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    Women’s lives changed immeasurably both during and after World War 1 in Britain and Germany. Women’s lives in Both Germany and Britain and Germany changed immensly during and after the course of World War 1. Women experienced huge economic‚ social and political changes‚ which became the foundation for change for generations of women to come. Because the majority of men were off fighting in the war‚ there was a large demand for workers in agriculture‚ factories‚ particularly munitions‚ and offices

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    American woman may have the same kind of broad concerns about conducting her life that men have. However‚ this has not always been the case. For instance‚ in Colonial America‚ women were considered the weaker sex. In fact‚ they had a totally different role than this of women today. The Colonial women were inferior to their men. They were expected to obey their husbands’ orders without argument. We could say that they had no rights. Despite‚ not all women had the same rights. In fact‚ unmarried or widowed

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    Women have a key role to play in the security industry If you watched the series Haute Sécurité‚ you undoubtedly noticed the strong presence of a woman describing the services of KK Security in Nairobi‚ Kenya. She is Wacu Gatoto‚ the manager of the National Response Services. When asked why she chose the security industry‚ Wacu replied that it’s the other way around‚ it was the security industry that chose her. A wife and mother of three‚ with a professional background in procurement‚ marketing

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    The roles of women through the customs of both Hinduism and Buddhism have been a pivotal part in achieving universalization between the orders. Some considered women as obstacles in their goals‚ while others worshipped them as goddesses. Within Hinduism’s quest for Moksha‚ and Buddhism’s quest to attain Nirvana‚ women were acting to gain equality as practitioners of their chosen religion. In a dominion primarily controlled by men‚ one must wonder how exactly women dealt with the limitations in their

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    Greeshma Thomas Dr. Eugenio Pacelli Villarreal MLG 314 21 September 2014 Women in In the Time of the Butterflies Women’s role and rights in the society- an issue which is being discussed since past few decades and has still not reached an absolute conclusion. In In the Time of the Butterflies‚ Julia Alvarez portrays the life of women in a male dominated social and political society. Through the novel‚ a question arises which is‚ “Who decides the expiry date for a woman’s dreams?” In the novel‚ Alvarez

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    as stated by Shyamala‚ “Hosseini restricts the experience of the women characters to the protagonist’s wife and his mother-in-law” (170). Nevertheless‚ it is possible to analyse how a woman’s life is described using Soraya‚ and Jamila. First‚ the women’s lives are shown to be ruled by the authority that is men as the man is the one who has established dominance in the family‚ holding all of the power in his hands (Shyamala 171). An example of this would be observing Soraya before she marries Amir

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    fully handed over to the men; the women of the Revolution also exist and play a huge role in making this country free from monarchy. Women such as Esther deBerdt‚ Abigail Adams‚ and Martha Washington all contributed their lives to creating independence.

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    The church both helped and hindered the progress of medicine from 1350 to 1750. This included the progress which the church made in hospital care leading to many successful methods used to this day. However this period also included continuance especially in explaining the causes of diseases‚ mainly due to the sheer control the church had over people’s opinions and its lack of acceptance for other theories. This conservatism had both positive and negative effects; it prevented people trying to challenge

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    In the Elizabethan Era‚ a society dominated by men‚ women had little input. Common rights and abilities of our time such as voting‚ going to school‚ and achieving steady jobs were impossible for the average Elizabethan woman to achieve. This disparity of power prominently appears in the works of the time period’s most well-known playwright‚ William Shakespeare. In his "Much Ado about Nothing"‚ Beatrice‚ one of the most powerful women in all of Shakespeare’s work‚ complains of feeling weak and impotent

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    Women and men had quite different roles in ancient Greece; women had limited privileges‚ the rarely played notable roles in public affairs. There are actually no names of female poets‚ artists‚ or philosophers from classical Athens. However‚ the “status of woman was strictly protected by law” (p.83). Only the woman was in charge of the household and the family’s possessions‚ and only the sons of a citizen woman could be citizens. Woman had these law rights‚ but they were mostly to protect their

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