Women's studies

1900’s was a time that equality was a big deal for every American. Women have been suffering throughout history to become independent. Women's job was to stay home and take care of the kids. They had no education, No right to vote, no right to go to war and no right to work. The civil war and women's movement played a big role in the gain on equality for women. women's lives changed by gaining independence. In the 1800’s education was only allowed to men. Education for women was not allowed during

In the reading “Gendering Social Capital: Bowling in Women’s Leagues?” by Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart, they suggest women and men are segregated by gender in social organizations causing a gap in the social capitol of men and women, furthering the inequality of women. They look at 50 societies worldwide and compare the number of men and women involved in associations. Some findings are obvious and looking at factors not discussed make the number presented less important, and findings more questionable

and sex equality for women. Feminism is a movement that seek to achieve equality and social rights for women in all key areas which includes education, personal, economic, employment, and cultural sphere of human endeavours. It is the advocacy of women’s right on the ground of the equality of the sexes. Types of feminism Cadden, R. (2001). The three waves of feminism. Part 1 emergence The words "féminisme" ("feminism") and "féminist" ("feminist") first appeared in France and the Netherlands in 1872

production and reproduction as the basis of women’s oppression and have focused attention on the social relations of gender, questioning the validity of roles that have been ascribed to both women and men in different societies”. In many societies women have been systematically instilled to be inferior to men and have been assigned secondary role. GAD emerged to examine these social constructions. (Parpart et.al 2000) “State that GAD approach argued that women’s status in society is deeply affected by

Many women’s rights activists have been at the forefront of confronting domestic violence and other issues affecting women. Due to the government’s suspicion of large-scale protests and rallies, many activists rely on creatively presenting their activism as art, which does not require as many people participating in such demonstrations and arouses less attention by the government. China requires many NGOs to work with official government organizations such as the All-China Women’s Federation. However

known as the "Daughter of the Revolution," which dealt with women's suffrage (Ward 92). Stanton was born on November 12, 1815, to Daniel Cady and Margaret Livingston. Daniel, her father, held the position of judge of Johnstown, New York. Unfortunately for Daniel, Margaret gave birth to only three sons, two whom died shortly after; one at birth and the other after graduating from Union College . Stanton engaged herself in Greek studies and mathematics at the Johnstown Academy. She learned to ride

changed within my school of Lynchburg College is the support of women’s sports. The women’s sports do not receive the same amount of fan support as the male sports. It seems that the records or the scores of the games do not matter when it comes to spectators coming to the sporting events. At our school, a lot of the women’s sports have better records and closer games but that does not detour them away from watching the men’s verse women’s. I try to support every team that we have on campus whether it

introducing examples from various countries’ historical, social, religious, and political timelines, such as the Women’s Suffrage movement in the United States and the religious laws of Judaism. Gendered Identities in Nations and States, by Inderpal Grewal, a Professor of Women’s Studies at the University of California in Irvine, and Caren Kaplan, an Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies, examines the connection between patriarchal nation-states and citizenship in relation to the formation of

it was thought to a beginning of a world of equality between men and women. The idea of equality helped create Women's suffrage (also known as woman's right to vote). In 1848, a group of abolitionist activists mostly women, but also some men gathered in Seneca Falls, New York to discuss the problem of women's rights to voting. Furthermore during the 1800’s and 1900’s “Women and Women’s Organizations” worked for broad based economic and political equality for women. Women didn’t gain the right to

Thus, the history of women's struggle for their rights has more than four centuries, but tangible results have been achieved only in the 20th century. Today, in most countries, a woman has equal rights with a man, but vestiges of inequality have not yet been finally overcome (Sweet, 185). Employment Asymmetry Gender asymmetry in employment is expressed through a series of social phenomena: reducing the level of women's economic activity, rising unemployment among women