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    Women During the Civil War

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    Women During the Civil War " ‘I want something to do…’ ‘Write a book‚’ Qouth the author of my being. ‘Don’t know enough‚ sir. First live‚ then write.’ ‘Try teaching again‚’ suggested my mother. ‘No thank you‚ ma’am‚ ten years of that is enough.’ ‘Take a husband like my Darby‚ and fulfill your mission‚’ said sister Joan. ‘Can’t afford expensive luxuries‚ Mrs. Coobiddy.’ ‘Go nurse the soldiers‚’ said my young brother‚ Tom. ‘I will!’ (Harper 14)." This is a dialog of Louisa May Alcott with her relatives

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    To describe a typical woman’s life during the antebellum era would be a gross oversimplification of the varying lives of women based on social status and structure. Women of wealth‚ common white women and enslaved women conducted their lives as an adaptation to domestic sphere and social sphere which influenced their roles. While the cult of domesticity remained intact‚ the role of southern women differed drastically among social classes. From organizing and hosting large gatherings to long hours

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    Structural changes Vitreous body There is a significant structural change during aging‚ consisting of a transition from a clear gel in young to a fibrous structure in adults. In old age there is advanced liquefaction with thickening and tortuosity of vitreous fibers‚ and collapse (syneresis) of vitreous (Fig. 2.3). Postmortem studies80 found syneresis in 70% of subjects in the eighth decade. Syneresis occurs earlier and is more extensive in myopic eyes‚81 and is accelerated with inflammation‚ trauma

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    Role of Womens in India

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    Role Of Women In Modern India INTRODUCTION: Our Indian is gradually emerging as a powerful land since women began playing significant role for the development of the nation. Role of woman in modern India can be called as phenomenal. Woman who once considered being the masters in the art of home making are now considered to be the forces that shape a country. “The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.” -Albert Einstein PRACTICAL STATUS OF INDIAN WOMAN: There was a time when women

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    Medieval Women Roles

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    Roles of Medieval Women During medieval times‚ women were known as inferior to men. They were treated as objects instead of people. Even though the roles for the medieval women were already established‚ some women defied their roles and set their own standards of society. Getting married or establishing power was their only option. Most medieval women had only marriage to look forward to‚ except for noblewomen who wielded some power and those women who had occupations

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    In the Victorian Era‚ women had an important role. There were different classes of women‚ but they overall had the same role. Women were supposed to center their lives around their children and husbands. Being a woman in Victorian England was a life full of physical and mental abuse along with a denial of progress outside of the home. Women in the Victorian Era were mainly abused. Physical abuse or “wife beating” was socially acceptable during the Victorian times. “Wife beating” was present in all

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    different story. Even after the Civil War black women weren’t able to attend college anywhere. But many female still had hope. They hoped that discrimination and being judge based on their gender or the color of their skin would one day stop doors from closing on them. They hoped for new opportunities. They knew that the challenges to this injustice would come one day. African American women also realized what they desired. While‚ in the 1920’s women started to ascend as a basic force. Some time

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    Role of Women in Vietnam

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    THE ROLE OF WOMEN: The role of women is an important part of family life and society‚ as women– to quote chairman Mao– “are carrying half the Heaven”. The changing role of Vietnamese women through the historical ages has been a study in the merging of many cultures: lndigenous Vietnamese culture‚ Chinese civilization ‚ French and other Western influences . These influences still leave vestiges at the present time‚ whether inside Vietnam or among the Vietnamese diaspora outside Vietnam. In Vietnamese

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    The lives of women during colonial times were drastically different than from today. Women were expected to be married at a young age‚ have children‚ operate a household‚ and obey their husbands. Despite encountering restrictions put on them‚ women played an important role in the growth and survival of the American colonies. In many ways‚ it was the strenuous work of women that the United States was built upon. If I had to take one thing from colonial history and apply it to my own life‚ I would

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    The Role of Women in the Iliad Anybody would agree that before‚ women had so little power that they were often used as objects. They were taken and given as if they were material belongings. In the Iliad‚ an epic written during the 8th century BC‚ women are treated as only property and producing material within the house rather than human beings. This is Homer’s way of saying that the attitude towards women in his time period is wrong and unjustified. While men worship gods and goddesses‚ they

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