Mother Catherine shows how she as a woman was creative by making her own worship place with a tent. ... Her Compound is called the Manger, and is dedicated to the birth of children in or out of wedlock." ... Also what brings this story and essay together is the belief of courage and strength a woman has to over come her obstacles or even pain. ... (page 148) This shows how a woman would do anything to protect what hers, for example when a single mother does everything in her power to make sure her children are loved, well and educated As for Mother Catherine " After the call she consecra...

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Women of honor and courage who endured things that a woman of today would never endure. ... It is doubtful that the mother of the 40's and 50's would have " taken kindly" to another woman trying to tell her how to run her household and raise her children. ... In the 40's and 50's the stay at home mother had 18 hours to devote to the upkeep of her home and the raising of her children. ... In these days, society publically frowned upon a divorced woman, and her children. ... Without their bravery and courage, women of today may have a very different plight....

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Although she lives with her mother, Nana, in a peaceful kolba secluded from the busy streets of Herat, this is not enough for Mariam because her mother always reminds her of how unwanted of a bastard she is. ... Unable to provide him with children made her worthless in Rasheed's eyes. ... Finally near the end of the book, Mariam shows a lot of courage when she saves her friend Laila from Rasheed. ... Mariam had gotten enough courage to kill Rasheed. ... A Mother. ...

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In this poem a man loves a woman, shortly after he falls out of love his wife, then ten years later sees her, with pride in his eyes, as an intelligent person who happens to also be the mother of his children. ... Rich slowly finds the courage to be the type of writer who does not care if men get offended by her writing. ... Rich had to have found the courage to write that in a time where women was not so out spoken. ... Even in her other poem, "The Looser," right at the ending after the man gives credit to his wife for being smart and the mother to his children, it seems as if Rich in her ...

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Why was she leaving her husband and children behind? ... Edna is a twenty-eight year old mother and wife of Leonce Pontellier. ... This shows her strength, courage and ability to be one with the human society. ... She does not love her children and thinks nothing of the affair between her and Robert Lebrun, although he becomes hesitant. ... Her husband and children were never a large part of her life, she had no friends, and although she loved Robert at the moment she knew later down the line that love would be non-existent. ...

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"Edna had once told Madame Ratignolle that she would never sacrifice herself for her children, or for anyone" (Chopin 697). ... "Adele, pressing her cheek, whispered in an exhausted voice: 'Think of the children, Edna. Oh think of the children! ... Why does Edna think that her happiness comes from the exclusion of her children? ... I believe that true strength should be shown as "moral power, firmness, or courage" (OED). ...

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The heroine substitutes moral courage and a moral voice for the hero's physical courage and sense of predestination"(13). ... Even though she is the mother to two of the four children and has played mother for all of them, Poh-Poh decides that they will all refer to her as "Stepmother" and she, the submissive Chinese wife, does not object. ... Much as in life, we first see this character as cold and unforgiving but in reality Poh-Poh is just loving the children and keeping them from harm the only way she knows how. ... In her strength, or some would say lack of sympathy, she k...

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Together they have a cozy house, and three darling children. ... Her purpose in life is to be happy for her husband and children, to dance and to play. ... Is there anything more humiliating to a woman than to live with a stranger, and have children with him? ... When Helmer reminds her about her "holiest duties" as mother and wife, she tells him that, "I have another duty equally sacred" (Ibsen). ... Nora Helmer for sure was ahead of her time, and many women wish that they had her courage. ...

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Celie's father rapes her when she is about fourteen years old, get pregnant not once but twice and has her children taken from her. It is almost implied that her mother knows about the rape but lets it go because her husband is focusing his negative attention on Celie and not on her. ... She does not speak about what is bothering her, she shows great care for her siblings, and her relationship with Nettie is what keeps her going. ... The reunion Celie has with Nettie, and her own children who had been adopted by the missionaries that befriended Nettie, is emotional, and overwhelming for C...

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The story itself is both well written and interesting, using the incident of the snake to suggest that the life of the drover's wife is a hard, lonely one, livened up from time to time by episodes which only serve to heighten our sense of the woman's courage and endurance. ... She is a representative figure, one of the "gaunt and haggard women who live alone and work like men" - alone, that is, except for their children and the livestock they have to care for. ... The young boy, Tommy, seeing how drained and distressed his mother is, with a burst of insight exclaims "Mother, I won&#...

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I felt she was the perfect figure to represent women who chose to stay at home with their families, because she just recently quit her high qualifying job as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) at KPMG, a large accounting firm, to care to her two children, ages two and five. ... She also informed me that she feels that emotional bonding with a child and his or her mother is the corner stone for the child's discipline and morals. ... Petrosino also included in her defense that trouble makers at schools feel lost and helpless and she does not want to subject her two children to these feelin...

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These stories would include acts of heroism, courage, boldness and self-sacrifice. Typically girls do not fantasize about these kinds of things, but young children, with their strong imaginations and who seek adventure would fantasize about such things. ... Generally children, who are young and full of energy, would prefer to not be stuck inside of a hot and unexciting setting such as this kitchen. ... While the protagonist is out of sight during a conversation between her mother and father, she could hear her mother saying to the father that he will have real help once Laird becomes older. ....

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A woman in ancient Greek society had to produce children. ... Men, for example, are naturally adapted for movement, while women's nature is sitting and being patient, courage is given to men and fear to women so that man can defend the household and woman can preserve it." ... The women would teach the girls of ages fifteen how to prepare food, the knowledge of wool spinning, making clothes, and also the joy and the ability to raise children. ... When it was their turn to get married, the daughters performed the tasks they had watched their mothers doing, which they had learned by pr...

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In the 1700's, a woman's place was to be a wife and mother. ... Their jobs were to take care of the family, cook, clean, and educate the children. ... Through Akers, we see Abigail Adams as a woman with strength, courage, and determination. ... After all, it was her place to educate the children. ... John treated her proposal as a joke and said it would only cause her embarrassment. ...

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Does her inner power stem from her horrible situation in childhood? ... Her aunt couldn't stand her, she behaved unjustly and prioritized own children. ... We can look at the marriage of Jane's mother and father, they loved each other but they were from different social classes and their families condemned them immediately. ... Well educated young woman would teach children from poor families in remote village without better prospects. ... Brontë wanted to bring this point of view among female readers to help them, to give them courage they would start to educate and try to ex...

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In many tragedies of fifth century Athens, the women characters appear as strong, defiant women who are able to carry out matters that would take a lot of courage. ... Young boys would attend private schools while girls women were forced to stay home with the mother. ... Medea, in rage of this, takes matters into her own hands and plots to destroy Jason, by taking away the things he loves, his new bride and his children. ... If only children could be got some other way, Without female sex. If women didn't exist Human life would be rid of all its miseries" [562-593] Medea is successf...

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She argued that women often had no outlets for expression other than "finding a husband and bearing children." ... It was obvious that every woman's dream was to get married and have children. ... As one teacher preached, "a few years from now your sole responsibility will be taking care of your husband and children." ... Giselle is the 1950's slut that everyone secretly adores but will never grow enough courage to be like her. ... Her supportive mother tells her to "go home fix her face and wait- She does for awhile turn her head the other way, but a woman can only do that for ...

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In the 1800's society would frown upon women who did anything besides cleaning house and raising children; a woman was meant to be a housewife and a mother, nothing else. ... Her husband, solitude, and her hallucinations drove her to disconnect from reality. ... He feels that he is helping her by not giving her any responsibility, but in reality that lack of control she has over her own life causes her to become even more ill. ... In the end she finds the courage to confront her oppressor and stand up for her. ... However, as soon as her mind has freed itself, she had freed herself both f...

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Most accounts of women living in the Elizabethan Era present them as members of society who were designated to do little more than take care of their homes, raise children and tend to the needs of their men. ... Housekeeping was always instructed by mothers. ... Her plays were seen by both women and men. ... Everything a woman owned belonged to her husband, father, or relatives of her husband. ... Women who chose their religion over the throne were destined to an end, but showed great courage by being able to do so. ...

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They were expected to fulfill their domestic duties, such as caring for the children, cooking washing, and cleaning the household. She had the responsibilities of dealing with a household and she almost always had children to care for, which required strength and knowledge; however, being able too fulfill marital duties and satisfying her husband brought satisfaction to some married women. ... Jane Harwood, mother and wife in Lydia Sigourney's "Intemperate," is also put down by her husband, James. On their journey to a new home, James is speaking to a neighbor when he says the following...

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