I chose this book to review because it contains valuable text that is useful for all humans to read. ... The most interesting parts of the book will be summarized in this essay. ... Overall the book provided me with a lot of useful information, which I will attempt to convey in the following essay. ... Another word that was commonly used in the book was "promiscuity." ... The book presented different information of how bisexual animals mate, and how humans mate and marry in the most complex structure of all. ...

• Word Count: 1322
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Sarah was also a prolific writer, however, and parlayed that into income through submissions to periodicals and literary contests, self-publishing a book of her poetry, and writing a successful novel. ... In 1837, Sarah and the Ladies Magazine were bought out and absorbed into Godey's Lady's Book, published by Louis Godey in Philadelphia. ... When Sarah was brought on board, the Lady's Book aspired to turn into a more literary periodical, and sought out fiction from male authors such as Edgar Allan Poe. ... Lady's Book differed greatly from Sarah's former pub...

• Word Count: 837
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A brief summary of the book The book is divided into 4 parts. ... The final fourth part of the book is devoted to a discussion of how shoppers psychologically react to shopping environments. Much of this discussion covers and reinforces ground that he dealt with in earlier sections of the book, but there is some additional material introduced. ... The book is worth reading for shoppers - to see one's own behavior - and shopkeepers. ... What I was most impressed and learned Why we buy is an excellent book supplement for studying about consumer behavior. ...

• Word Count: 1653
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Having read the book "Song of a Hummingbird", I have had the privilege to read such a book with lots of ethnic, ethic, and religious issues at hand, and the struggle for a womans identity. ... This book explains just how Spaniards invaded the Mexicas and imposed their religion without real explanation and with high expectations especially from women. ... In the book, one of the positive outcomes of Huitzitzilin's confession is that Father Benito was finally able to hear the truth and not just the selected chronicles that were introduced to him but more that what he expected. The fact th...

• Word Count: 1163
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the 50s, feminist activist and author Simone de Beauvoir, suggested in her book that the term "women" we use in everyday life today is different from the same term "women" used in her book. Until now, the concept/definition of "women" has emerged from the androcentrism of the patriarchic society,...

• Word Count: 425
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Another instance where Bradstreet spoke her mind like this presents itself in, The Author to Her Book. ... The offspring she speaks of is none other than the book she wrote, and she states this because even though people may think her book is crap because she is a woman it is still her book and she loves it much like she would her own child. ...

• Word Count: 1702
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

From the opening pages of So Long a Letter, the book revolved around a complex theme of abandonment in two relationships; which resulted from the sub-themes of abandonment of traditional ideas. ... Throughout the book So Long a Letter, the book was developed around a theme of abandonment. ... From reading the book I realized there was a deeper and more complexity to the theme of abandonment. ...

• Word Count: 1737
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Mary Wollstonecraft matured as a political thinker and in 1792 wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Women, a book which argues against the forces that kept women ignorant and the shallowness they were encouraged to engage in. In the book Wollstonecraft attacked the educational limitations that kept women in a state of "witlessness and slavish dependence." ... The ideas in Wollstonecraft's book were truly revolutionary and caused immense controversy. ...

• Word Count: 1163
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Harris explains these terms in his book, I'm OK You're OK, based on Eric Burne's ideas called Transactional Analysis. ... One can see at the beginning of the book that the woman is not too far gone. ...

• Word Count: 829
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Due to the time period in which a book is written, many misperceptions in the reality of relations between men and women as a utilitarian society arise. ... Another character, which perhaps is the most important emotional avenue in this book, is the beloved Elizabeth. ...

• Word Count: 712
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Moreover, by ending her poem with holly, Rossetti reminds her readers of the seasonal movements throughout the book as a whole. As we reach the end of the book we are also reaching the end of a year. ...

• Word Count: 666
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Harris explains these terms in his book, I'm OK You're OK, based on Eric Burne's ideas called Transactional Analysis. ... One can see at the beginning of the book that the woman is not too far gone. ...

• Word Count: 873
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In their book Women on the Line Cavendish and Glucksman (2009) write about the shocking division of labour in a Smiths factory in the UK in the 1970's. ... Factory work, like that written about in Cavendish and Glucksman's book (2009) is less common in the UK today. ... Elson and Pearson (1981) write in their book Nimble Fingers Make Cheap Workers that women's labour must be either cheaper than male labour, or have higher productivity, or some combination of both: the clear result being that unit costs of production are lower with female labour. ...

• Word Count: 1540
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In Catherine Scott's book, Gender and Development: Rethinking Modernization and Dependency Theory, she writes about the World Bank and its theories. ... Similarly, Margaret Leahy, in her book, Development Strategies and the Status of Women, she discusses United Nations conferences where information on women's status" economically, politically and socially were looked into. ...

• Word Count: 1328
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In Little Women, Alcott accepts this inevitable changeover with the four March sisters maturing as the book progresses. ... I would argue that he did not have this guide, as his relationships with the other children in the book are far from overwhelmingly cordial. ...

• Word Count: 1473
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Mishnah, a book of legal rules compiled by Jewish sages in the second century Roman Palestine, depicts a society in which the adult Israelite male is the central character. He is the possessor of wives, children, land and other property. The Mishnah's socioeconomic system is rooted within the re...

• Word Count: 937
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Anne Bradstreet "Gender- The Struggles and Fears of being a Puritan mother and a puritan woman, Bradstreet had trouble writing poetry in a patriarchal, unimaginative world. Although Bradstreet grew up in affluence with the luxury of an excellent education, she was expected to behave as a normal...

• Word Count: 886
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Anne Bradstreet "Gender- The Struggles and Fears of being a Puritan mother and a puritan woman, Bradstreet had trouble writing poetry in a patriarchal, unimaginative world. Although Bradstreet grew up in affluence with the luxury of an excellent education, she was expected to behave as a normal...

• Word Count: 887
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Thesis statement: Eva Luna by Isabel Allende is an example of a novel that depicts a great variety of women characters that come together in their struggle to survive in a politically torn and male-dominated country. Good! Eva Luna was my introduction into the world of Isabel Allen...

• Word Count: 2213
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The fifth book of Plato's Republic contains conversation between Glaucon and Socrates surrounding the well being of the state and the idea that increased female participation can improve the general attributes of society. ...

• Word Count: 1094
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Discuss this statement with reference to Maggie Tulliver in "Mill On The Floss" Since the book "Mill on The Floss" was written nearly two hundred years ago, it is no surprise that society has changed, especially for women. ...

• Word Count: 1369
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Discuss this statement with reference to Maggie Tulliver in "Mill On The Floss" Since the book "Mill on The Floss" was written nearly two hundred years ago, it is no surprise that society has changed, especially for women. ...

• Word Count: 1370
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Gavora, an expert on the Title IX debate and author of the book "Tilting the Playing Field," the key to restoring equality of opportunity to Title IX lies in making the actual interest of the students rather than their representation in the student body the benchmark for apportioning athletic opportunities (Gavora). ...

• Word Count: 1259
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"The Epic of Gilgamesh" an collection of old Sumerian poems, is filled with the dramatic interactions of gods and men, rulers and peasants, humans and beasts, and men and women. When reading this epic and looking closely at the relationships therein, a clear message surfaces; women represent a civil...

• Word Count: 1389
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

During the 1890's America was characterized by strict social codes, both spoken and unspoken. Nineteenth century American women were expected to find their strength and meaning of self in their submissive state and in their dedication to home and family. The Awakening is a novel about the growth...

• Word Count: 1248
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate