Due to the limited amount of resources and the restrictions laid upon women for practicing rhetoric, it is astonishing how many women were still able to make a significant impact on the field of rhetoric which I feel has paved the way for women’s liberations rights today. Christine de Pizan portrayed the art of rhetoric through language and letter writing as she challenged the boundaries of women’s input at the time. She sought to save the reputation of women, who at the time were being slandered and shine a new spotlight for women’s advancement. It is imperative that more time and space be dedicated to Christine De Pizan in Herricks textbook of rhetoric and many more to follow. Christine De Pizan is a brave woman who stood up to the verbal assaults on women in the 14th century.
When the war broke out in August 1914, thousands of women lost their jobs in dressmaking, millenary and jewellery making. Many were in the search for work and wanted to help in the war effort. The introduction of conscription in 1916 led to an increase in the number of women employed in all sectors of the economy. Women gained access to a whole range of jobs that had been previously preserved for men and many questioned whether women were fit to do the work. Although women proved themselves to be hard working and just as capable of doing work as the opposite gender, many also struggled due to the work being dangerous and the poor safety regulations at the time, as source A8 shows.
The question to be looked at is ‘What does it mean to be a woman?’Although there has been some progress in the past 30 years, particularly in women’s education and employment equality, there are still many inequalities and also more inconspicuous issues affecting the women of today including domestic violence and rape and sexual abuse and I would like to look further into this. So, what does it mean to be female in today’s society? Though there has been some improvement in gender equality, women are still oppressed. Today’s women earn one-tenth of the worlds income, occupy only 18% of seats in the worlds parliaments, comprise two-thirds of the exploited informal workforce, and for women aged 15-44 gender violence accounts for more deaths and disability than cancer, malaria, traffic accidents and war (World Health Organisation 2005). Studies show women are paid less even when doing the same job with the same experience as their male counterparts
WOMEN IN THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION ERA The same way women responded to and participated in the Renaissance and Humanistic Movements, they were also involved in the Scientific Revolution too. The excitement of new discoveries of the 17th and 18th centuries inspired a few gifted women scientists to formulate their own theories about the natural world. Most people have not heard of the women that will be discussed shortly, but surely all have heard of Nicholas Copernicus, Galileo Galilee, Sir Isaac Newton, and Rene Descartes. Like their male counterparts, the women scientists performed their own experiments, and even published their findings. In contrast to those women who were educated formally in humanistic precepts, women in the Scientific
Ultimately the BPW provided women with the opportunity to “assume a public life without too deeply challenging traditional gender roles”(85). In these public groups women could speak freely in their own private space without being scrutinized by males. Although many women chose to be involved in these professional groups, there had been controversies surrounding self employed women and how they felt about the BPW not representing the experiences they had. Buddle went on to argue that the experiences and activities of the BPW club members did not represent the experiences of most self employed women in the province, however their actions and their interests reflect the concerns of working women and, in some cases, the specific concerns of self
One of the biggest controversial topics between 1715 and now was the role of women. Many historians believed that women played little if not no role during this time. Upon my research, I discovered that the role of women changes throughput history and in fact they did have a role that greatly contributed to our life now. This paper will focus on the role of women and how their role changes throughout the Scientific Revolution, Age of Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution and World War I. The Scientific Revolution began in the year 1550 and this era is known for the different approaches scientist took upon their studies.
Women were expected to marry, have children and financially they were expected to be fully dependent on their husbands. Women rarely had careers and most professions refused entry to women. However, between the years 1850 and 1901 women’s role in society began to be challenged. There were a number of reasons for this,
Devin Bryant Mrs. Kemp Language Arts 11 Rough Draft 1920’s vs. Now Women in the 1920’s had totally different standards from the life of women now. The job market for women was dreadful. Single women had the highest chance to find a job, because they had to keep themselves on their feet. The women took jobs of nursing, teaching and warfare. Now women have a variety of jobs, from nursing to serving the military.
But such apprehensionsare ill-founded in the context of the broader opportunities available for women following mechanization of industry and agriculture, enabling women to compete with men successfully. Innovations in science and technology have removed the disparity between men and women attributed to physical strength alone. Maharastra has shown 0.33% growth rate in overall female sex ratio in 2012 in comparison of 2001.Women are able to handle modern appliances which require intelligence and training and not merely physical strength. Thus, India has now several women working as pilots, driving locomotives, buses, tractors and machinery in workshops. A new era of working women has developed in Indian society.
Women got less pay for doing the same job, and could not receive the same rankings as men (for example, a WAAC Second Lieutenant was called a "Third Auxiliary") (Friedl 11). When historians wrote about World War II they overlooked many of the American Woman's regiments because the government sealed away many of their records for 33 years (“All Things Considered”). 1,100 women earned their wings, and became military pilots. Even though they did not participate in combat some of their missions were dangerous, and 38 female pilots died during World War II. (“All Things Considered”).