Women and Economics

Women and politics seem to have never gone together. This ultimatum is present in many societies throughout the world. However, the severity of such claim is seemingly dependent upon a country’s overall development. This paper will discuss the link between women participation in politics and a country’s overall economic success. This study investigates two African countries that each share a similar gross domestic product (GDP). These countries are Kenya and Ethiopia. A country with a high GDP and or economic development will produce favorable gains in women participation while the lacking country will not. Having countries that share similar GDP will help with comparison measure. The overall development is a determining factor toward women…

The poem “Good Hours” by Robert Frost is a poem that alludes the feeling of solitude and loneliness to its readers. Frost himself faced a great deal of heartbreak in his time. While “Good Hours” is one of his lesser known poems, it is no doubt beautiful and artistic in the least. Much like almost all of Frost’s poems, this poem uses nature to reveal and analyze the narrator’s feelings. Renowned poet, Robert Frost, in his poem, “Good Hours”, describes a scenic walk through a village on a winter…

The economic activities of women allowed them to politically participate in their communities through their own ways. Women shared both daily and seasonal duties and these activities such as food and textile productions, and household chores create interactions and ties among women (SOURCE 139). For instance, “in the story of Ruth, ‘the women’ are the who greet [Naomi and Ruth when they arrived], And at the end, the ‘women of neighborhood attend the birth of Ruth’s son… and [named] the child”…

This absence of men in America’s workforce led to the movement of middle-class and upper class white women_into the workforce. As women dominated careers held by men, women had new opportunities available to them as most men were away at war. As a result, this left openings for women to fill, transforming the way women operated socially, economically, and politically during World War I. Social…

Economic Position of Women in Norway and Pakistan Many countries thorough the world, have developed ways to incorporate women into society. Countries started naming women as inferior and that their responsibilities where private sphere, along with men are more capable to do better things such as anything that has to deal outside the house. As years were passing women knew that it was unfair, and not right for the government and the rest of the people, especially men to ignore their voices.…

Aside from politics and religious rights that women have, they also economic rights that protects them as individuals. Before marriage, a husband must provide a dowry, or payment for the bride’s father. If the either one of them decided to have a divorce, the woman was entitled to the dowry (SOURCE). This suggests that economic rights were provided to women during marriage. Even though they live in a patriarchal society, where men mostly controlled the assets of the family, the divorcee wife was…

The flapper in the 1920’s was a new type of girl never seen before.She was typically a young girl who was of a middle class. The flapper wore heavy makeup, shorter and more extravagant dresses and had more fun. Flappers often times did thing that was frowned upon by society. Flapper culture was inspiring for young girls and yet it was frightening for people who wanted to preserve the image of “The Gibson girl.” The Gibson girl was a woman who had longer hair and dresses that concealed most of…

speech spoken by Adrienne Rich, it was apparent that she argued for women to stand up and take control of their education instead of just tolerating it. She presents this speech to an audience of women at a women’s only institution in 1977, resulting in her speech mainly focusing on women who were academically discriminated to their belief. During her speech she desires her audience to be assertive and to strive for self-respect to help women universally, which could benefit the many…

Mercy Ministries is a faith based not for profit organization that serves young women with life controlling issues. Established in 1983 by Nancy Alcorn, they have helped over 3000 residents overcome debilitating problems such as eating disorders, self-harm, drug and alcohol addiction, depression and unplanned pregnancy, physical and sexual abuse including those who are victims of sex-trafficking. It is “Mercy’s goal…to help these young women find freedom from their issues and empower them to…

comedian and TV star: “She’s the everygirl—if everygirl were fearless.” The “everygirl.” This is the kind of girl, woman, female individual that ELLE’s editor-in-chief Robbie Myers explicitly states she is looking to appeal to. In April’s issue, Myers “Editor’s Letter” takes the defensive after the shocking statement that Schumer—the “everygirl herself”—resists reading women’s magazines because of the way they “make her feel bad about herself” (ELLE 92). In her counterargument, Myers throws out…