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  • Womens Sufferage

    Womens Sufferage

    In the early nineteenth century, women were considered second-class citizens whose existence was limited to the interior life of the home and care of the children. Women were considered sub-sets of their husbands, and after marriage they did not have the right to own property, maintain their wages, or sign a contract, much less vote. It was expected that women be obedient wives, never to hold a thought or opinion independent of their husbands. It

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    Essay Length: 746 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Edward
  • The Nation of Islam’s Elijah Muhammad

    The Nation of Islam’s Elijah Muhammad

    I am writing about the Nation of Islam's Elijah Muhammad because I'm trying to show how this group strived to amass economic stability, independence and religious freedom under the devout, pious, reverent, and pietistic leadership of Mr. Muhammad. In order to explain how under Elijah Muhammad's guidance the Black Muslims were able to gain economic wealth and stability, as well as independence from the federal and state welfare systems. Elijah Muhammad was born as Elijah

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    Essay Length: 6,718 Words / 27 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Steve
  • Achebe’s Portrayal of Women in Igbo Society

    Achebe’s Portrayal of Women in Igbo Society

    Chinua Achebe's first novel Things Fall Apart is a story about an Igbo village in the late 1800's. In the story, Achebe depicts women in Igbo society as a sadly oppressed group with no power. Women of the Igbo tribe were terribly mistreated, and had no respect outside their role as being a mother or a wife. In the novel, the author “analyzes the destruction of African culture by the appearance of the white man

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    Essay Length: 1,531 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Jack
  • National Health Insurance

    National Health Insurance

    National Health Insurance National Health Insurance is a topic which is heavily debated by people from every end of the spectrum. Many proponents of this system of insurance, which is completely paid for by the federal government, point to other countries such as Canada and Britain when arguing for the success and the usefulness of such a program. However, the grass always appears to be greener on the other side and the reality is that

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    Essay Length: 999 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: David
  • Multi Cultural Roles of Women in Business

    Multi Cultural Roles of Women in Business

    OUTLINE 1. Introduction a. Women in business b. Personal interest in subject c. Women in the world 2. History of Women in US a. Women’s rights b. Women’s rise c. Women today 3. History of Women in the World a. Women’s firsts b. Places where women are currently oppressed c. Other women’s movements outside of US 4. Women in business a. Europe b. Asia c. Latin America/Caribbean d. Africa/Middle East 5. Cultural Sensitivity a. US

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    Essay Length: 2,741 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Mike
  • Kuwait Parliament Misunderstands Democracy for Women

    Kuwait Parliament Misunderstands Democracy for Women

    The Kuwait Parliament Misunderstands Democracy for Women With the upcoming elections in the United States approaching this November, the thought came to mind of voting rights in other countries. As an American citizen, I have lived in Kuwait for over 19 years. When I went to the U.S. Embassy to submit my absentee ballot, it came to mind that I live in a country where women are not allowed to exercise the right to vote.

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    Essay Length: 1,155 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Monika
  • Women’s Role

    Women’s Role

    Women’s Role Over the course of the last century, women’s roles have been changing a lot, in positive ways. Nowadays more women are getting more and more important in the society. They are getting into the politics and making changes in it, and they are gaining the man respect. There have been many changes in my country, and the most relevant one is how women’s role has been changing over the years. Years before, women

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    Essay Length: 402 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Victor
  • Idyllic Women in Novels

    Idyllic Women in Novels

    The character of Mrs. Ramsay from To The Lighthouse, and Harriet of The Fifth Child failed in their many attempts of achieving womanly perfection. Both women strived and struggled to achieve a similar, yet false ideal of feminine perfection. Let’s take a look at failures that exposed their unsuccessful attempts of perfection. Within To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Ramsay is the most ideal symbol of female perfection and excellence. Mrs. Ramsay’s composure and

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    Essay Length: 1,732 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Max
  • Compare and Contrast Northern and Southern Colonies

    Compare and Contrast Northern and Southern Colonies

    Both the New England colonies and the Southern colonies seemed as though they might be the same. They both started out with the majority of people being from England, they were both in the New World, and they were both ruled by England but, as time went on this theory was proven wrong. The New England colonies and the Southern colonies had many common characteristics but these two regions were very different geographically, politically, and

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    Essay Length: 817 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: regina
  • American Women’s Changing Roles in Society

    American Women’s Changing Roles in Society

    During the first half of the 19th century, women's roles in society evolved in the areas of occupational, moral, and social reform. Through efforts such as factory movements, social reform, and women's rights, their aims were realized and foundations for further reform were established. The occupational standings of women evolved in the first half of the nineteenth century. A new system of recruitment, the Lowell-Waltham system, emerged in Massachusetts. This new factory system brought in

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    Essay Length: 911 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Mike
  • Roles of Important Women During the Civil War

    Roles of Important Women During the Civil War

    Women played an important role during the American Civil War but it wasn't until 100 years afterwards that they received recognition. Even today history books skip over the important roles women had during the Civil War. Wives, mothers, daughters, and grandmothers impacted the War both at home and on the battlefield. Their lives changed in many ways with the onset of the Civil War. Women took on many different roles that helped their side during

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    Essay Length: 1,344 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Should Libraries in Canada Remove from Their Shelves Books That Some Patrons Find offensive?

    Should Libraries in Canada Remove from Their Shelves Books That Some Patrons Find offensive?

    Should Libraries in Canada remove from their shelves books that some patrons find offensive? Books are a vital part of our society. They are essential in providing knowledge and information for everyone. All books do not provide the same meaning to each individual who reads it. Many readers may not even interpret the book the way the author meant it to be interpreted. Each reader brings with them a personal history with different morals and

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    Essay Length: 1,031 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Top
  • The Role of Women in the Church

    The Role of Women in the Church

    With the advent of the feminist movement, the role of women in all parts of society has come under increasing scrutiny. One area of recent controversy is the role of women in the Christian Church. Some churches whose traditions and practices are less rigidly tied to Biblical doctrines have begun placing women in leadership positions such as pastor or teacher. Other churches which interpret the Bible more literally have been slow to adopt such changes.

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    Essay Length: 1,974 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: David
  • National Deficit

    National Deficit

    As one of the top ten concerns in this years presidential election, the national deficit has been given some attention by both presidential candidates. But the candidates can only make promises to the public on this issue, stating that they will cut the national deficit in half , by 2009. Since both George W. Bush and John Kerry have the same goal, the examination begins on how each of them plan to achieve it. When

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    Essay Length: 531 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Mike
  • Working Women in America and Herland

    Working Women in America and Herland

    Since the early ages, people have been dreaming of creating a perfect place, a place where everyone is going to be satisfied. Charlotte Perkins Gilman was one of the many authors who developed these utopian ideas in their works. In 1915 she wrote a short novel Herland about an utopian maternal community. This novel is quite unique because the society depicted in the book wasn’t simply utopian. It was an ideal state created by women.

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    Essay Length: 930 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Anna
  • American Colony Lifestyles

    American Colony Lifestyles

    So close yet so far The lifestyle in the three American colonies sections, varied dramatically, the most obvious was the difference between the New England and the Southern colonies. The New England colonies varied in many ways from the southern colonies, the most obvious were the motives for the founders, the political and social beliefs, and economic differences. The New England colonies were much more interested in starting a new way of life for the

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    Essay Length: 923 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Kevin
  • An Overview of Women in Business

    An Overview of Women in Business

    Even though women constitute 40% of all executives and administrative posts (up from 24% in 1976), they are still restricted mostly to the middle and lower positions, and the senior levels of management are almost entirely male domains. A 1990 study of the top Fortune 500 companies by Mary Ann Von Glinow of the University of Southern California, showed that "women were only 2.6% of corporate officers (the vice presidential level up)." Of the Fortune

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    Essay Length: 1,011 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Stenly
  • The Role of Women in Religion

    The Role of Women in Religion

    The Role of Women in Religion The role of women in religious scripture dictates an inferior position in society. Beginning with the creation of Adam and then Eve, as his helpmate. Her purpose was that Adam would not be lonely. This origin provides the ground work for inequality of genders on the basis of religious scripture. The roles prescribed determined that women should be in a subordinate position to man. The female role and relationship

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    Essay Length: 2,130 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Racial and Ethnic Discrimination in Canada

    Racial and Ethnic Discrimination in Canada

    "You know the world is off tilt when the best rapper is a white guy (Eminem), the best golfer is a black guy (Tiger Woods), the tallest basketball player is Chinese (Yao Ming, 7’6”) and Germany doesn’t want to go to war (in Iraq)”. Charles Barkley stated in a 2003 interview, pointing out various misconceptions with stereotypes. A stereotype is defined by dictionary.com as: “something conforming to a fixed or general pattern; especially: an often

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    Essay Length: 1,637 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Janna
  • Religious Concerns During Colonial Period

    Religious Concerns During Colonial Period

    “Throughout the colonial period, economic concerns had more to do with the settling of British North America than did religious concerns.” According to this statement, both economic and religious reasons contributed to the founding of the thirteen colonies by the British in North America. The many people who settled in New England came there in search of religious freedom. Their hope was to escape the religious persecution they were facing in England, worship freely, and

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    Essay Length: 754 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Mike
  • Description on Chopi Timblia Music, Shona Mbira Music and the Venda National Dance: Tshikhona

    Description on Chopi Timblia Music, Shona Mbira Music and the Venda National Dance: Tshikhona

    What is ethnomusicology? It comes from the word, Ў§ethnographicЎЁ, which is the study of music within its social content and it is an account based on research. It documents traditional music and focuses on what the meaning of music is. Ў§ethnomusicological research also involves history, and for many studies history is the focus. Often ethnomusicologists study cultures other than their own, a situation that distinguishes this field from most historical musicologyЎЁ (Meyers, 1992: 3). In

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    Essay Length: 1,117 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Monika
  • Afghan Women and Their Horror

    Afghan Women and Their Horror

    A woman’s life in Afghanistan is one of the most shocking and devastating truths. It wasn’t until September 11th 2001 that the world awoke to the relevance of women’s issues to international peace and security. However, it’s been two years since and the lives of Afghan women have improved only slightly. Harassment, violence, illiteracy, poverty and extreme repression continue to characterize reality for many afghan women. “Under the Taliban, ultraconservative Islamic ideas combined with

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    Essay Length: 735 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: regina
  • What Were the Major Political and Socio-Economic Changes Introduced by the British Colonial Authorities in Kenya. What Did the Authorities Seek to Achieve by These Changes?

    What Were the Major Political and Socio-Economic Changes Introduced by the British Colonial Authorities in Kenya. What Did the Authorities Seek to Achieve by These Changes?

    What were the major political and socio-economic changes introduced by the British colonial authorities in Kenya. What did the authorities seek to achieve by these changes? When the British colonised Kenya in the late nineteenth century they brought about many political and socio-economic changes, including changing the mode of production to capitalist, the introduction of an improved infrastructure and the establishment of chiefs in 1906 when Britain established affective political control over the Kenyan people,

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    Essay Length: 890 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Summary of National Treasure

    Summary of National Treasure

    National Treasure Ben Gates from National Treasure starts out as a little kid with his grandfather telling him about the Temple’s treasure. When suddenly Ben’s father interrupted them saying that I was a stupid myth and it just leads to more and more clues never actually leading them to the treasure. His grandfather had said, “The secret lies with Charlotte.” About 15 years later Ben was on his way to the Charlotte where he found

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    Essay Length: 716 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Janna
  • The Normalization of Cosmetic Surgery Among Women in American Society

    The Normalization of Cosmetic Surgery Among Women in American Society

    Cosmetic surgery represents the latest trend in medicalization in which doctors are using their knowledge and the newest technology to tackle appearance issues that many individuals face. Within current American society, there is a normalization of cosmetic surgery occurring among women in particular. As society's standards about beauty change, women are increasingly finding themselves wanting to conform to such standards no matter what the cost may be. These surgical procedures are being used to materialize

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    Essay Length: 400 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Monika

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