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Latin American Feminist Movements, 2002.
Examining the birth of feminist movements in South America, with focus on Cuba, Nicaragua and Mexico.
587 words (approx. 2.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 21.95
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This paper briefly discusses the rise and growth of feminist movements in Latin America. It shows how these movements were linked to other socialist movements of the 1960's and how they gain strength. It explains how the feminist movements argued for rights for women just as other socialist movements were demanding equal and civil rights for many population groups.
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The women?s movement of Latin America is a comparatively young one. It?s seeds were planted in the 1950s and 1960s when socialist revolutionary fervor swept through much of the world. In the face of poverty, inequality and oppression, people?s movements rose up in every corner of the Latin world. And in much the same fashion as Civil Rights, Women?s Rights and anti-Vietnam sentiments in the United States coalesced into a unified counter-culture movement by the 1960s, broad social revolution proved to be opportune for politically inclined women in Latin America. In these early days of women?s liberation, female guerilla combatants and revolutionaries had to contend with all the same concerns as their male counterparts (i.e. dictatorial central governments, unequal distribution of wealth, federal corruption, etc.). But this was compounded by the threat of sexually motivated violence, social subjugation and the general gamut of gender oriented prejudices. (Winn, 397). As such, women?s struggles to gain freedom from oppression extended beyond simple political discontent."
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"The Feminist Movement", 2002.
A review of Ethel Snowden's book "The Feminist Movement".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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This essay examines Ethel Snowden's reasons for giving women the vote as are presented in her work, "The Feminist Movement." This book was first published in 1913 and Snowden's views might be considered controversial in a modern sense, although they were progressive at the time of publication.
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The Feminist Movement and Religion, 2007.
An analysis of the relationship between the feminist movement and religion, focusing particularly on Christianity.
1,337 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper analyzes the relationship between religion and the feminist movement. It focuses on Christianity as an example of a religion that promoted the subordinate roles of women in society and encouraged the persistence of patriarchy as the dominant social system. It analyzes two cases of how Christianity has affected female sexuality's role in society and concludes that feminist interpretation of religion, particularly Christianity, has always been criticized for being too radical and irrelevant in the lives of women followers.
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"This analysis of the relationship between feminism and religion (specifically Catholicism/Christianity) remains a gray area for sociologists and researchers alike, for religions, as political and social forces in the society, can be interpreted as one or the other, or maybe both (as a social and political force). These distinctions would have an impact on the manner in which religion and its practices are interpreted vis-a-vis the feminist framework and discourse. The discussion and analysis provided here, in effect, offers a consolidated analysis of the extant views about the state of feminism as far as its goals towards religion is concerned. The two cases presented showed that though feminism has achieved its goal in some societies, wherein women play significant roles in their religious communities, there are societies that remain fixed and cling to the patriarchal order originally prescribed by the Western branch of Christianity (Catholicism)."
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Indian Women's Feminist Movements, 2008.
A review of four articles regarding the ideology of feminist movements that existed within the Indian Nationalist Movement.
2,277 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 70.95
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This paper discusses the pragmatism of the women's feminist movements in Indian history by presenting the points of view expressed in articles written by four different authors, namely: Suruchi Thapar-Bjorkert's "The Domestic Sphere as a Political Site: A Study of Women in the Indian Nationalist Movement", Carol Hills' "Nationalism and feminism in Late Colonial India: The Rani of the Jhansi regiment 1943-1945", Basu Apama's "Feminism and Nationalism in India, 1917-1947", and Stephen Legg's Gendered Politics and Nationalized Homes: Women and the Anti-Colonial Struggle in India: 1930-47". The analysis and discussion of these articles represents a critical view on the nature of feminism in India during the rise of Indian nationalism during the early and middle parts of the 20th century.
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"Basu Apama's article "Feminism and Nationalism in India, 1917-1947" dictates the state of feminist movements during a wide range of history, but provides the tenets of the feminist movement that was seen through the rise of Indian nationalism. Apama's argument for feminist liberation resides on the power of Mahatma Gandhi who actively supported the various feminist movements that sought to derail the traditional patriarchal constructs of violence as a form of opposition:
[Gandhi] claimed that women were better than men in waging nonviolent passive resistance because they had greater capacity for self-sacrifice and endurance, were less self seeking, and had moral courage.
This aspect of the women's movement helped to bring many women into the nationalist movement in India, but certainly, the pragmatic aspect of this foundation for feminist involvement only supports a patriarchal construct. One critical view of this feminist" ideology is that women were actively still performing a submissive role that could still deemed submissive to the male roles of aggression and "violence." The basis of a feminist movement in India appears to be validating the aggressive and submissive roles of women, especially when Apama defines women through Gandhi's ideology for being "less self seeking" in their agenda as a women seeking liberation. This begs the question: Were women merely being used as human shields through their typically submissive female roles in Indian nationalism? The pragmatism of Apama's article surely does not answer crucial questions as to how women were being liberated due to the often powerful men that still controlled political and traditional male roles in Indian society. Although feminist movements began to become more organized, the issue of its effectiveness is highly questionable under the policies of Gandhi in this period of history. In this manner, Apama promotes the freedom of women from the bonds of patriarchal institutions, yet there is little evidence that they made advances in reducing the often submissive stereotypes and generalizations made about them by the male donated nationalist movements in Indian history."
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Feminist Movements, 2002.
An analysis of feminist movements in the past two hundred years.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper will discuss the periods of Women's Feminism through the two waves that they come in. The first part discussed will be the period 1848-70, the second period 1893-1920. The period from 1970 and till today will be compared with the other periods in history. The 1920 Declaration of Sentiments will also be touched upon in the comparison of these greatly varying movements on the feminist front.
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Rhetoric and the Feminist Movement, 2005.
An analysis of the SCUM Manifesto by Valeries Solanas.
3,600 words (approx. 14.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 127.95
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This paper is an analysis of the SCUM Manifesto by Valeries Solanas, first published in 1968. It argues that while many dismiss the Manifesto as over-the-top rhetoric against men, others who read it thoroughly find more meaning in the words, and many truths. The paper looks at the reasons why Solanas wrote the Manifesto.
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Feminist and Anti-Feminist Films, 2005.
An analysis of the themes of male protection against male violence in the films, "Something Wild" and "Thelma and Louise".
742 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 26.95
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This paper examines how good outlaws who are on the run from the law are a typical theme of American cinema and how both "Something Wild," directed by Jonathan Demme, and "Thelma and Louise," directed by Ridley Scott, are of the 'road movie' genre, which features the American myth of the open road and free and easy access to changing one's life through motion.
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"Thus, both films deal with a problem-if feminism is about women's rights, what of women's rights if the law, for both men and women, is so often wrong. One reason both films provide different answers is that Something Wild involves a male and a female, while Thelma and Louise involves two females. Something Wild suggests that the female is only capable of full motion and movement on the open road in the presence of a male, while the plot of Thelma and Louise suggests that the road provides a potential means of escape for both men and women, and that the presence of men such as the cowboy/drifter of Brad Pitt can sunder female closeness."
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Major Social Change, 2007.
An overview of the feminist movement in the U.S.A.
946 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper examines how one of the most dramatic movements of social change in the history of the United States has been the feminist movement. It looks at how many feminist scholars separate the feminist movement into waves, and label the women's suffrage movement the first wave and the equal right's movement of the 1960s as the second wave. It discusses how, although the leaders of both waves of the feminist movement did not accomplish all of their goals, it is obvious that the feminist movement has resulted in tremendous advancements for women in America.
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"In addition to a backlash against women, the mid 19th and mid 20th centuries were also marked by tremendous change in race relations. Women played an active role in both the abolitionist movement of the mid 19th century and the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. Women's participation in these movements led to an increasing dissatisfaction with their circumscribed roles in greater society. Women were extremely active and vocal in the abolitionist movement. However, many of these early abolitionist leaders began to question their roles in the movement, since the same rights that they were seeking for slaves were rights that were denied to free white women. These problems became exacerbated after emancipation because feminist abolitionists saw a dramatic legal change in the status of ex-slave males, but no change in the legal status of women in America."
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Modern Feminist Art History, 2002.
This paper discusses key issues in the modern Feminist art movement.
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The author of this essay evaluates several specific art pieces, and considers these in-relation to feminist theory and the feminist social movements of late 20th century society. The essay identifies feminist art as being UNdefined in style, medium, and representation, but wholly unified by political and social values that reflect a feminist investment in the image and role of women in art, and in society.
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Feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, 2006.
This paper discusses the ideas of early English feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and her influence on the later American feminist movement.
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This paper explains that Mary Wollstonecraft's "The Vindication of the Rights of Woman", first published in 1792, which was a manifesto of women's rights and a call to action against the male-dominated society of her day, was far ahead of its time. The author points out that Wollstonecraft also spoke of the degraded state of the English public schools by saying that men and women must learn to broaden their minds, and to develop those faculties, which would lead to a true advance in civilization, even arguing for co-education. The paper concludes that the ideas put forth by Mary Wollstonecraft, which were transformed into a movement by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, still find their expression in free public education, greatly increased career opportunities for women and equal rights under the law, but there remains much work to be done.
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"Feminism, as a movement, owed its inspiration primarily to the observations and experiences of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her associate, Lucretia Mott. Both were fervent abolitionists in the years before Seneca Falls. Growing out of the same set of Enlightenment ideas that had inspired Mary Wollstonecraft, the Abolitionist Movement saw the institution of African Slavery as a gross violation of basic human rights and freedoms. By means of lectures, pamphlets, and books, the Abolitionists sought to create a groundswell of public support for overturning and outlawing the practice of human bondage."
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Feminism Today, 2008.
This paper discusses the issues facing the feminist movement today.
1,192 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 40.95
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The paper relates how the feminist movement developed and reveals that women's advances toward equality have resulted in a backlash in the form of religious fundamentalism, claims of reverse discrimination by males and hostility from the general public. The paper looks at the goals of the feminist movement today, with the primary one being achieving solidarity among women. The paper is of the opinion that the movement has to develop its constituency and then mobilize support at the ballot box.
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"The development of the feminist movement can be traced back to the nineteenth century with growing agitation for women's suffrage and for other social changes, but as a strong political force feminism came to the fore much more recently, beginning after World War II as a result of changed perceptions on the part of women regarding their roles in society, in part because of their experiences from the war years. Betty Friedan (1963) defined the women's movement early with her book The Feminine Mystique. She finds that women are now passing through a period of self-examination constituting an identity crisis."
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Feminism in America, 2002.
A historical look at the feminist movement in the United States.
2,598 words (approx. 10.4 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 78.95
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This paper explores the history of feminism and the feminist movement in America. The writer believes that while definite progress has been made, especially in terms of women participating in the workforce, there is still room for discussion and debate in the future. The paper begins with a review of the period 1848 - 1860, essentially the first rumblings of the feminist movement. The paper then explores the official introduction of the women?s suffrage movement, through to the 1960's and 1970's when the women?s rights movement really began to show force.
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"The way to feminism has certainly been a long a winding road. We?ve been through periods that have embraced wide-ranging issues, limited discourse to appease conservatives, ignored the rights of women completely, and that have recognized the importance of working women and their rights. But, throughout all these twisted paths, we haven?t seen the passage on an Equal Rights Amendment that would finally say equal rights under the law cannot be denied because of sex. But, perhaps there?s still hope. In the 107th Congress (2001 -2002), the Equal Rights Amendment has been introduced by Senator Edward Kennedy and Representative Carolyn Maloney. Hopefully, this is the next chapter in the evolution of feminism."
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Feminism in Crisis, 2002.
Argues that the feminist movement is not in as much trouble as is generally considered by its critics and commentators.
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Feminism is seen as being in crisis by many commentators. This paper considers if this is a fair assessment of the situation, going on to argue that the crisis is not all it seams, but a reflection of the evolution of the feminist movement and its adoption to mainstream politics.
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The Suffragettes, 2002.
An overview of the woman feminist movements in Great Britain and America during 1900-1914.
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This paper will discuss the woman's feminist movements that occurred in Great Britain and in America during 1900-1914. This paper will discuss some of the women who participated in these movements and what they did. By analyzing what these woman did, on the literary and suffrage fronts, this paper will find the source of influence and power in their times.
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The Women's Revolution and Marriage, 2002.
A look at the negative impact of the feminist movement on marriage.
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This paper will discuss why the women's revolution is ruining marriages. The object will be to find how and why the feminist movement has caused a decline and avoidance of marriage vows in the later twentieth century. Also, discussed will be the reasons for marriages breaking up as a result of the movement.
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