer's 'The Odyssey'

the strongest women in the piece are the goddess Pallas Athena and Penelope, Odysseuss wife. In addition, although her part was sm...

Islamic Women's Lives

Women had been treated as possessions of their husbands; Islamic law made the education of girls a sacred duty and gave women the ...

Comparison of Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys and Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

the womens circumstances and the move to change those circumstances. Rochesters dismissal of Antoinette, her family and her commun...

Observation and Self Definition in Women's Studies

that "ladder of success," or does that mean that they are not on the rung that they would like to be. Since they are the ones who...

Fatima Mernissi's Beyond the Veil Reviewed

In five pages this text on Islamic women's sexuality is reviewed....

Twentieth Century Women's Changing Roles

This paper considers 20th century women's changing social roles with employment and family position among the topics discussed in ...

Alice Walker's The Color Purple and Women's Roles

is the world of the domestic. That is domestic in the terms of one who serves, as well as domestic in the terms of limited to hou...

Fictional Short Story 'Into Her House, With Flowers'

In seven pages this short story which features a woman's fight to freely live her life despite several mental impairment is presen...