A Response-Critique of “A Marriage Agreement” by Alix Kates Shulman Alix Kates Shulman is an author whose work includes fiction‚ memoirs‚ and essays written predominately from her perspective as a feminist. Shulman hails from Cleveland‚ Ohio and is best known for the novel “Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen”. She is also listed in Who’s Who in America and in Feminists Who Changed America‚ 1963-1975 (Shulman‚ Psychology Today: Alix Kates Shulman). In 1970‚ Shulman’s document‚ “A Marriage Agreement”
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the breadwinner and the mother was the homemaker‚ many families have now transitioned into modern day dual-career households. These couples are both highly accomplished and have established their own personal professional identities. In 1998‚ dueal-earner couple actually outnumbered “traditional” families nearly three to one (U.S.BureauoftheCensus‚ 1998). Despite these substantivechanges to the family unit‚ The traditional breadwinner (the father) and homemaker (mother) models continue to be the socially
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stores across 90 cities and towns in India. Target Group: - Young working class (20-35) - Working women (25-) - Homemakers/decision makers (18-55) Data collection- The main aim is to test a minimum of 10 respondents from each category. How and where will we collect data? : Young working class (20-35) – College Campus/ Discussions with friends over the phone Homemakers/decision makers (18-55) -Over the phone with Family and Relatives/ Customers in reliance fresh‚ more and vishal mega mart
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much more than his parents ever could. I took the time to talk to my parents about our traditions and how they evolved in California. So I took a close look at what I consider the norms in my culture and analyzed several points; Mexican women are homemakers‚ our families celebrate holidays differently and how discrimination was a big part of my life as I was growing up. Traditionally‚ Mexicans are hardworking individuals with a goal in mind‚ which is to succeed and become better then when we first
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Out of all the famous food and nutrition professionals‚ I chose to do my historical biography research paper over a woman by the name of Jean Nidetch. Jean Nidetch was an overweight homemaker who became a slim‚ successful business woman by being the founder of one of the biggest weight loss programs‚ called “Weight Watchers.” With her personal experience and struggles of being overweight‚ she developed a program to help and teach other people how to do it themselves. I chose to research her because
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young women started having a lot of children‚ and stopped in the workplace. The new writers for magazines were now all men‚ back from the war‚ who had been dreaming about home and a cosy and domestic life and subsequently encouraged women to be homemakers. Therefore the social progressions which women made from the acquisition of the vote in 1920 were haltered by America’s involvement in the war in 1941 as women were thrust into the workforce to fill the holes left by the soldiers and to support
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Tony for the Best Play. This play has been performed on Broadway several times; in February of 1949 it ran for 742 performances and was continually acclaimed. Linda Loman the wife of Willie Loman‚ the salesman‚ a typical woman of her era‚ was a homemaker‚ busy cooking‚ cleaning and taking care of her two sons‚ while her husband frequently traveled. Linda in general was a weak woman‚ as most of the women were in her time period‚ unable to confront any uncomfortable situation with her husband. In
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Making Choices Guide Part II RECEIVED A PERFECT SCORE Ltc/315 Alternative Living Environments October 27‚ 2014 University of Phoenix Tomeka DavisMaking Choices Guide Part II As we age our bodies and lives take on many different changes. Some of these changes are for the better and then there are changes that are not so much in our favor. Our health status is the one thing that can vary from time-to-time as we age‚ and for this we have to prepare ourselves for the many possibilities of needing
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that began to work were single. When they finally did get married‚ they would quit their job in the factories‚ and go on to work at home being a full time mother and wife. At home they were treated with respect; there was a creed that glorified the homemaker. In the home women commanded power and made all decisions for the family. This altered the way of living for many families. Families also became more close and affectionate. This was because when a woman was married‚ the choice was based on love
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However‚ planters liked permanent labor so they looked for more slaves instead of the indentured servants so that practice didn’t last long.. In the 1600’s women did not have many options of jobs. Most of them were homemakers‚ who cooked and raised children. Yet‚ mostly women of a lower and middle class‚ were allowed to have jobs such as spinning cloth‚ washing clothes‚ or being bakers. Some were even domestic servants. Women did not have the ability to vote or live
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