research reports on Feminists, Activists & The Struggle For Womens' Rights

Papers On Feminists, Activists & The Struggle For Womens' Rights
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Dramatists reflect historic women's roles.
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(5 pp) The roles of women in the past are being examined more and more - perhaps to discover the true nature of women, or more rightly to see how the "viewing" of women has changed through history. In this discussion we will use major playwrights of different time periods, to see how the role of women has progressed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BBdrmaWR.doc

Early Feminism/Woolf & Wollstonecraft
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A 7 page essay/research paper that contrasts and compares the early feminism of Mary Wollstonecraft, who penned A Vindication of the Rights of Women in 1792, and Virginia Woolf who wrote A Room of One's Own in 1928. While different in context and writing style, these two writers made many of the same points, as they endeavored to write in such a manner as to break through stereotyped notions of gender and make their readers realize that society and history's norm--in regards to women--was unjust and unethical. Examination of these two texts, with particular emphasis on the chapter in Wollstonecraft's text entitled "On National Education," shows that where the authors differed, besides differing context due to having been written in different eras, was in regards to their intended reading audience in each case. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khwoowol.rtf

Eleanor Roosevelt: A Feminist Biography
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This 5 page paper examines the life and times of Eleanor Roosevelt and why she might be considered a feminist. Feminism is defined. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: SA741ER.rtf

Emma Goldman
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This anarchist's life is discussed in a the context of a book authored by John Chalberg in this 5 page paper. The focus is on influences, such as the subject's childhood, other anarchists as well as American individualism, on her later political activism. Chalberg's book is the only source used.
Filename: Emmagold.wps

Equality for All?: The Failure of the American Revolution to Obtain Equality for Either African Americans or Women
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A 5 page contention that the American Revolution, and indeed the years following that revolution, did little toward changing the inequalities which existed in this country in regard to African Americans and women. Notes that while certain inroads would be made in the years which followed, even the Emancipation Proclamation and the rights of women to vote and own property, accomplished little in terms of achieving true equality. Concludes that it took the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s to result in any real change but that even today true equality has yet to be obtained. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Equality for Women
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This 4 page paper uses writings contained in The Difference 'Difference' Makes as a springboard for discussion. The paper argues that while women have made strides, they have not achieved true equality. No additional sources cited.
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Equality for Women?: The Role of the National Organization for Women
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An 8 page overview of the societal status of women. Discusses the rationale for women often being considered inferior to men and identifies this rationale as being promulgated by society’s concept of the “weaker sex”. Discusses the advancements over the last three decades toward addressing sexism. Emphasizes the role of Affirmative Action and the National Organization of Women in addressing sexism. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Everyday Decisions
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This is a 6 page original short story discussing the decisions faced by Ginny, a woman in her mid-twenties, when her and her husband decide to have a child. Ginny must weigh her choices and their consequences in regards to returning to work after the child is born or staying and home and not providing financially for the family. She reflects back to her studies at university and the writings and lives of women writers such as Virginia Woolf and Charlotte Perkins Gilman who at the time had inspired her to campaign for women’s freedom of choice. Now Ginny finds that the writings and lives of Woolf and Gilman do little to provide her with guidance in her own life decisions. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TJstorE1.rtf

Evolution of Women’s Roles in Society
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A 5 page paper which examines the evolution of women’s roles in society from the 18th century to modern times. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Experimental Feminist Poetry
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A 5 page paper how through the experimental verses of feminist poetry that attempts to, through the creative use of language, reconstruct a woman’s identity in society, through their critical presentations of the social formation of gender. Poets and critics discussed include Erica Hunt, Craig Owens, Rae Armantrout, Ann Lauterbach, Norma Cole, Harryette Mullen, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Susan Howe, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Charles Bernstein, and Louis Zukofsky. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: TGfempoe.rtf

Exploring the American Dream in Reference to Four Novels:
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This 11 page paper discusses the American Dream in relation to four novels. These novels are Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee, Foreigner by Nahid Rachlin, Passing by Nella Larsen, and The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: GSAmDrem.rtf.

Female American Film Directors
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This 27 page research paper explores the contributions of women directors to American cinema. Specifically discussed are the films of Lois Weber, Dorothy Arzner, Ida Lupino, Elaine May, Joan Micklin Silver, Claudia Weill and Susan Seidelman and their depiction of male and female characters. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
Filename: Femaldir.wps

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