Though some say that at times it is necessary (I believe this is only true for situations which are a matter of life and death). ... Those who are pro-life have done a really wonderful job with providing information online, in pamphlets, books, and most everywhere else possible. ... They each go over the alternatives they were given at the time and wonder why they didn't choose to instead give up their child for adoption or why they weren't serious enough about birth control. ...

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From the beginning of Stephen's life there was something different about her. ... Her peers treat her horribly and she dreads spending time with them. ... He supported her love for books at a very early age. He understood her sexuality well before her and advised her "I want you to learn to make friends with your books; some day you may need them, because you mayn't find life at all easy, and books are good friends." ... It haunted her presumably for the rest of her life. ...

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Her father's library was not big, but she still went to it to read books (pg 9). Abigail's favorite books were novels by Samuel Richardson (pg 11). ... Beginning in her teens and throughout most of her life, Abigail devoted a significant amount of time and energy to correspondence with friends and family. ... He describes her life as if she was a woman ahead of her time. ... Although she lead life was an ordinary woman, she had many ideas and most of them heard, but it did not take effect for a long time. ...

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Although Harry lived the life of a pirate, he had a loving family and a wife who adored him. ... "Every time I see his goddamn face it makes me want to cry." ... Richard was a well know writer who wrote many books. Helen wasn't impressed with all the books that Richard wrote, she wasn't impressed by the way he strutted his vocabulary or by how much money he had. ... His life didn't have much genuine love, no children, a beautiful wife who didn't stand by him and a seemingly adventureless life. ...

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Through the study of nearly 500 manuscript collections that housed the contents of family letters, household inventories, the papers of female academies, commonplace books and physicians" records Clinton attempts to shed light upon the hidden lives of southern plantation mistresses, who she states, have been prisoners of myth, legend, and folklore. ... Clinton reveals the life of a plantation mistress and her role as wife, mother, and household manager in the antebellum South. Additional areas of discussion include kinship, courtship, marriage, and divorce; moral standards; health and childb...

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Abigail didn't have formal education-like most women of her time, but her intelligence was fostered by the many books she read and was reflected in the two thousand letters she wrote throughout her life. ... (Akers 8), as a daughter of a minister and because her family was well-off, Abigail was never short of books. ... (Baker 128) Akers" paraphrase that "only in the mind of God did the discordant notes of life blend into a harmonious melancholy."... In her marriage to Lincoln, "individual expression of power" was part of their union, which was very uncommon to the values of submissiven...

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Besides various marches, women wrote books and other types of literature to state the ignorance of women in society. For instance, "One the first feminist books was A Vindication of the Rights of Women written in 1762, by the British writer Mary Wollstonecraft. ... In 1990 the Roper Organization found that for the first time since 1980, the majority of women polled - 51 percent - said they preferred to stay home. ... The third of these four reasons was to achieve growth and personal balance between work labor and family life. ... I can now see more clearly how our society has changed so d...

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Allen believes that The Age of Innocence is one or Wharton's most successful books because it offers an inside look at a subject the author knew very well. ... Their world is enveloped by social forces that seem to exist and even breathe independently of time and space governs the New York of the novel. ... New York society disapproves of her because she has left her husband, because she supposedly had an affair with another man, and because she lives her life unconventionally. ... He is a wealthy young man torn between his love for a woman acceptable by the social conventions of his ti...

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The Color Purple tells the story of Celie, a black woman who suffers virtually throughout her entire life. From the time she is young she is treated cruelly by the one man in her life, her father, and that treatment only continues when she gets married. ... It is obvious that Celie has no desire for marriage when she encourages Nettie to keep at her books and not to worry about the man pursuing her. The most difficult time in Celie's life is undoubtedly when she is forced to marry Albert. ... From the time Celie was young she was mistreated and overlooked but she was able to...

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The main character, Edna, is dissatisfied with her life and position as wife and mother. ... Part of it might be due to her life experiences and the personality that shaped from those experiences. ... That was yet another phase in her life dominated by feminine influence. ... That can be assumed since he allowed her to be so independent, a thing many husbands of the time did not allow. ... She inferred that it was okay for women to take on sexual roles and be independent in books like The Awakening. ...

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Katheren Millet once said "Because of our social circumstances, the male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly different." ... Women have fought for equal rights and jobs and to be treated as a man since the beginning of time. Women in the beginning were just a source of carrying on life. ... It is feminist women who write and edit books and magazines for teen girls. ... Men and women have a hard time finding a sense of peace within themselves because of that fact that it is always important to live up to certain standards that might not always be the correc...

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Although she spent most of her life in New Orleans, she is well known for her stories of Louisiana and her Cajun and Creole life. ... She began to read a medley of books now from Darwin to Sarah Orne Jewett, she felt it a necessity to help mourn the loss of her husband. ... She wrote very little up to her time of death in 1906. . ... It is an honored literary work as being far ahead of its time. ... She begins to realize for the first time that she is an individual. ...

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I have personally witnessed this throughout my life. ... As time has passed this has all begun to change. ... In religion they rely so much on the books and beliefs set so long ago that it is almost impossible to change them. ... After looking at woman's roles in different aspects of life you can infer that the status is still moving up. ...

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She has been published ten best selling books and numerous magazine articles earning her Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award nominations. ... Her ancestors dreams was always to have someone brave and educated to sacrifice his or her time and maybe life to protect them. ... He continues to say that there are many blacks serving time in jail. Throughout his life Tupac struggles to find his identity. ... As a rapper and movie star he lives what he described as "Thug Life" - a life of rebellion. ...

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There are many ways in which film has affected and shaped my life. ... This part influenced me as I found myself loving for the first time that love could not pass me. ... Nonetheless, she discovers the realities of life. ... He feels he has the right to have his wife and slave at the same time without being questioned. ... London: Intellect Books, 2010 . ...

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Someone whose influence in your life has changed your life from what it was to something entirely different; something more civil. ... She had the cutest ears; they had little points on the ends and it made her look like an elf or a fairy from popular story books. ... I cannot remember a time when she had something unpleasant to say about someone, her motto was, "if you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all."" this was one of many valuable lessons I learned from her and have made a part of my life. ... She showed me that it was just a waste of my time and...

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While one of them wants to succeed in life, the other does not care. ... He has been absent most of the time since the beginning of the marriage. ... In addition, Norma Jean has started to read books, and all this, of course, intimidates Leroy "I never was any good in English", he says ( ) "Driving a rig Nobody cared about my English". ... The point is that now she has become a new woman with expectations in life. In conclusion, time does not necessarily bring lovers closer. ...

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In this story we are presented with a woman who once lived a normal life with a husband and son who worked and enjoyed the freedoms of life. The life she once knew she was forced to abandon, her life now lacks the freedom and the power to make her own decisions and is forced to live according to the standards of this dysutopian society. ... As a handmaid she lives a repressed life, she is unhappy and is slowly being manipulated and programmed to accept her life and fait ! ... In the market one is showing off her swollen pregnant belly, this is the only time that a handmaid would envy econowi...

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Seeing her best friend, Mary, causes the speaker to question her decisions in life. ... The 1950s and 1960s were a difficult time period for women. ... A vase holds blooming flowers just as a pregnant woman carries growing life. ... The speaker seems a little jealous of Mary and her happy and simple life. ... The image of the speaker's arms around books implies that perhaps that speaker wishes she had a baby to hold in her arms. ...

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Born in 1735, Elizabeth Marsh was one individual where history was unavoidable in every day of her life. ... Many years later, author Linda Colley explored Elizabeth Marsh's life while researching for her book, Captives. ... Although, it included the means of both men and women, it was still more focused on the dominating gender of that time – men.3 Most histories before the 1960s only speak about powerful white men, without much detail. ... In The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh, Linda Colley incorporates the different aspects of social history in order to explain her life. ... Eliza...

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Individuals "bartered each other for goods and services, creating an off-the-books economy entirely run by women" (Roberts 12). ... As Martha embarked on another journey to New York after she had gone to Mount Vernon, this time she was "feted with fireworks and serenaded by musicians [which] was considered big news by several journals" (Roberts 230). ... She found her confinement fairly miserable as she spoke "I live a very dull life...indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner" (Roberts 235). ... Viewing Martha's life journey from second hand source insp...

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They bartered with each other for goods and services, creating an off-the-books economy entirely run by women. " (Roberts (1), p.12) Wives were the foundations that made families work. ... But least you should imagine it too burdensome to a girl at my early time of life, give me leave to answer you: I assure you I think myself happy that I can be useful to so good a father, and by rising very early I find I can go through much business"" (Roberts (1), p.2). Eliza worked hard to make her life on the plantations a good one. ... Martha Washington led a slightly different life than Eliza. ... Ab...

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There are many ads in BUST though offering to better your sex life, either with your partner or by yourself. ... The clothes in BUST are affordable and also wearable in every day life. ... Clothes featured are older and have stood the test of time. ... This shows the value of music and books (and to a lesser degree film) for the readers as opposed to clothing. ... The other books reviewed are either all written by or about women. ...

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These two empowering authors have used their voices to elevate the roles and opinions of females of their time. ... She advocates for women's freedom from the career of being a housewife and strives to make more of herself as a writer, and by promoting herself in her own works by encouraging that her books and poem be bought, she breaks down the stereotype that women can not only simply yearn for more than what they have given to them, but do whatever is in their power to achieve it. Amelia Lanyer, like Isabella Whitney, uses her talent as an author to attempt to change the view...

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If a female president can breathe a fresh breeze into public life, it is worthwhile for society to take a step forward and elect one. ... She is also the wife of one time presidential candidate Bob Dole. ... Look in the history books, and see who's been leading the wars. Maybe it's time for some new leaders. ... At the same time, women have strong sensitive feelings and think situations over more to get a better outcome. ...

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