Throughout this essay, there will be key opportunities and hardships as to what many groups of Americans had to experience during World War II. Women had very opportune advantages during World War II. Some of these opportunities included working in forces for the first time, working in defense plants, and filling in for men and their professions while they prepared for war. Working in defense plants offered woman more challenging work and better pay than jobs associated with women before the war, including waitressing, clerking, and domestic services. While the men were away at war, women took advantage of rare occasions (open jobs men were associated to) by taking jobs as journalists the way men previously were and etc.
It is letting women take the chance to fight for the country in a time of crisis just like men. Mrs. Quindlen is valid in stating that it makes a “mockery” of the nation to only let men register and not women. It is degrading of women to say that because they are women that they are not required registering for the draft to help in a crisis. A poll done about ten years ago showed that over half of the American population supported drafting women. Should America only lose its sons in battle?
Herland is the extreme where the society is so wonderful because no male has lived there for the past 2000 years. With knowing the background of Gilman and how some believe that this is a feminist novel, it definitely explains why the women are depicted as they are. With Gilman wanting women to have equal rights, she takes away the stereotypes that women have to be the object of sex appeal. While in If He Hollers Let Him Go, Himes depict every women character as . I wondered if this was because Himes was a male trying to write women roles but just was not sure as to how to relate to that.
In the beginning of Anna Clark’s essay, "Manhood, Womanhood, and the Politics of Class in Britain, 1790-1845," she describes to the reader how the British political system was set up before the Chartists were formed. The upper and middle-classes were the groups with the political authority and the working-class and peasants had nothing politically. The politicians of this time were all men and were looked down upon by the working-class men due to their namby-pamby homogeneous appearance. The working-class men styled themselves as "real men," hard working, strong men that knew their sexual identity, unlike, it seemed, those in political offices. With all of this manliness being flaunted everywhere, the women of this time were trying to find a niche in the political system along with these working-class men.
This was actually a very important step towards women’s enfranchisement because during the war, women served the nation; doing factory work and men’s work in general. The fact that they were doing something useful to society served as proof that, contrary to the belief that women were “silly” and could not think for themselves, they could be a beneficial force in society. “The war emphasised the participation of women in the everyday life of the nation. It was obvious to all that women were driving vehicles, acting as bus conductors and filling many posts customarily held by men. As we might say today, women’s ‘public image’ changed and improved,” says Constance Rover, a historian.
In the 20th century, women in most nations won the right to vote, this in return increased their educational and job opportunities. Which is a good thing compared to tests that were done in the 1960s that showed that women’s scholastic achievement were higher in early grades than in high school because the teachers and families of girls did not expect them to peruse anything but being a wife and mother (wic.org). I would say that that we have come a long way from the early 20th century. Women in positions of power or women who want to work their way to a position of power still tend to have a glass ceiling over them. This is because history tells us that men hold these types of positions women are gaining and proving that they can do just as well as a man in a position of power.
Quality – WestJet’s culture emphasizes a fun and friendly atmosphere for all travellers and empowers employees with bottom-up management. Customer service is of the utmost importance to WestJet and is shown in the enthusiasm of it employees, which is yet another competitive advantage over its competitors. Delivery – WestJet has been able to implement changes in its operations with the use of dual boarding and the continued use of the same type of planes. Because of this, they are able to boast that they have the best on-time arrival performance to its competitors within 15 minutes of the original scheduled time. 3.
In 1918 after nearly sixty years of campaigning, some middle class women were granted the vote. It appeared that women had finally overcome societies prejudice and were now considered responsible and sensible enough to be trusted with the franchise. A study of this topic reveals that there was no single reason for women being given the vote. It is possible to identify both long and short term reasons and therefore multiple factors must be considered. The peaceful campaigning of the suffragists’ was a key factor in women receiving the vote.
They initially did not challenge male sexism or careerism but wanted opportunities for women too. White, middle-class women in the political mainstream provided most of the national leadership and much of the constituency for the new feminism. Betty Friedan’s 1963 book The Feminine Mystique identified “the problem that has no name” as the frustration of educated middle-class wives and mothers who had subordinated their own aspirations to the needs of men. Three issues initially predominated: equal treatment at school and work, an equal rights amendment, and abortion rights. Equal Treatment The Presidential Commission on the Status of Women in 1961 led to the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and President John F. Kennedy’s banning of sex discrimination in federal employment.
Hall knew Jameson was the father of three daughters; Hall probably deduced that Jameson may have been sympathetic towards Celia. Thus, Hall may have incorporated gender in picking Jameson. In another instance, during questioning in the trial Jameson did not treat male and female witness equally. Jameson did not ask Virginia Waynescot about her father's sexual relationship with Celia directly. The Victorian sexual mores of that period meant that Jameson was only going for implication with female witnesses.