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…effective way of bringing public attention to women's issues, the real change. In 1921, Edith Cowan became the first woman to be elected to an Australian Parliament. She influenced legislation and increased public awareness of the rights of women and children…

…. Men of high social rank felt superior to servants and women, although they were once in the same position. In colonial America, male predominance governed all aspects of society. Widows of wealthy men obtained inheritances from their late husbands, making…

…involvement has paved the way for women's involvement in politics right up to today. In recognition of women's effort in the war, both the British and German governments granted women the right to vote. In Germany, women first voting in an election in 1919…

…with as we brought them over from Africa and forced them to work on plantations as slaves. This is just one type of oppression American men and women have had to endure. Women have fought for civil rights predominantly since the early- to mid-nineteen hundreds…

…encountered numerous papers on the rights women do have in Igbo society, on the importance of women in this society. They site the role of widows in Igbo society as well as the respect given to the first wife as proof that while this society is not an ideal…

…with the revolutionary ideals of social equality in Cuba, came a strong women’s rights movement– a struggle against the historical structures of machismo. Although much has been accomplished to better the gender discrimination and sexism, women in Cuba are still…

…Edward Albee's Three Tall Women, portrays the life of a woman (A) who overcomes numerous hardships. The entire play is set in the woman's bedroom and the time is the present. The cast of only five, two of which have no lines, perform the play arena…

…about beauty it typically leads us to focus on women. In the past, words such as 'beauty' were used in relation to 'women' and even in this day in age words like 'beautiful' and 'attractive' are referred to women, rather then men. The media has helped to mold…

…or particular situations in the scene" (www.genderads.com). Women often have their heads or faces covered (or missing; see right) or seem to have their mouths closed most of the time, while males have them open. This might suggests that the viewer doesn't need…

…qualifications were eliminated. Racial barriers to voting existed legally until the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified after the civil war. Although the struggle to achieve equal rights for women to vote did not include a declared national war…