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1. Social Division of the Pacific Northwest in the Early 20th C

Consequently rural woman's lives were as controlled by men as their urban sisters because no matter where they lived women could not vote, further their education or hold title to land. ... According to the Oregon Donation Land Act of 1850 a bachelor who could claim 320 acre of land could double his claim up to 640 acres if he had a wife. The irony of the Oregon Donation Land Act was that the land was to stay in the woman's name, but she could only claim the land if she was married; a woman could not claim 320 acres on her own. Although the Oregon Donation Land Act appears to favor a...

  • Word Count: 1651
  • Approx Pages: 7
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

2. The Indian Nationalist Movement and Gender Relations

India's nation-state is widely inhomogeneous throughout history between both male and female social status in society. In order to fathom the extent of gender inequalities, a chronological view over three distinct phases ensues. The Women's Movements; Nineteenth Century Social Reform Movement, Twen...

  • Word Count: 2806
  • Approx Pages: 11
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

3. Same Sex Marriage

In the State of Vermont Title Fifteen, "Domestic Relations," Chapter 23, "Civil Unions" this section of the state statues is what directs what is considered "marriage," common law marriages, and divorce statutes. ... The sin as explained to me was that it is the act of having sex with no intent to create children. ...

  • Word Count: 2060
  • Approx Pages: 8
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

4. Marriage in Chaucer's The Clerk's Tale and The Franklin's Tale

The Canterbury Tales is a collection of tales written by Geoffrey Chaucer published in 1475. The Canterbury Tales, as a whole, exhibit different social conventions of the Fourteenth Century and exploit them for being a kind of facade. The Clerk's Tale and The Franklin's Tale address the social convention of marriage with reference to the role of obedient women and conventional versus unconventional marriage. Furthermore, how obedience affects the quality and outcome of a marriage. Obedience will be defined as; "Compliance with an order, request, or law or submission to another&#...

  • Word Count: 3668
  • Approx Pages: 15
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate
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