I asked her to read the Friedan essay and let me know if she felt as moved as I was, and to share with me her experiences of sexism. ... Alice Brooks experienced inequality on the basis of her race and her sex. ... He refused and told me that I was only going to get married and have babies. ... Not only was I not going to get any help, I was also tagged as selfish because I wanted to go to college. ... Alice Brooks is a very courageous woman; seemingly able to overcome any oppression she may encounter. ...

• Word Count: 2036
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Alice Walker takes on a feminist tone in The Color Purple, a novel about the struggles between salvation and independence in which she discusses the oppression of black women. ... Harpo, her husband, often goes to his father and asks him how to make Sofia listen to him. ... ___'s house, she goes to Africa with a family of Christian missionaries. ... She finds strength in Shug, which keeps her from going back to Mr. ___ as his wife, but instead returns as his equal friend. ... Alice Walker contrasts the ugliness of men with the healthy bondage of women to discuss the frustration of bla...

• Word Count: 1257
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

During world war II women were asked to work out side as well as inside of the home. ... Alice yun Chai in her book define prostitution as "both recuiters and the recipients of sexual serves have been ruling class and colonial military men"(73/Alice). ... A prostitutes have to go threw all this pain and hard ache get for them to get a few dollars in their pocket. ... And remember women had no say in any thing so when they try to ask for a raise in their pay the were refuse it and at that time they were making only three dollars and they ask for two more back. ... With that que...

• Word Count: 1906
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In Alice Munro's "Boys and Girls" she tells a story about a girl coming of age and lacking identity in an environment filled with gender role stereotypes which are further enforced by the society she lives in. ... " And when she asked questions the grandmother would reply "That's none of a girls business.... The day the narrator's father is going to shoot Mack, who is the horse to be used as feed for the foxes; she wants to see how it happens. ... Henry and the father get into the truck to chase Flora down, on the way out of the gate Laird, once again, is ye...

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

The mayor's wife asks Sofia to work for her, and be her maid. ... The females stuck together through everything and that's what gave Celie strength to keep going in life. ... Celie starts to make pants and she makes them for anyone that asks. ... Everyone goes through a struggle in life to get where they want to be. Ask yourself if you really know who you are? ...

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