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Women & Equality/the 50s to today

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A 5 page research paper that analyzes whether or not American society has become the "land of opportunity" for women. The writer accesses the success of the women's movement, listing its accomplishments, and concluding that it has been largely successful a. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

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entire human race, in this particular instance, the language means just what it says. Women were not included in the social contract on which this county was founded. For the vast majority of this nations history, women did not have the right to vote or even own property in her own name. The viewpoint of society was that womens role should be strictly domestic and female opportunities for employment outside the home were severely limited. From the time that Betty Freidan started the womens movement by publishing her perceptions of female experience in the 1950s to today, women have been gradually included in the public mainstream. However, the question remains as to whether this inclusion is sufficient to say that women have obtained full inclusion in the "land of opportunity." An aside to the student researching this topic: a keyword search of the Library of Congress did not reveal any books entitled "women of the 50s," so I am assuming this to be a category rather than a single text. I am also assuming that the poem you requested are the lyrics by Patti Smith. However, in order to answer your question: "Are we getting closer to the ideal of "the land of opportunity," I feel compelled to bring in sources that address the womens movement (a social phenomenon of the 1970s), as well as other sources that more accurately reflect the place of women in US society today than Patti Smiths "Piss Factory," which --in my opinion -- is more representative of class distinctions than of gender bias. Just prior to World War II, both American men and American women routinely reported that they believed a married woman should give up her career if her husband wished it (Peterson, 1994). However, the stigma attached ...

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