Aspects of the Equality of Women and Women in Marriage as Found in Passages from Ibsen, Wollstonecraft, de Pizan, Mill and Chopin
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This is a 6 page paper discussing the equality and education of women in the works of Ibsen, de Pizan, Wollstonecraft, Mill and Chopin. The equality and education of women and issues which relate to the equality of in marriage have long been evident in the literature of the past 500 years. Christine de Pizan in 1405 first wrote on the importance of the education of women and the ideals of equality in her work “Book of the City of Ladies”. Since that time the same issues have been discussed by Henrik Ibsen in the relationship between Nora and Torvald in “A Doll’s House” (1879), Mary Wollstonecraft in ““A Vindication of the Rights of Women” (1792), John Stuart Mill in “The Subjection of Women” (1869) and Kate Chopin in “The Awakening” (1899). Contrary to the popular belief that women need marriage and men to “rise” in society, these writings show that women crave education and only want marriage if it can be on equal intellectual terms. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Author’s Ideology as Reflected in Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple” and Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice”
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This is a 5 page paper discussing how the ideologies of Alice Walker and Jane Austen are represented in their novels. Women novelists Alice Walker and Jane Austen provide different examples of how they have managed to represent their own ideologies within their novels. Alice Walker wrote “The Color Purple” in 1982 and conveyed her ideologies of equal and civil rights through the first person narration of the central character of Celie who is a poor, black woman living under the oppression of society and the men in her life. Her character slowly develops a sense of independence that Walker wishes upon her black female readers. In the 19th century, Jane Austen’s novel “Pride and Prejudice” also included Austen’s feminist ideologies in regards to many of the unreasonable and unequal aspects in society in the treatment of women. Because Austen was writing at a time when women were expected to only write sentimental novels however, Austen reveals her ideologies through the minor characters in the book, such as Mrs. Bennet, who through a satirical twist find society’s conventions unreasonable while her central characters are considered conventional and therefore accepted. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Barriers to Women's Advancement
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This 3 page paper discusses barriers to women's advancement from utilitarian and deontological perspectives. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Bertrande de Rols
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An 8 page paper discussing this 16th century woman who lived as an abandoned wife in rural France, the choices available to her and the choices she made. Also included is a discussion of Francois Poullain de la Barre’s “The Equality of the Two Sexes,” published a century later, followed by speculation of how Bertrande might have reacted to Poullain’s position. The paper concludes that she would not agree with the work. Bibliography lists 2 sources; the paper includes several quotes from each work.
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Betty Friedan; The Woman
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This 7 page paper looks at the life of this female writer and founder of the National Organisation for Women (NOW). An important influence on the recognition of women's rights this paper looks at her life, how her career started and the changes this career caused in her own life. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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Black Feminism: Overcoming the Matrix of Domination with Knowledge
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A 5 page contention that there has been a paradigmatic shift in Black women’s understanding of the domination which they have endured, both on the basis of their gender and on the basis of their race and socioeconomic class. The increase in knowledge among black women regarding the matrix of domination has allowed them to resist domination and indeed to work within the existing matrix in their search for equal footing. Black women have become empowered with knowledge. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Black Women and their Reactions to Slavery
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A 5 page analysis of the impact wielded by the institution of slavery on African Americans. African American women, in particular, had a tremendously varied reaction to slavery. These reactions varied from complete passivity, to outright violence, to societal action. This paper analyzes the stories related in “Celia, a Slave: A True Story”, “Sojourner Truth : A Life, a Symbol” and “A Black Woman's Civil War Memoirs” to emphasize that some reactions were obviously more effective than others in bringing about positive change. These reactions were shaped not only by the institution of slavery, however, but by the individual circumstances and experiences of individual women and those with whom she interacted. No additional sources are listed.
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Book Report on J. William T. Youngs’ “Eleanor Roosevelt: A Personal and Public Life”
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A 5 page paper which provides an overview and interpretation of a historical biography, and includes the author’s purpose, the specifics covered, presented view of American history, consideration of controversy, evaluates whether or not the book departs from typical textbook insights, ideas and concepts introduced, opinion of the book and what it can teach about American political, economic and social spheres, and concludes by assessing how the book assists in shaping one’s view of American history. No additional sources are used.
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Book Review / Women in Politics
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A 4 page review of former Vermont Governor Madeline M. Kunin's book entitled 'Living a Political Life.' The writer details experiences depicted by Kunin of working in a field that so few women have yet had the opportunity to-- Partivuaslr emotions, anxieties, and problems unique to female politicians are discussed. The primary source is cited in bibliography.
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