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Construction Industry and Women as Owners, Administrators, and Tradespeople

In six pages this paper examines women's various roles in the construction industry in an assessment of successes and failures. F...

Classical Literature and Women

In eight pages the idealization of women and the restrictions placed upon them as reflected in Aristophanes' Lysistrata, Antigone ...

Colonial Peru and Women's Roles

In three pages women's roles during Peru's colonial era are considered in a summary and analysis of Daughters of the Conquistatore...

Films My Brilliant Career, Annie Hall, Educating Rita, and The Piano and the Portrayal of Strong Women

This paper examines women's roles and status and how they are portrayed in a comparative analysis of these films consisting of eig...

Women and the Concept of Gender in Paradise Lost

This paper looks at the conceptualization of gender within the context of Milton's Paradise Lost. The writer discusses some of the...

Women's Roles in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House and George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion

In seven pages this paper compares protagonists in each play in a consideration of what they reveal about women's roles. Two sour...

American History and the Price of Freedom

In four pages this paper discusses the high price tag attached to freedom for slaves, women, and soldiers throughout American hist...

Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Women

In five pages Circe, the Sirens, Nausikaa, Helen, Calypson, Athena, and Penelope are examined in this discussion of how women's ro...

Mozambique and the Roles of Women

This paper considers women's roles in this impoverished part of the world in five pages. Six sources are cited in the bibliograph...

Roles of Women in Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Miller's Tale' and 'The Wife of Bath's Tale'

This paper contrasts and compares the women's roles in these two stories featured in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer in 5...

Societal Influence of Queen Nefertiti of Egypt

In eleven pages this paper discusses Nefertiti's influence on society in a consideration of women's roles, politics, religion, and...

Women's Role and the Concept of Marriage

In eight pages this paper examines writings of St. Jerome, St. Augustine, and others in a consideration of the marriage concept an...

The Theater and Its Use of Comedy

Funny women with a prominent role in the narrative are shared by many plays. This paper examines The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov, he...

Customs and Culture Associated with the Creek Indians

In twelve pages this paper discusses the detrimental cultural impact on the Creek Indians following European contact in a consider...

Medieval Marriage and Women's Roles in 'The Clerk's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer

In eight pages this character analysis of Griselda in 'The Clerk's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer discusses how she reflects Medieval p...

American Literature Overview

In five pages this research paper examines American literature from the late 18th century through the 20th century with such autho...

Literature and Women's Social Status

close to his sister, one has to contemplate the possibility of incest which adds to the seductiveness that many authors attribute ...

Former Yugoslavia and Globalisation's Political Influence

In sixteen pages this paper discusses how globalisation has influenced the former Yugoslavia with changing women's roles the prima...

American Women CEOs

This paper examines the disparity in the number of female Chief Executive Officers in America despite the fact that almost fifty p...

Literature and Gender Issues

This research report compares and contrasts the ideas of Salmon Rushdie and Conan Doyle in respect to gender roles. The concept of...

Segregation, Determination, and the Poetry of Langston Hughes

In six pages this paper discusses the poet's narrators without gender, how he uses women, and how African American determination d...

Medieval Women's Role in The Romance of Tristan and Beowulf

In five pages this paper examines the role of women in Medieval society in a literary analysis of The Romance of Tristan and Beowu...

Post 1970's Roles of Women

Resnick Sandler, while examining a presidential footnote on a Civil Rights amendment from 1968, discovered that President Johnson ...

Combat and Women

could be actively involved in battle. One of the most famous of these women is perhaps Joan of Arc, though there have been many ot...

Roles of Women in Albert Camus' Les Justes and Jean Paul Sartre's Les Mains Sales

he must assassinate Hoederer. Hoederer is a admirable Communist leader whom Hugo likes and respects for his political ideas. Hugo ...

Domestic Violence of Pregnant Women and a Midwife's Role

symptoms that pertain to ongoing abuse, which can be either due to an injury, or as a simply a manifestation of the stress of end...

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...

Roman Society and Etruscan Women's Behavior and Legal Status

to see an Etruscan woman naked, nor for her to be seen naked. And, in terms of using their sexuality, "They do not share their cou...

Identity and Gender Reflections in Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth and Kate Chopin's The Awakening

it threatened who she was as a member of the white race and the upper classes. Therefore, it can be seen that Ednas desire to pa...

Canada, The Philippines, and Women's Roles

the open. The center believes that in the near future the women in the rural areas will be treated better and that the living cond...