still hold the same equality that they did previously‚ however‚ there are still some complex areas under discussion regarding women in Buddhism. While women are equally seen as capable of attaining spiritual goals‚ their ability to hold leadership roles remains up for debate. These narratives state that enlightenment is only possible for women if they gain good karma and are reborn as men beforehand. Others posit that as women edge closer to enlightenment‚ they will spontaneously transform into a
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Women’s Support Roles in the World Wars Right up to the outbreak of World War I‚ feminists on both sides pledged themselves to peace‚ in transnational women’s solidarity. Within months of the war’s outbreak‚ however‚ "all the major feminist groups of the belligerents had given a new pledge - to support their respective governments." Suddenly‚ campaigners for women’s suffrage became avid patriots and organizers of women in support of the war effort. Many of these feminists hoped that patriotic support
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keeping the rest of the Union troops healthy and safe (“Women in the Civil War”). Because so many women helped the Union war effort‚ they played critical roles on and near the battlefield‚ and were
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traditional view of the angel of the house Women in the Victorian period fell under patriarchy’s social roles more than any time in history. It had been usual for women to work alongside husbands and brothers in the family business in earlier centuries. But as the 19th century progressed‚ men started working in the factories and shops‚ while women were left at home all day to and giving them the role of being the angel of the house. The traditional Victorian image of the perfect woman was "the Angel
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Women today play major roles in society‚ but were it like that 100 years ago? Was it like everywhere around the world? In things fall apart by Chinua Achebe shows us that even though women in Umofia don’t play a big role‚ they are key part of everyday Igbo Society life. Women in igbo society are a small group with no power who were to be mothers‚ stay home and had no respect from the male figure. Women played the role of a typical house wife and always stayed at home and were not always
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not going to church and pull the kids from school. Role of Women
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immigration. For the format of my analysis‚ I will choose three to five details for each topic and time period and will expand on it. The following list describes what I feel are the most significant and relevant rights and privileges of the said groups; Women’s political and property rights Then: - from 1917 - 1951‚ women were just being granted the permission to vote - the first woman who was in parliament was voted in on 1919 - before 1872‚ women were not allowed to own property - almost
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In American history‚ women have had a profound role. Whether it was the lack of freedom or the excessiveness of their decisions‚ women have shaped what America has become and what it will continue to grow into. Daphne Spain explains in her article entitled “Women’s Rights and Gendered Spaces in 1970s Boston‚” how “During the 1970s feminists in Boston declared their rights to their own bodies by establishing women’s health clinics and domestic violence shelters. In doing so‚ they wrote a modern chapter
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the world. The industrial revolution‚ as the transformation came to be called‚ caused a sustained rise in real income per person in England and‚ as its effects spread‚ the rest of the Western world. Historians agree that the industrial revolution was one of the most important events in history‚ marking the rapid transition to the modern age‚ but they disagree about various aspects of the event. Of all the disagreements‚ the oldest one is over how the industrial revolution affected ordinary people
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During the colonial period in Africa women had major roles in nationalist movements. Unfortunately these roles were overlooked and are not documented well in history. This is mostly because only males‚ both African and European‚ provided information during decolonization leaving out the involvement of women. In reality‚ women had many accomplishments and helped to win the freedom of their countries. Women took part in protest‚ organized petitions‚ strikes‚ demonstrations‚ and even in combat. Over
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