Women's Health Initiative

Throughout recent history, one of the most prominent matter,topic or subjects in question is how to find work-life balance. Ever since the 19th century, when women were granted citizenship, women’s rights have expanded dramatically. Since then, they have earned the right to vote, gained education rights and are allowed to join certain occupations. In the last few decades, women have expanded this search for equality by trying to find the perfect balance between both being a good mother and…

Throughout history, the U.S. has been seen as unequal in government laws and social normalities against minorities and women. Prior to 1920 women were unable to vote and not until 1965 were African American’s given the right to vote. And if you were to ask why it took so long for women and minorities to be given the right to vote, you would receive answers on the lines of sexism and racism. However, the refusal of voting rights was based on the fear that women and minorities were wildcards,…

Freedom is the right of being able to express yourself in whichever way you think is best for you, disregarding what the expectations maybe . Men have always had more freedom and been able to act on their free will, unlike women. Women were oppressed and made inferior because of this idea that women are incapable of thinking abstractly and should be at home treated like delicate flowers. Freedom in the book, Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston, for the character Janie it was…

Why do many feminist speak so negatively about people who do not identify as a feminist, especially women? Over the amount of time I have spent on the internet over the years has been, what some would say is too much time. However it is not entirely a waste of time, I have noticed that the feminist community has shown a significant amount of hate towards anyone who doesn’t follow their ideas. Whether they disagree with some of their ideas, call themselves something else like an equalist, or…

The cult of domesticity is what defined a true woman in the mid to late 1800’s. With this mindset of true womanhood, a lady was expected to be pious, pure, domestic, and submissive. Piety was an important quality for a woman to have, because she was supposed to be the spiritual leader of the family. A woman’s purpose, as far as piety went, was to bring her husband back to God. Next, a woman was to be pure. The main point of purity was for a woman to stay faithful to her husband sexually, but it…

Going Back to the Basics Many people today listen to songs like Grandpa Tell Me ´Bout the Good Old Days by the Judds and dream of a time when life was simpler, when relationships were made a priority, and there was a social structure that wasn 't a minefield to navigate. In recent years, women in particular have started conversations about the boorishness of their dates and men in general. They long for the time when dating ment simple things like men bringing flowers or other such tokens of…

women were not allowed to speak publicly there, and that they were segregated from the men (Elizabeth 2). This is where she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton. They became friends and discussed the issues of slavery and women’s rights. Both of them decided to hold a convention to talk about women’s rights once they got back to the United States. Eight years later, after writing back and forth to each other, Mott told Stanton that she was coming to Seneca Falls to visit her sister (3). Stanton invited…

needed. Patriarchy has been judging women’s appearance over decades; however, Valenti’s article are proving and showing women are moving to a new wave, the Fourth Wave of feminism. SlutWalks feminism movement began when a student at Toronto’s York University was told that women shouldn’t dress like sluts if they don’t want to be…

Feminism, the belief and promotion of equality between the sexes politically, socially, and economically, is a widespread movement throughout the Americas. This movement, while generally seen as one large and homogenous effort, is quite diverse in the goals, views, challenges, achievements, and people involved. By the late 1950 's, the majority of the nations in North, Central, and South America had granted women voting rights. (Infoplease). These early 20th century suffrage movements were the…

The life of the American people during the nineteenth century was very difference from what people are experiencing in today society. Living a life during this time would be a lot more complicated then what people can imagined, especially for women. The people during the American colonial period were treat men above women. They all think that men are the one who supposed to be the one who in charge every things. The role of the a man in this society was the person who work and have absolute…