“Divided Lives, American Women in the Twentieth Century”: A Review of the Book by Rosalind Rosenberg
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A 3 page review of Rosenberg’s extensive review of women’s plight in the twentieth century. Rosenberg relates this plight to the complexity of factors which have served to keep women subdued throughout history. Not only are women’s lives divided between their relationships with men in their world, however, they are also divided between domestic and paid labor and numerous other components of modern life and even between themselves. No additional sources are listed.
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Paper Title: “Divided Lives, American Women in the Twentieth Century”: A Review of the Book by Rosalind Rosenberg

“Domestic and Family Violence”
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A five page paper which looks at family violence, particularly in relation to women, and considers the sociological issues which underlie the high incidence of violence against women, as well as exploring the ways in which society is attempting to address and combat the issue. Bibliography lists 2 sources
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Paper Title: “Domestic and Family Violence”

“Glass Ceilings and Bottomless Pits : Women's Work, Women’s Poverty”
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A 7 page review of the book by Randy Albeda and Chris Tilly. is an expose’ on the numerous societal factors which are facing women today. It is a look into poverty as many of us have never seen poverty, a look at the blatant and sometimes shocking facts of being a poor woman in the United States, the facts of that ever present “bottomless pit”. It is also a look, however, a the so-called “glass ceiling” which confronts professional women in the workplace. This paper contends that while the two scenarios are definitely different, they are inherently related to the same societal factors of the patriarchal dominated society which has been in place for the history of mankind. No additional sources are listed.
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Paper Title: “Glass Ceilings and Bottomless Pits : Women's Work, Women’s Poverty”

“I Stand Here Ironing”: An Analysis of the Short Story by Tillie Olsen
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A 6 page review of the major themes and symbolism in this 1961 story. Although “I Stand Here Ironing” is not biographical it parallels to some degree events which occurred in Olsen’s own life. It is the story of a young and inexperienced mother who painfully relates the deplorable circumstances of her life and the impacts of those circumstances on her and her young daughter. This paper contends that, rather than a lament of guilt, this story is a story of anguish and a symbolic literary message which emphasizes the importance of feminine survival in the face of intense societal pressures. No additional sources are listed.
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Paper Title: “I Stand Here Ironing”: An Analysis of the Short Story by Tillie Olsen

“Inside the Womb”: A Review of the Article by Madeleine Nash
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A 5 page review of an article celebrating the complexity of human life and our understanding of that life. In it author Madeleine Nash traces human development from the point of fertilization of the egg to birth, noting the similarities which exist between human life forms and non-human. Nash’s article, although replete with technical details, manages to captivate the interest of the reader while at the same time instill a scientific understanding of fertilization, cellular development, embryonic maturation, and birth as well as the genetic and prenatal factors which affect those processes. No additional sources listed.
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Paper Title: “Inside the Womb”: A Review of the Article by Madeleine Nash

“Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty”: A Review of the Book by Dorothy Roberts
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A 5 page review of the book by the noted author Dorothy Roberts. The author of this paper contends that in essence this book is an expose of the various lengths the American government has gone to to suppress black motherhood. An overview is provided of the various atrocities which have characterized white suppression and control of black reproduction since the time of slavery, extending into the 1970s, and through to the current day. No additional sources are listed.
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Paper Title: “Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty”: A Review of the Book by Dorothy Roberts

“Lesbian Mothers: Accounts of Gender in American Culture” by Ellen Lewin
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A 6 page book report on Ellen Lewin’s “Lesbian Mothers: Accounts of Gender in American Culture.” No additional sources cited.
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Paper Title: “Lesbian Mothers: Accounts of Gender in American Culture” by Ellen Lewin

“Lives on the Edge: Single Mothers and their Children in the Other America” by Valerie Polakow
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This 7 page report discusses Polakow's 1993 book and the information it presents about American women and their children who live in poverty. The point Polakow makes is that it is an unrelenting struggle in which there are painfully few opportunities for escape. Until American society itself changes its beliefs and policies, women and children will continue to live a near-subsistence level of existence in the land of plenty, equality, and justice. Bibliography lists only the primary source.
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Paper Title: “Lives on the Edge: Single Mothers and their Children in the Other America” by Valerie Polakow

“Perpetrators as Victims: Understanding Violence by Female Street-Walking Prostitutes”: A Review of the Article by Arnold, Stewart and McNeece
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A 5 page review of the findings of this 2001 research. Arnold, Stewart, and McNeece explore the issues surrounding prostitution in an effort to gain a better understanding of what causes women to choose to engage in the behavior and, potentially, to commit acts of violence themselves. No additional sources are listed.
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Paper Title: “Perpetrators as Victims: Understanding Violence by Female Street-Walking Prostitutes”: A Review of the Article by Arnold, Stewart and McNeece

“Shopping”: An Analysis of the Short Story by Joyce Carol Oates
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A 5 page analysis of the rocky relationship which exist between a mother and a teenage daughter. This relationship has been complicated by the divorce of the parents but it extends much further back into time than the divorce itself. On the outside, this is a story of a joyous outing between mother and daughter during the holiday. This outside veneer, however, covers many inner dilemmas, dilemmas which are shared by mothers and daughters in all cultures and all time periods. The author of this paper confides that she has experienced many of the same problems which are touched on in this story with her own mother and contends that, undoubtedly, so have most readers. To grow up we must also grow away to a certain extent and this direction is one which neither our mothers or we always relish taking. No additional sources are listed.
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Paper Title: “Shopping”: An Analysis of the Short Story by Joyce Carol Oates