For a young girl to die before she had children was a fate thought of as being extremely sad. ... The reasons for a man and a woman to be joined in marriage were nor for love, as we would expect, it would be for profitable and more pragmatic reasons. ... The man was, "free to engage in politics, and intellectual and military training, athletics." Women were not free to do any of the things that man would. ... Many free women in Athens would make their living this way, however they had to register and then be subjected to special taxes to keep their free prostitute title. ...

• Word Count: 1886
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

America is a free country, where "all men are created equal", people do not have equality. ... Why does this happen in the land of the free, this place we call home, this America? ... The American dream denotes an economy in which the parents can work to get ahead in life so that their children have the advantages that were not laid before them by their parents. ... During the time that this show was made, women were expected to be the "trophy wives" who supported and were subservient to their men. ... Women were expected to care for and love their husbands and take care of his needs befor...

• Word Count: 1718
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

In Chapin's story, her protagonist even goes as far to say "Free! Body and soul free!... We live close together and we live far apart. We all go through the same things-it's all just a different kind of the same thing" (Ronson 223). ... Minnie Foster liked to sing before she was married. ...

• Word Count: 1562
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Truth overcame things that were unheard of in her time. ... One of the things we had to do as a requirement in this paper was to make headed claims for each section of the paper. ... After being freed, Truth got word that her son Peter was illegally sold across states. ... During the time of abolition women of New York were fighting for equal rights. ... Her fear that abolitionism would falter before achieving equality for women proved propriety. ...

• Word Count: 1936
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Up until more recent times women were not encouraged to understand their own sexuality. ... Michael sees his actions as though it were as harmless as viewing ornaments in a Christmas shop, he may want them but that doesn't mean he is buying them. ... From the moment they meet, Jim experiences things he hasn't experienced before. ... On a road trip to free Thanksgiving turkeys Jim quickly realizes that Alena's passion is not only for him. ... As Alena leaves for her next adventure and nonchalantly frees Jim, he slowly comes to see how his expectations of love had gone sour an...

• Word Count: 1832
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

She was horrified when I slapped her back, but I said that so long as she felt free to slap me, I would feel free to return the favor. ... To counter the words of Eva Luna, divorce without half of what we own makes us men melancholy. ... Bettie Beets of Payne Springs, Texas had to kill her fifth husband before authorities apprehended her. ... Guess what, men realized that these women were absolutely right! ... Once again, the context should be considered before blaming men for women being such a minority. ...

• Word Count: 1987
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

These women were jobless, surviving off the paychecks of their egotistical significant others, living with the sole purpose to cater to their mates and offspring. ... Will she embrace the womanhood so many before her have or will she fight to preserve her own dignity no matter how rough the journey may be? ... Plath uses the imagery of certain phrases such as the words "electrocuted"" and "burned"" to help generate the picture of death; regardless, it's only later that we see the effect of Greenwoods fascination with heat. ... This of course, as referenced before, ties into the idea of Es...

• Word Count: 2257
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Ten years before the feminist movement really embraced women, the women in Mona Lisa Smile were already challenge the role of man and women's liberation and making choices on their own. ... Then we have Katherine Watson an art history teacher forcing them to think on their own. ... In 1953, women wanted what they had before the war. ... Women are more in control now than ever before. ... They made choices that helped them become free, liberated, and uncontrolled. ...

• Word Count: 1701
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Racism and Sexism are a major issue today as it was before. ... She likes how the pants feel and how they were comfortable. She didn't care if they were for men or not. ... Celie went through a struggle to turn into an independent, free women. ... Do we know how to appreciate life or are we just letting life pass us by? ...

• Word Count: 1740
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Now this may sound somewhat contradictory to what was stated before but women censorship and how it is wrong. ... Women are deprived of their rights to be free even if that means to be topless. A current protest against women censorship is known as the Free The Nipple movement. ... We teach women "how not to get raped" when in reality shouldn't we be teaching men not to rape? ... This is why women are fighting, to prove that we are no less because we are women and we deserve to be treated as an equal especially if women are the ones who make up the majority. ...

• Word Count: 1529
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

We know he is married and has children. ... He asked her "Where shall we go now? Shall we drive somewhere?- to which her replies were mere silence. ... These were the things that he had tried to occupy himself with before. ...

• Word Count: 1592
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

At this stage, we already get a taste of feminist ideas. ... Although she complies with all the norms and pre-conceived ideas of what she is supposed to do, after meeting Robert she feels like she needs to discover who she is inside, and to be free from her family. ... In a way, I think Chopin intentionally exagerates Edna's selfish behavior to make her point that feminist ideas were good, but that women were not ready to be on their own. ... If Edna's break with her husband represents a "type of regression rather than growth- (Martin 22), then we can see The Awakening as a tale of f...

• Word Count: 1837
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography

Before we discuss specific issues concerning women in worship, we should consider principles derived from the relationship of Adam and Eve as described in Genesis chapter one. ... But, before making conclusions on a Biblical truth it is important to see if the truth holds fast throughout the whole of scripture. ... In Galations 3 verse 28, Paul states: "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." ... First of all, there were prophetess's. ... We can only surmise that she played a significant part in the growth of this ...

• Word Count: 1918
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Their wedding was held on October 25, 1764, a month before her twentieth birthday. ... Unfortunately, this would take John farther away from his family and for a longer time than ever before. ... Most politicians were out away from their family. ... If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice or Representation." ... But she was among the first women in the new country to begin to question a woman's rights and role in a free society. ...

• Word Count: 1735
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

(p.29) Nel is confined, Sula is free. ... The point of interest here is not so much the emotional bond formed between Nel and Sula by watching the boy die, but their symbolic play before hand. Before Chicken Little appeared, the girls had been playing in the mud digging separate holes. ... (p.83) Both Nel and Sula's conjoined personalities return to what they once were - individual. ... Without Nel, Morrison makes clear, Sula no longer has a complete self: "She was completely free of ambition, with no affection for money, property or things, no greed, no desire to command attention or c...

• Word Count: 1910
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Instead of creating a tolerant society, they created a theocracy, a government in which the church and the state were one and the same. ... Puritans had strict moral discipline and religious values, and traditional family values were a big part of this. ... There, we experience the juxtaposition of the Handmaid (Offred) used for procreation and the Prostitutes used purely for sex. ... The first epigraph, before the story starts, is taken directly from the Old Testament in the Bible, and sets the patriarchal context into which the novel is put. ... "This is supposed to signify that we are one f...

• Word Count: 1443
• Approx Pages: 6

With the advent of feminism, the organized and self-conscious movement of the 1830's emphasized that women assume a stand against authority and attack the preconceived notion that they were the less of the two sexes. ... In Woolf's essay, she states: "For we think back through our mothers if we are women". ... Furthermore, a women's tradition in writing to this point, had only just reared its head, thus women were generally viewed with skepticism in contemporary society as true literary artists. ... For this reason, most outside experiences were learned through the eyes of a...

• Word Count: 1471
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Graduate

Others have asserted that the roles of women in his plays were prominent for the time and culture that he lived in. It is only with close examination of his works that we are able to suppose his intent in creating characters that inspire so much controversy. ... We are shown how they should and should no­t behave, as a daughter, wife, and widow. ... Where as before she was argumentative, here she is being the opposite, the model wife. ... The entire concept of choice and free-will, of which Shakespeare was so fond of, applies as equally to his feminine characters as to his masculine. ...

• Word Count: 1381
• Approx Pages: 6

Poetry is essentially derived from the manifesto of ideas, emotion and theories we hold as important. ... We learn, by the end of the poem, that, in fact, he doesn't satisfy expectations. ... Women were seen to be deprived of individuality and agency. ... "Talking of Michelangelo" (Line 13-14), they are portrayed as highly cultured and educated and thus possess an intellectual authority women were not known to possess before. ... If she were to die, he would be free of social expectations that bind the two together. ...

• Word Count: 1491
• Approx Pages: 6

To the contrary, the ending of the play leads the reader to believe that she would be set free. ... Wright before she married, and how she was like a bird herself. ... Men were in charge of their lives, including the women in them. Meanwhile, the women in the 1910's and 20's were fighting for their own rights. ... Peters told him, "We think the cat got it." ...

• Word Count: 2006
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

I find the resentment intricate to comprehend; just because my head is covered, people think twice before relating to me, in fact they are unable to relate to me. ... It is an act of righteousness, besides clothes were made to cover. ... To others, she is a symbol of complete suppression and is in terrible need of "set me free" or liberation. ... Generally, women were always expected to play some sort of role in every society. ... We will just have to let go of our modesty, our dignity and our privacy. ...

• Word Count: 1909
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

The Libman ad tells readers that they are credible by including their family made logo, along with the year they were established. ... Many times, what we consider right, wrong or believable can be connected back to our culture and what we were taught to be true. ... The mop is called the Libman Freedom Spray Mop, however, it is difficult to determine what is actually "free". ...

• Word Count: 2344
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate