Women's studies

representative of socio-cultural and historical contexts. Drawing on raw emotion, The Measure by Dame Mary Gilmore reveals Mary’s attitude and idea towards war’s futile nature and her value of women’s equality. Mary’s socio-Cultural and historical background surrounding war’s meaningfulness, Her views and ideals about Women’s inequality and the poem’s invited reading and relatable content are all key factors that make this poem so powerful. Dame Mary Gilmore’s socio-cultural and historical…

the feminist movement women have been looked at as inferior to men. Women had no say in politics, right to have an education, or obtain the same job as men. A women’s role in society was to just take care of the household, make sure food is on the table for her family, and to take care of the kids, while the husband goes to work. A women’s job was to keep the house in order while a man’s duty was to provide for his family. Working was described as a man’s job, were women had no place to be a…

Union”(Women’s). This implies that Anthony believed that everyone should have equal rights; men should not be held at a higher standard than women and white men should not be held at a higher standard that colored men. Anthony took many actions to protest and eliminate the laws denying the rights of women. This is known as civil disobedience (Suber). The purpose of civil disobedience is to get rid of a law that people believe to be unjust (Brownlee). Anthony took a strong stand for women’s…

disorders, diabetes, asthma, and if the abuse is severe enough, even death (Tremer). Although there are already certain programs and laws that exist to help women who have experienced domestic and sexual abuse such as the Violence Against Women Act, women’s rights activists work to change traditional gender roles, educate women on how to prevent or cope with abuse, and provide support groups for individuals and families that have been victimized by abuse (Zimmerman, et al.…

1. Summary of Issue As a woman, I was drawn to digging deeper into the models of women’s development, focusing on Gilligan, Bem, and Shame Resilience Theory. While looking at this section, I found myself comparing what I was reading to the issue of equal pay for men and women. Currently, women make less than 80 cents for every dollar men make, and that can cause a lot of psychological, as well as physical, ramifications for women. Women can be made to feel inferior to men, “tricked” into…

first document that I reviewed was “The Married Women’s Property Act (1848)”. In the beginning of 1848 a law was passed that allowed married women more rights toward their own property. This was the married women property act; this helped women obtain their property aside from their husbands. This was the first law that established that married women had an independent identity. Women's rights is taken for granted in the world today, but when one studies the struggle of women it becomes clear…

Studies that women are not paid equally to men. Several corporations have been the groups of women who claim they were discriminated against because of their gender. Man can be also discriminated against because of their gender. If a company decided to…

The great women’s suffrage advocate, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, is historically quoted as saying “The best protection any woman can have….is courage.” This was and will always be extremely powerful because it helped women gain the confidence necessary to fight and continue fighting for their rights. Elizabeth Cady Stanton is looked upon as the leader in the women’s suffrage movement. In order to stand up and fight for what she believed in she had to have an abundance of courage. This is very…

1.“Feminists were logically compelled to argue for women’s equality on the grounds that women, like men were rational beings capable of making their own decisions and determining their own best interests” Feminism is the theory of equal political, economic and social rights for the sexes. Since the dawn of politics and international relations, it has always been apparent that the male gender dominated the political field. It is a world that is populated by politicians, military troops, and…

Banner, the author of Elizabeth Cady Stanton: A Radical for Women’s Rights and ten other books including “Intertwined Lives: Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, and Their Circle” which received Israel Fishman Non-fiction award from Stonewall Book Awards and Lambda Literary Award for Biography. She wrote a biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a social activist, American suffragist, feminist, abolitionist, and one of the leading figure of the early women’s right movement. Elizabeth was born on November…