I have recently read the story "The First Women Doctor." It is about Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female to earn a medical degree. It took her many years and determination, but finally all of her hard work paid off and she got that degree. I will try to explain to you what the story ...

Gender Apartheid Must STOP One of the important ideas in a women's life is expressing herself, individuality, and freedom. Every single day women in Afghanistan are being deprived of their rights as humans and as women. People around the world need to realize this situation and STOP the ...

"In the beginning, God created man. Then God said, "It is not good for man to be alone; I shall make him a helper fit for him. So the Lord caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept, he took one of the ribs and closed up it's place with flesh; and the rib which the L...

Women have been discriminated against since the beginning of time, as early as the first people, Adam and Eve. Eve was called the evil one, who ate fruit from the tree of knowledge. Once she had the knowledge to know right from wrong, she chose to do wrong and give the fruit to Adam. Exa...

As a young woman in the early seventies, I knew a few girls in high school who found themselves pregnant and yearning to find a way to "get rid of it", dreaming of legal abortions, or even a way to find an illegal one. And of course, the rest of us were just glad not to be in their shoes....

WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE Currently in American society and throughout previous history, women have been in subordinate roles in issues surrounding positions in the work force and in education, compared to men. Traditionally, women are looked upon as homemakers or caretakers. However the women that...

Human curiosity is the essence of our lives; we live to understand and explore others troubles or triumphs, their faults or follies. However, since the beginning of time, our views have been slanted by whoever tells these stories. We are led to believe that what they say is the truth, when it cou...

A Midwife's Tale "A midwife's tale" was written by historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrick who transforms the humble diary of a midwife into a magnificent commentary that depicts the missing treasures of everyday colors of the eighteenth century. In the year 1785, America was still a...

The period after the Civil War family owned farms dwindled. Southners began to move North and America started an urbanization process. People who once struggled on farms were now attempting to be entrepreneurs or worked as laborers.As big business grew so did the need for accurate reco...