Women's studies

In the articles The Female Labour Market in London in the Late Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries by Peter Earle and Segmentation in the Pre-Industrial Labour Market: Women’s Work in the Dutch Textile Industry 1581-1810 by Elise Van Nederveen Meerkerk, both Earle and Meerkerk utilize various methodologies in order to analyze and draw conclusions on of their distinct queries. The two articles introduce diverse pieces of information involving the role of women in the workforce during…

rival or supporter of Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party, there is no precluding the chronicled significance from claiming the piece. Despite the fact that its creation was just somewhere in the range of 30 years back, it is as of now observed as a women's activist symbol in western culture. The verifiable significance, to ladies and western culture, is immaterial. The Dinner party is a great establishment celebrating overlooked accomplishments in female history. Chicago portrayed it as, "as a…

Women have more rights now than they did in the late 1800s but they still don’t have nearly the same rights as men do. According to the white house website on issues, women on average make 78 cents for every dollar men make. During President Obama’s terms as president there has been a significant amount of progress to bridge the gender pay gap. He signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which enabled victims that have been discriminated of pay to seek compensation where previously they…

support to the amendment because it did not have any clause for women’s right to vote. The movement gained momentum during World War I (WWI). When WWI was declared as the war for democracy by President Woodrow Wilson, women took the streets claiming that the US was not a democracy. In 1918, the President gave a pro-suffrage speech and the 19th amendment was passed the next year giving women the right to vote.…

and women, approved by society. While we are born with our sex, gender is learned overtime through various agencies in society. In this essay, the differences between sex and gender, sexual dimorphism, the role of socialization on behaviour, case studies and theories in relation to gender development and some feminists’ views will be looked at and explained. Differentiating between sex and gender, is a first step towards identifying…

The history of The Women’s Right started with a group of woman questioning why they been treated like animals and why they can’t involve in any activities of the community. After a week, those women organize the two- day convention in Seneca, N.Y., to talk about women’s right. On July 13,1848, the Women’s Right Movement marked as a beginning. Throughout 1998, the Women’s Right Movement is celebrated the 150th anniversary around the nation with different programs and events. They also look for a…

devalued or not valued at all when compared with men 's work"(“Sexism”). The degrading of women caused by sexism has created a huge gap between men and women gender equality. The under-estimation of women gives men a superior image in gender roles. Women’s roles in the workforce is unacknowledged when it is compared to the work men do (“Sexism”). Since the Dust Bowl in the 1930 's, in the labor force, the role of women and their rights have vastly broadened and are continuing to improve in hopes…

Currently in the United States, women’s voices and opinions are being marginalized, but around the world many nations are making progress in increasing the presence of women in politics. However, the United States has not. The United States ranked 91st in a world-wide, with women ranking…

The U.S. Women’s Antiremoval Petition Campaign, 1829-1831, Theodore not only summarizes the history of the antiremoval campaign but also studies the strategies women have taken in petitioning against the Indian Removal Act. The antiremoval petition campaign is the earlier known record of women protesting against the federal government in a political manner. The strategies that the women took were significantly different from the way men petitioned against this oppressive law, the women’s…

Temperance (Sherr). In 1852, Anthony and Stanton started the Women's New York State Temperance Society. Not long after that did they start fighting for women's rights. They then formed a Women's Rights Committee. They mainly focused on women's rights to own property and to vote. They would travel all over to campaign for women's rights. (Bio.com) When the Civil War ended, Anthony decided to focus less on alcohol and more on women's rights. She established the American Equal Rights…