“A Midwife’s Tale” by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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A 6 page paper which examines Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s work “A Midwife’s Tale” as it relates to society and women in society during the time of Martha Ballard. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAmidtha.rtf

“Ar’n’t I a Woman” by Deborah Gray White
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A 4 page paper which examines the work “Ar’n’t I a Woman” by Deborah Gray White. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAarntia.rtf

“Celia, a Slave: A True Story”
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A 3 page review of the Book by Melton McLaurin. This paper examines the social hierarchy which is unveiled by this book. The author contends the issues explored by McLaurin are not limited to the relationship between the races. Indeed, these issues permeate both the South and the North and involve not just the clearly defined line between the slave and the master, the affluent and the destitute, but also the clearly defined line between the man and the woman of this time period. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPcelia.rtf

“Divided Lives, American Women in the Twentieth Century”: A Review of the Book by Rosalind Rosenberg
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A 3 page review of Rosenberg’s extensive review of women’s plight in the twentieth century. Rosenberg relates this plight to the complexity of factors which have served to keep women subdued throughout history. Not only are women’s lives divided between their relationships with men in their world, however, they are also divided between domestic and paid labor and numerous other components of modern life and even between themselves. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPwmLive.rtf

“Domestic and Family Violence”
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A five page paper which looks at family violence, particularly in relation to women, and considers the sociological issues which underlie the high incidence of violence against women, as well as exploring the ways in which society is attempting to address and combat the issue. Bibliography lists 2 sources
Filename: JLfamviol.wps

“Glass Ceilings and Bottomless Pits : Women's Work, Women’s Poverty”
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A 7 page review of the book by Randy Albeda and Chris Tilly. is an expose’ on the numerous societal factors which are facing women today. It is a look into poverty as many of us have never seen poverty, a look at the blatant and sometimes shocking facts of being a poor woman in the United States, the facts of that ever present “bottomless pit”. It is also a look, however, a the so-called “glass ceiling” which confronts professional women in the workplace. This paper contends that while the two scenarios are definitely different, they are inherently related to the same societal factors of the patriarchal dominated society which has been in place for the history of mankind. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPwomCei.rtf

“I Stand Here Ironing”: An Analysis of the Short Story by Tillie Olsen
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A 6 page review of the major themes and symbolism in this 1961 story. Although “I Stand Here Ironing” is not biographical it parallels to some degree events which occurred in Olsen’s own life. It is the story of a young and inexperienced mother who painfully relates the deplorable circumstances of her life and the impacts of those circumstances on her and her young daughter. This paper contends that, rather than a lament of guilt, this story is a story of anguish and a symbolic literary message which emphasizes the importance of feminine survival in the face of intense societal pressures. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPltIron.rtf

“Inside the Womb”: A Review of the Article by Madeleine Nash
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A 5 page review of an article celebrating the complexity of human life and our understanding of that life. In it author Madeleine Nash traces human development from the point of fertilization of the egg to birth, noting the similarities which exist between human life forms and non-human. Nash’s article, although replete with technical details, manages to captivate the interest of the reader while at the same time instill a scientific understanding of fertilization, cellular development, embryonic maturation, and birth as well as the genetic and prenatal factors which affect those processes. No additional sources listed.
Filename: PPwomb.rtf

“Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty”: A Review of the Book by Dorothy Roberts
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A 5 page review of the book by the noted author Dorothy Roberts. The author of this paper contends that in essence this book is an expose of the various lengths the American government has gone to to suppress black motherhood. An overview is provided of the various atrocities which have characterized white suppression and control of black reproduction since the time of slavery, extending into the 1970s, and through to the current day. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPblkBdy.rtf