Women's Health Initiative

woman. Their way of living was foreign to the rest of the Hellenic world as their roles in society, upbringing, marriage and motherhood all heavily differed from those experienced by women in other poleis lifestyle. However, most evidence of what women’s lives were like in Sparta comes from the writing of male Athenian historians, therefore the validity of their opinions should be viewed with some level of scepticism. Role in society Spartan women played a more prominent role in society than…

“Here's to strong women. May we know them. May be be them. May we raise them.” A quote that depicts the strong-willed woman in society. In the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne the readers are shown the mindset of a headstrong women. In every example of a woman made by Hawthorne, he shows the courage and the struggles gone through by the main character, Hester. Portraying idealistically the very existence of today's “feminists” dates back to a time when a strong willed woman was as…

Heavy breathing, wet from the river, sweat slowly forming on the forehead. What is worst, the fear of dying or the fear of being caught? I come back to reality. I am able to breathe but the anguish of it all still lingers. As my grandmother folds the clothes neatly into a pile she tells me about her journey to America. At the age of 26 my grandmother and her four children, like many other immigrant Hispanics, fled their poverty stricken countries and traveled to the United States. At the time,…

In order to acknowledge the relationship of Princess Diana and the media, I read an article titled Diana Doubled: The Fairytale Princess and Photographer by Jill Chancey. As the opening of the article, Chancey stated that: “Her image in the tabloid media changes suddenly after her death in a very specific way: the princess was no longer portrayed in a negative manner (as she had been shortly before her death), but rather the focus was turned to her roles as mother, humanitarian, and fairytale…

many barriers to achieve their goals, not all believe it is the right choice. Making some women be the bystanders to these problems that are occurring right in front of them. When women started paying attention to women's rights was in the year of 1920, the fight for women's suffrage. Taking nearly a hundred years for them to have the same rights and responsibility as men. Women were not allowed to work in factories since men believed strongly against women working at all, giving them the…

During the Enlightenment, four philosophers stood out amongst the others. Wollstonecraft, Locke, Smith and Voltaire’s actions inherently caused a ripple effect in which the world changed for the better. However, what exactly were the Enlightenment Philosophers main ideas? The philosophers believed in the equality of the individual and sought out to affect the world in favour of the people inhabiting it. One of the most important philosophers of the bunch, Wollstonecraft was the only woman…

There have been many women in the past who have changed history, but not all of them were astounding authors during their times. Mindy Kaling, a current author, comedian, and actress, is a prime example of someone who is currently changing part of history for women. She is currently influencing many women to believe that they can achieve anything they set their minds to in life. Mindy Kaling, or also known by her real name Vera Mindy Chokalingam, was born on June 24th, 1979 in the town of…

violence. All the topics revolve around one major concept which is honor. The women argue that honor is contained in women and it is to be guarded by men (Basch-Harod, Kweskin, Traiman, & Smith, 2013). Additionally, they state that honor lies in a women’s body, in what she does, and in what she says. The word honor is just a nice replacement for saying that males control females. This representation of Muslim women is flawed for it gives the impression…

The views regarding the role of women remained sturdy for many years before shifting into the numerous roles in European society between 1400 and 1660. In early European societies, the view of women that remained sturdy was that their main role, and sometimes only purpose, was to bear children. A viewpoint that may have emerged from this were women serving as housewives, where they stayed at home and took care of children, and often received little to no education. As women grew more rights,…

easy or fulfilling as it is for a woman in America today. Women were looked at differently than men, and were treated as such. There have been many women in our past that have helped shape who we are as women today. Many groups have contributed to women’s rights as well. Women were not allowed to do a lot of things we as women are allowed to do today. Women in the late 1800’s in America were treated indifferently because: they were refused the right to vote, they were treated differently than…