Women's studies

1870s and 2017. In the play A Doll’s House written by Henrik Ibsen, Nora was treated poorly by her husband and learned to escape to freedom as women did throughout history. Women did not have many rights in the late 1800s before the beginning of the women's rights movement. The role of women in the family at that time was two-fold: take care of the children and love their husbands. Even though he controls her, Nora obviously loves her husband, Torvald, in spite of his name calling and demands.…

According to Stalla Corcos, the goal of the Alliance Israelie Universelle is “enlightenment,” i.e., to bring people together to form “one society and for one purpose in pursuing the general good.” (459) While one may argue that Corcos’ letter is a strategic fund-application proposal that cannot be taken literally, the same goal is repeated in another letter addressed to the teachers, this time with more details: “The alliance is less concerned with producing half-learned men than in forming good…

drastically to become how it is today. In the play A Doll’s House written by Henrik Ibsen, Nora was treated poorly by her husband and learns to escape into freedom as women did throughout history. Women did not have have many rights in the 1800s until the women's rights movement began. The role women received to fulfill in the family was to take care of the children and love their husbands. Nora portrays her love for husband even though he controls her, as the reader sees through his name…

the morals we are expected to follow, and the novels and poems we read. This theme consists of many factors but the one that stands out is equality. As we get older, this theme becomes less apparent in our studies because it is assumed that we, as teenagers, are aware of racial prejudice and women’s rights but this is not always the case. The play Romeo and Juliet does not just demonstrate equality through the love that Romeo and Juliet have for each other, but it goes further to display Juliet…

Because our club has adopted the mindset that it is imperative to look at women’s oppression through various lens, we try to promote this view to our club members and school by hosting events beneficial to students of various backgrounds. For instance, we held a brand-new event this year called, “Sex Myth Busters”. While this event…

has been used throughout English classes in grade schools and universities as a way to explore the theme of greed and deception. Despite this, The Maltese Falcon can also be studied in other branches of academic discipline. A student taking a women’s studies class could benefit from reading The Maltese Falcon as a way to learning about the depiction of women from a male author in the early 20th century. The 20th century faced many changes to the structure of life in America, including the…

how to achieve equality with men, but the first step began on July 19 and 20, 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York at the first Women’s Conference (Feminism and Women's Studies). Issues these women were campaigning for are issues that are still relevant today. These issues including easier access to higher education, more advanced professions, and equal pay (Feminism and Women's Studies). Although access to higher education and advanced professions has improved, women continue to fight for equal pay…

industry or was a role model to many men and women in the early nineteen hundreds? Who fought for women’s rights in the aviation field? If you haven’t come up with the answer yet, it’s Amelia Earhart. Amelia was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas and died around the day of July 2, 1937. Amelia Earhart is one of the most significant figures in the twentieth century because of her role in women’s rights, the records she set in her aviation career, and she was a role model to many people…

During studying about religion, sexuality and right, everyone in class was asked to discuss an article written by Jelie Lucass-MA, “what is your tribe? Women’s struggles and the construction of Muslimness.” Suddenly, I came up with a question to my professor, Dr. Coeli Barry, “are all Muslim women facing the same oppression?” She answered, “No! Or maybe!” Her further explain was about the difference oppression on Muslim women based on their historicized and geographical. Then, I recalled my…

Hillary Clinton, to even consider becoming president one day. The effects of women suffrage led to the start of the powerful feminist movement that changed the way women confronted social standards. Warrren K. Leffler points out, the beginning of women’s suffrage began in 1848 when Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott issued a meeting in Seneca Falls Convention in London to talk about “Social, civil, and religious rights of women” as well as to ratify the…