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    took over the Bureau in 1924‚ he inherited two female agents: Jessie B. Duckstein and Alaska P. Davidson‚ who both resigned within a few months as part of the Bureau’s reduction of force. In 1972‚ JoAnne Misko and Susan Malone were the first two women to enter the FBI Academy. In 1978‚ Special Agent Christine Karpoch (Jung) would become the first female firearms instructor—and she would shoot the coveted “possible‚” a perfect score on the FBI’s Practical Pistol Range. In 1990‚ Special Agents Susan

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    The book "A history of women in America" overall I thought was a okay book. I like that the book told about women’s struggle and the situations they endured. Through those struggles they gave us a voice and major goals were accomplished. The women who spoke out and gave all women equal rights really made me feel and have a great pride in being a woman myself with the rights they fought for in present day America. The most interesting information I read in this book was how women basically did

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    In the beginning there were merely pictures‚ but not soon afterward people got bored with just looking at still images. That is when Alva Edison assigned his assistant‚ on his behalf‚ to invent something to record moving pictures (Rickitt 10). Out of that grew the Kinetoscope‚ which used a lantern to project a series of pictures (25-30 per second) through a lens which gave the illusion of movement (10). The Lumière brothers‚ of Paris‚ were then first to invent the Cinèmatographe (10). The Cinèmatographe

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    globally for women’s workplace participation. Japanese women make less than 29% less than Japanese men‚ seventy-two cents to dollar. Luckily‚ Japan is already starting to reinvent its social and political climate. The government has launched a campaign to increase the amount of women in the workforce by encouraging paternity leave. Since many women don’t return to work after they have children‚ increasing the rates of paternity leave gives more women a chance to go back to work. By law‚ companies are

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    Women in Leadership Roles

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    INTRODUCTION More and more women are rising to the leadership challenge‚ even in some of the most male-dominated industries. The increase in the number of women attending college‚ the increasing number of women in the workplace or starting their own business has demonstrated to men who own businesses that women can be both managers and mothers‚ thus showing their male counterpart that women can in fact "do it all". In this paper the history of women in the workforce will be outlined‚ as well as

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    History of Indian Women

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    History of Indian Women In The Past And Today Introduction The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia. From a largely unknown status in ancient times through the low points of the medieval period‚ to the promotion of equal rights by many reformers‚ the history of women in India has been eventful History There are very few texts specifically dealing with the role of women; an important exception is the strIdharmapaddhati of Tryambakayajvan

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    Women in Ancient History

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    Woman has always been over shadowed by the last three letters M-A–N. Women have been categorized and held bad back in some cultural‚ but in other cultural women were as equal to men. While exploring the different civilizations during the ancient history times (BCE to CE)‚ the Babylonian women were to keep their sexuality sacred. As an Egyptian woman‚ women were considered to be equals to a man. As a Middle Eastern woman‚ women were considered to be ruled by husband but had their own property‚ slaves

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    The Role and Representation of Women: How they are Expressed Through Fashion Fashion‚ style and trends have always been a hugely important part of women’s lives‚ being a major creative outlet for women throughout the ages. But these trends are much more than just picking out something to wear each day from a cupboard of clothes: fashion is a way of expressing the role of women in society and how important and independent they are‚ and although style changes appear to be rapid and trivial‚ there

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    Changing Role of Women

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    biological phenomenon‚ gender is a social construct‚ defined by societal norms that attribute different roles and values to men and women. Moreover‚ these sex-specific roles‚ rights‚ and obligations are not just different‚ they also tend to be unequal (Kishor‚ 1999). Unequal gender relations -- existing to varying degrees in most if not all countries of the world-- feed directly into the status accorded to women and girls in society. Women’s status is a term that describes women’s situation in both absolute

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    Role of Women in Wwii

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    Role of Women in World War II “Our women are serving actively in many ways in this war‚ and they are doing a grand job on both the fighting front and the home front.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt‚ 1944 World War II (WWII) is often described as defining America’s “Greatest Generation.” That image was portrayed by a young‚ dapper‚ American airman‚ full of patriotism‚ courage‚ and a desire to make the world a better place. He was eager to conquer the world and return to the home front to make a better life

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