Essays and Research Papers on Women's Studies (All)

This 6 page paper discusses the stories "Indissoluble Marriage" by Rebecca West and "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman from a feminist perspective. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

In six pages this paper examines the post-Civil War female trailblazers who battled for change in America’s women’s rights movement. Nine sources are listed in the bibliography.

This 8 page paper begins by looking at available methods of birth control and explores insurance plans. It is argued that private insurance should cover birth control. Various issues are explored in this context inclusive of population growth. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 12 page paper examines women's rights. How small steps during the Renaissance helped to create the world today is the focus of this paper. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

A 10 page book review on 2 feminist history texts: A Voice of Their Own edited by Martha Solomon and The Politics of Domesticity by Barbara Epstein. The writer offers an overview of each text, including reviewers' evaluation, and also argues that the texts share a common theme in that both texts indicate the antagonism ...

6 pages in length. Anti-Semitism is expressed in many forms and by many different people with the common denominator being discriminatory, disparaging and/or hostile attitudes toward Jews. While the typical understanding of anti-Semitism is most reflected as intolerance from people outside Jewry, most do not consider how Judaism has a history of discrimination ...

3 pages in length. Slick weight loss advertisements have people believing that a quick fix is better than a slow and steady success; far too few encourage regular exercise with speedy caloric reduction, which ultimately places the dieter at great risk for the loss of bone density. According to a study done in ...

A 5 page overview of this landmark legal precedent. This paper asserts that this case will never be overturned because it is too important not just to women but to American society as a whole. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses utilitarianism and deontological concerns as possible reasons why women have not succeeded in breaking the “glass ceiling.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 4 page paper examines women in the workplace and the pay gap. Research is provided to support the assumptions. Outline is included. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page book review examines women's issues. The book is critiqued and the author's expertise is questioned. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

3 pages in length. Had this question been asked one hundred years ago, the answer would have been an unequivocal yes, inasmuch as tradition, economic security and procreation have long been at the forefront of why women have needed to get married. Contemporary society, however, has effectively erased the first criterion, empowered the ...

A 4 page paper that discusses a hypothetical interview with a case manager at a real women's and children's organization. Included are the data regarding domestic abuse, the skills needed and major responsibilities of the case manager, why this person chose this field, the initial interview with the client and other aspects of this ...

This 4 page paper examines sexism in America in respect to media, religion, politics and more. Research is provided to support the assumptions. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 7 page paper which examines women and discrimination in the workplace. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses the phenomenon of women leaving their homes and children to work in other countries where wages are better. The toll such migrations take on the women and their children is explored. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper examines the book entitled Global Woman that is comprised of a number of articles on migrant women. Much of the discussion is on domestic workers. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 10 page paper which compares and contrasts the roles of women in society today with the roles of men. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses some of the problems faced by girls raised in fatherless homes. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

4 pages in length. The extent to which a low-calorie approach to dieting equates to decreased bone mineral density (BMD) is both grand and far-reaching; that teenage and young adult women represent eighty percent of the total population experiencing bone mass loss speaks to a cultural indoctrination of distorted body image. Two categories ...

This 6 page paper examines the issues facing Muslim women, and argues that it is unlikely they will be accepted by their culture if they are too "Westernized." Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines how race/ethnicity complicates or intensifies the subject of feminism. The paper uses the essays of Donna Langston, “Tired of Playing Monopoly?,” and Gloria Joseph’s “The Imcompatible Menage A Trois: Marxism, Feminism and Race.” No additional sources cited.

A 5 page book review that addresses Gerda Lerner's The Grimke Sisters from South Carolina, Pioneers for Women's Rights and Abolition, which argues persuasively that these women were pioneers both in the abolitionist cause and in regards to the women's movement. The writer summarizes the book and Lerner's scholarship. No additional sources cited.

A 4 page paper which examines the women’s liberation of the 1960s. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page paper uses original documents to compare and contrast the wartime experiences of two working women, Fanny Christina Hill and Mary Stumph. Bibliography lists 2 sources.