"The Role of Women in Human Evolution"
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A 3 page review of author Margaret Ehrenberg's views on the emergence of gender roles in mankind's evolution. Published in editors Caroline B. Brettell and Carolyn F. Sargent anthology titled "Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective", this article questions the traditional anthropological explanation of women's role in evolution. No additional sources are listed.
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"Trumpet"
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A 6 page review of the novel by Jackie Kay. The novel features many of the elements of the life of a real American jazz musician, Billy Tipton. Like Tipton the main character of this book, Joss, led his life as a man yet upon his death it was discovered that he was in fact anatomically female. The author of this paper analyzes the reasons that might have prompted Joss to change his gender. No additional sources are listed.
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'Learning Together'
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A 5 page paper which reviews the book 'Learning Together: A History of Coeducation in American Schools' by David Tyack and Elisabeth Hansot. No additional sources cited.
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'Moll Flanders,' 'History Of Misella' And 'The Rambler': How The Role Of Women Shaped 18th Century London Society
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14 pages in length. There has rarely been a time in the history of mankind that women have not had to struggle in order to assert their worth as a gender. From the time when males first declared patriarchal authority over their female counterparts, women have fought – in various ways and with various results – to be treated both equitably and respectfully. Literature has long reflected this perpetual struggle between the genders, most often taking the side that support patriarchal control; however, a slow but steady change began occurring in eighteenth century London society that helped nurture a growing metamorphosis, which included Samuel Johnson 'Rambler' (Misella), Daniel Defoe's 'Moll Flanders' and Frances Burney's 'Evelina: Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World.' Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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'The Day I Learned to Recognize People Of The Opposite Sex As Equals'
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This 5 page essay recounts the fictional story of a boy discovering that girls could be 'real' people, too. He even discovers that they can do some things as well as he can . . . and better.
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2 Feminist Books/Domesticity
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A 10 page book review on 2 feminist history texts: A Voice of Their Own edited by Martha Solomon and The Politics of Domesticity by Barbara Epstein. The writer offers an overview of each text, including reviewers' evaluation, and also argues that the texts share a common theme in that both texts indicate the antagonism toward men felt by Victorian women. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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2 Views /Female Participation in Late 19th and Early 20th Century Politics
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A 10 page analysis in which the writer argues that Theda Skocpol in her book "Protecting Soldiers and Mothers," and also Kristi Andersen in her book "After Suffrage" address similar territory in that both of these political scientists look at how female participation in the American political process in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries has largely been under-appreciated or ignored completely. Both of these authors demonstrate that this participation must be viewed within the context of political framework of their time in order to be understood properly. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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A BACKLASH AGAINST FEMINISM
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This 11 page paper discusses the backlash against feminism and the reasons why many women are now rejecting the movement. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
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A Comparison of the Depictions of Women in "Medea" and "Wide Sargasso Sea"
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A 7 page overview of the female characters in the ancient work of literature by Euripides and the more modern work by Jean Rhys. The author contends that in each of these works the presentation of female characters runs counter to the audience's expectations. Literary conventions and audience expectations, values, and assumptions are challenged. No additional sources are listed.
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A Conversation Among Friends Who Went Away For The Weekend
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5 pages in length. Julie, Ann and Elise needed to get away for the weekend. Between their boyfriends, work and classes, all three young women were past due for some serious rest and relaxation. They were looking forward to this trip for many reasons, but one of the most important was so they could talk about everything until all hours of the night; while choice of topics was vast in nature, there was one subject that kept recurring over and over again throughout the weekend: men. What ultimately developed was a conversation that ended up with all three women in hysterics. No bibliography.
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A PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN YEZIERSKA’S ‘AMERICA AND I’ AND STEINBECK’S ‘CHRYSANTHEMUMS’
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This 6 page paper analyzes the portrayal of women and the themes of Steinbeck and Yezierska in "Chrysanthemums" and "America and I". Quotes cited from the texts. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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A Psychoanalytic Reading of Christina Rossetti’s “The Lost Titian”
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This 5 page report discusses the psychoanalytical aspects of the short story by Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) “The Lost Titian” that was published in 1856. It is worth noting that her works’ apparent simplicity often masks a darker and far more intellectual stream of consciousness. From a psychoanalytical perspective it is quite clear that there is much more to the writer and her work which may, in itself, serve as a metaphor for a creative and unique woman of the Victorian age. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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