The average woman had no political influence she was dependant on her husband for nearly everything she needed or wanted to do. ... Marriage and the family were important to the success of a woman. ... While the men were at a paid job the women stayed home to care for the family. ... Nineteenth-century middle-class moralists placed the family upon a podium to illustrate a healthy society. ... (Duiker pg 494) The middle-class families shaped a lot of what we see todayh as current family values. ...

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The husband provided the income and shelter for his wife and family. ... Today women, on average, still earn less than their male counterparts. Women working full-time only earn about 85 percent of the income that the average male makes in the same position. ... On average, only ten percent of women are in such positions. ...

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The roaring twenties were a time for positive change. The Twenties were indeed a decade that roared for Canadians. It was a time of discoveries, new inventions, machines and improvements in technology. These new inventions and gadgets improved and dramatically changed how peoples lived there life'...

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There is Nancy Lameter-Cass, who concentrates on her role as a dutiful wife and on her husband's happiness, her sister Priscilla, unmarried and managing her father's farm she has the unconventional role and is an outcast in Ravloe, and Dolly Winthrop, who plays a good mother figure not only in her own family and to Eppie but in the community as well. ... Dolly Winthrop is not only a mother figure in her own family but throughout the town; after Silas found Molly Dr. ... Dolly was among the hoards of mothers trying to advise Silas on the raising of Eppi...

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Family status also influenced the female participation rate but later on during 1981 it had a more less affect than in 1971. ... However the female participation rate is not so much related to family status as today as it was many years ago. ... In 1981 most women spent an average of 1,247 hours a year working, compared with 1,431 hours in 1971 which had dropped about 15 percent. Even men saw their average hours decrease by 13 percent. ... When women first started entering the labor force they were hassled by the males because they were supposed to traditional w...

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Even though many women know of the pay gap between men and women they still continue to work in these environment despite the poorer pay because the job that they are offered offer them flexibility in order to manage both the family and job responsibilities 3. ... On average for ever dollar man a earns a women has made 73 cents in 1998. ... Because women are usually known to trade off higher paying jobs for one that offers a range of flexibility to be able to juggle work and family responsibilities (GAO p.16) therefore when it comes to management they are also offered lower pay because they ...

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The message I received was that they were a middle or lower class family working. ... It appears like a stereotypical Midwestern family portrait. ... Their casual attire was average telling me that they couldn't afford nice clothing. ...

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In this paper, I will and explain how the economy has a great affect on family divorce rates, how it leads families into poverty, and how the economy also leads to a father leaving his family. ... Coontz is saying that single parent family does not mean that the family is in poverty. ... I believe Zinn is saying that family can be poor no matter the structure of the family. ... Weitzman found that while the average divorced woman experiences a 73% drop in her standard of living, divorced men experience a 42% increase" (Peterson 5). ... Deterioration of the family structure does not play...

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(How America's Women Won the War) Housewives and homemakers were also encouraged to join by companies who offered child care and some offered to give out meals for the women to take home to their families. ... At a time when most women did not work out of the house, these women now had a chance to do something that was outside of her family life. ... Although the inequality was blatant with women in industry being paid an average of just $31.21 a week while men were earning an average of $54.65, it cannot be argued that women were making an advancement through working in industry in the...

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The baby is brought home and dressed in clothes that help friends, family and even strangers identify the sex of the child. ... In Nancy Chodorow's essay "Family Structure and Feminine Personality" she examines the development of gender identity and personality. ... KFRC radio disk jockey Ron Parker recently reported that out of a survey of one hundred fourth grade boys and one hundred fourth grade girls, the boys receive an average weekly allowance that is approximately 50% higher than the girls receive. On the average, the boys receive $4.18 as compared to the $2.67 paid to the girls. ....

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The baby is brought home and dressed in clothes that help friends, family and even strangers identify the sex of the child. ... In Nancy Chodorow's essay Family Structure and Feminine Personality she examines the development of gender identity and personality. ... KFRC radio disk jockey Ron Parker recently reported that out of a survey of one hundred fourth grade boys and one hundred fourth grade girls, the boys receive an average weekly allowance that is approximately 50% higher than the girls receive. On the average, the boys receive $4.18 as compared to the $2.67 paid to the girls. ......

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They endure the pain of child bearing for nine months, child rearing for close to twenty years, and a monthly discomfort lasting a week on average. Imagine a working woman going through all this while performing at her highest efficiency possible to provide for her family in addition to being a home maker. ...

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This restricted the abilities of the average women. ... "She had the tired, tentative look of a woman who"d been ignored all her married life, who had no expectations- This prejudice was considered normal and accepted in many families. ...

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They were probably were known as the backbone in their families because shown standing tall with straight posture. ... The role of women changed from backbones in societies to living lives with normal, average tasks such as adjusting a shoe. ...

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Starting with women's suffrage and the women's party in 1920, the major change in their family and home life, the change in their job and educational opportunities, and last but not least their change in clothing and dress. ... Family and home life for women in the 1920's changed with the inventions of electrical appliances. ... In 1913 the average woman used nineteen yards of fabric, however by 1928 only seven yards were needed which made much lighter clothing. ...

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Averagely, women were paid half the rate of men. ... During the depression, many families depended on women to be the breadwinner as well as the homemaker. ... Once a woman decided to start a family it was expected that she would give up her job. 1960, there was an attempt by women to remove discrimination from the workplace, leading to the beginning of a modern women's movement. ...

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Researches found out that working woman spend an average of 50 hours a week at the job place. ... These studies prove how important family life is for men. ... But this mostly happens in old families or in families with low education. ... Two-career families benefit in one more way. ... It is beneficial for the family's budget and easier for the husband because he does not have to be responsible for the financial situation of the family. ...

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These diverse types of women all fell into the category fitted because of how society prefers women to behave and how the woman feels about society's/family's expectations for them. ... While a few encounters with men would not make Alicia an actual ho, her neighborhood would classify her as the typical Latina woman because the average stereotypical Latina woman follows the same path that a woman of that behavior follows. An example of how identity plays a role in a woman's life stems from the fact that "In some ways Alicias family molded her into being a good girlshe was ...

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Yet women are still getting on average paid less than men. Based off the article "Gender Pay" by the GAO Report on Low-Wage Earners' Compensation "By the end of 2010, women made up nearly half (47percent) of the workforce, up from 41percent in 1980" as the women increase their presence in their workforce they are still not getting paid on average the same amount as men. When women, who make up nearly half the workforce, bring home less money each day, it means they have less for the everyday needs of their families, and over a lifetime of work, far less savings for ret...

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To the average civilian a pageant is seen simply as a beauty contest in which girls fix their hair up and put on sparkly dresses. ... Being a thin, blonde, twelve year old, when a family friend suggested a pageant, I wasn't too aghast. ... The average American female is overweight. ...

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Some factors include "race, age, gender, physical or mental disability, ideology, religious conviction, someone's region, digital technology" (Cesmat, 2013), sexual orientation, family background, etc. ... There aren't many ads or magazines, for example, that show an average or plus sized woman on their cover. ... There have been studies to prove that women who view more advertisements or media images of women who are thinner than average, were more likely to feel depressed. ...

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The number one reason why families are poor are due to the fact that they have too many children. ... She believed that large families were one of the major causes of poverty and distress in poor communities. She had famous sayings such as "Poverty and Large Families Go Hand in Hand" and "Poor Women Are Denied What the Rich Possess." ... Even in high school, colleges, and universities had courses in home economics which was a course consciously designed to offer a reconstructed vision of marriage and family life. ... Without Margaret Sanger, who knows what the average number of children a ...

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For example, Nujood explains how her father decided to enlarge the family and choose a second wife. ... Nujood's father portrays the average Yemen male and their constant battle to obtain more authority and power. ... This leads fathers to marry off their daughters, often to elder men for a large dowry in order to provide for the rest of the family. For example, Nujood's father express "you know we haven't enough money to feed the whole family. ... Nujood, based on her gender is force to act as an object to help her family. ...

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Although it can be argued, in areas such as the workforce, the family, and in the military, women are constantly faced with discrimination. ... For instance, the average annual salary of a male general manager of a hotel was $64,264 with a 13.92% bonus, yet a female general manager only made a startling $37,610 with a 9.47% bonus (Kefgen). ... So, the family structure still includes a father as the provider and mother as the nurturer, only the mother has taken on the providing role, as well. ... This can be seen as an obvious inequality of roles in the new family structure that needs to mak...

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Although it can be argued, in areas such as the workforce, the family, and in the military, women are constantly faced with discrimination. ... For instance, the average annual salary of a male general manager of a hotel was $64,264 with a 13.92% bonus, yet a female general manager only made a startling $37,610 with a 9.47% bonus (Kefgen). ... So, the family structure still includes a father as the provider and mother as the nurturer, only the mother has taken on the providing role, as well. ... This can be seen as an obvious inequality of roles in the new family structure that needs to mak...

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