Most little girls want to be teachers whilst the boys eager to be astronauts. ... You might get hurt because of that, Dear Why don't you try to be a teacher instead?" ... These approaches come from your social group; it might come from your teacher, neighbor, or even your family. ... As a result, these ideal views limit their options and make them bound to their "fate". ... However, this social construction is absolutely invalid to create the "ideal" men and women. ...

• Word Count: 1274
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Unmarried women could find work as teachers because professionals were scarce in the outlying areas. However, not only would she would have to live with the families in the area, but oftentimes would have to accept less than half of the wages that would have been offered to a male teacher (Ward 91). ... Some of these visiting women lectured on the political rights of women, while some brought with them the ideals and expectation of how to be a lady. ... Piety was one of the three ideals that the Cult of True Womanhood was based upon, the other two being purity and submissiveness, undoubted...

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

Katherine Watson played by Julia Roberts is an art history teacher from California. ... Then we have Katherine Watson an art history teacher forcing them to think on their own. ... As one teacher preached, "a few years from now your sole responsibility will be taking care of your husband and children." ... One teacher stated, "the grade that was the most important was the one their husbands would give them." ... Conforming to the ideal was expected being an individual was not. ...

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

The position of women in literature and daily life has changed over the years. It is hard to say the degree that it has changed. We are seeing and hearing about the women from the Middle East. They are to be covered from head to toe so that the men in their society will not be tempted. Th...

• Word Count: 1539
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

A mother, a housewife, a teacher, a housekeeper, a nurse, an athlete, a police officer, a pilot, an entrepreneur, a lawyer or even a doctor? ... However, coming from a developing country in East Africa, I am able to view the common similarities and differences to the American ideal persona of a woman's capabilities. ... Due to certain exception with education, there are few women that carry on careers outside the homes and still fulfil household duties such as teachers and nurses to name a few. ...

• Word Count: 2258
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Abigail Adams helped plant the seeds that would start women and men thinking about women's rights and roles in a country that had been founded on the ideals of equality and independence. ... "There was never a shortage of teachers: her parents, older sister, and grandparents"(pg 9). ...

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

At this stage, it is highly recommended that in schools teachers can shift their attention more to encouraging females' work so that their self-esteem could be just as boosted as that of boys. ... They think that looking like what's presented on TV is what's ideal to conduct a happy life; when in reality it's not. ...

• Word Count: 2319
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