The worth of a civilization can be judged by the place given to women in the society. Of the several factors that justify the greatness of India’s ancient culture‚ one of the greatest is the honoured place ascribed to women. Manu‚ the great lawgiver‚ said long ago‚ ’where women are honoured there reside the gods’. According to ancient Hindu scriptures‚ a man without the participation of his wife can perform no religious rite with perfection. A wife’s participation is important in some religions‚
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Why women will impact global economy as much as China By Beth Brooke‚ Special to CNN October 25‚ 2012 Just recently‚ Booz & Company published new data outlining compelling evidence that women can be powerful drivers of economic growth. Their estimates show that if female employment rates were to match male rates‚ overall GDP would grow significantly in the U.S. by 5%‚ in Japan by 9%‚ and in developing countries like Egypt by a massive 34%. The World Economic Forum also published their annual
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SOC 315: Cross Cultural Perspectives Women in Politics: US vs. the “MAN” May 16‚ 2010 Instructor Allan Mooney Do you use your power to vote? Have you ever thought the right to vote was not always a right for women? There has been a major trend change in the world of politics and this change is spelled W-O-M-A-N. Women have become a force to be reckoned with in the world of politics. Over the past decade‚ women have resolved into leadership positions‚ encouraging the same sex to voice their
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Mother / Sister Women play a very vital role in human progress and have a significant place in the society. Women have always played an important position in the progress of a nation. In the early days of Islam‚ women worked side by side with men. In the battlefield‚ they nursed the injured‚ kept up the supplies and in certain cases even fought bravely. Florence Nightingale was the woman‚ who led a very successful campaign for the reforms of hospitals and nursing profession. Women had been great saints
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Organization for Women - 1966 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 help women with their movement. The signing of this Act provided women with equality especially in employment. However‚ the Act did not help with the equality as hoped. Women set out to gain equality empowering themselves by standing their ground with and taking action against the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission). Women continued to form and organize group to fight for equal rights and equal consideration for job/pay. Women became
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Gabby Pusha December 3‚ 2012 2nd Period “The Hiding Place” Book Report “The Hiding Place” is an autobiography written by Corrie Ten Boom. Boom’s autobiography is about when she and her family were living in a town named Holland in the 1930’s. During this time Nazi violence and hatred towards Jews was increasing rapidly. Many people turned their backs on Jews because they feared for their own lives. Corrie Ten Boom and her family joined the Dutch resistance‚ and helped Jews avoid begin captured
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Women in Combat Women in combat is an issue that I believe should be given a little more thought and attention. I personally feel that women should be allowed to be in ground combat operations if they desire to do so. I do not feel that it is fair to exclude someone from performing a job within the military simply due to their gender. I do feel that women who want to go to combat should be able to perform the same physical tasks as the men currently in those positions. This issue hits close
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The ways in which medieval women‚ such as Roman and barbarian women‚ used beauty products or the certain beauty rituals they had showed evidence as to how women were integrated into their prospective societies. The idea of beauty also varied from culture to culture. Romans felt that women should do everything in their power to look as close to perfect as they could. A barbarian woman on the other hand‚ did not have much emphasis on her outward appearance but instead focused on her contribution to
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In the 19th-century women began working outside of their homes‚ usually in textile mills and garment shops. Since then‚ women make up an abundant number of the United States workforce‚ while still continuing with being great mothers to their children. Women have faced extreme obstacles throughout the years while entering the workforce‚ such as lower pay‚ poor working conditions‚ and lesser job opportunities. In Virginia Woolf’s article; “Professions for Women”‚ she discusses her mental and physical
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and the environment these women had to sustain. “For fifty years prior to 1875‚ no women had been committed to the state prison at Charlestown‚ but were confined in jails and houses of corrections” (MCI-Framingham). From the year that The Reformatory For Women at Sherborn opened in 1877‚ to the end of the term of the seventh‚ most memorable superintendent‚ Dr. Mirian Van Waters‚ the prison underwent multiple reforms that formulated it from a holding facility for women to a prison
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