WOMEN IN PRISON
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This 6 page essay deals with a small part of the prison population -- women behind bars. The paper discusses the problems facing women prisoners, and also describes why women end up in prison (as well as their characteristics). The main theme is that the focus on women prisoners is more toward domestication, rather than rehabilitation. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MTwompri.rtf

Women In America / Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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A 5 page paper comparing and contrasting antebellum days to progressive days and how they relate to the issues of women’s rights. Elizabeth Cady Stanton is the main focus and her "Declaration of Sentiments" is discussed in depth along with two other works: "20 Years at Hull House" by Jane Addams, and "Women in Modern America" by Lois Banner. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Cady.wps

Depictions of Women in the 16th and 17th Century: German and China
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A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts how women were depicted and treated in two particular works. The works are 'Burgermeister's Daughter' by Steven Ozment and 'The Death of Woman Wang' by Jonathan Spence. Ozment's book deals with Germany and Spence's book deals with China. Both are essentially illustrations of life for women during the 16th and 17th century within Germany and China. Through the comparison and contrast we find that women in Germany had a great deal more power and control over their lives than did women in China. Bibliography lists 4 additional sources.
Filename: RAburgerms.wps

Fighting For Equality In Asia
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A 6 page paper on the struggle for women to gain equality in Asia. The paper focuses on the social status, and or the lack there of, for women in both China and India. The paper is a cross cultural comparison of the two countries in an attempt to show how their differing societies deal with women and women related issues. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Womcul.rtf

Pang-Mei Natasha Chang/ Bound Feet & Western Dress
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A 5 page analysis of Chang's memoir, which depicts not only her own life, but the story of her grand-aunt's as well. Chang's great-aunt, born during the Box Rebellion, had an extraordinary life that demonstrates the tension that existed in China between new Western ideas and Chinese tradition. A remarkable book, the writer argues that this narrative has a great deal to say to all women. No additional sources cited.
Filename: 99pmnch.wps

The Right to Reproduce: A Feminine Perspective Criticized
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A 6 page paper in which the feminist perspective on the female right to reproduce is challenged using the reasons behind China’ controlled population policies. Emphasizes that views among women, and even among feminists, vary but that societal welfare should be held in higher regard than individual desire. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPfemBC.wps

The Role of Women in Chinese Literature
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This 5 page paper is divided into to segments: the first addresses the role of women and the different female perspectives presented in Chinese literature during the Tang and Song dynasties, and relates gender differences based on authorship; and the second segment considers the social changes that occurred in China after the An Lushan Rebellion of 755. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Chinale.wps

The Role Of Women In The Chinese Family: Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior - Memoirs Of A Girlhood Among Ghosts And Fae Myenne Ng's Bone
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This 5 page paper provides a comparison of the central theme of the role of women within the family structure of Chinese and Chinese-immigrants as related through Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood among Ghosts, and Fae Myenne Ng's Bone. This paper not only considers the role of women in the family, but also relates this role to the Chinese mythology and the perspectives of individuals women within the development of these stories. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Kingch.wps

Tzu Hsi, the Empress Dowager of China
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A 5 page research paper on the life of Tzu Hsi, who has the mother of the emperor became the power behind the throne of China for fifty years. Ambitious, xenophobic, anti-modern and superstitious, she lived a life of luxury and ostentation to the detriment of her country. Her rule, rather then preserving traditional Chinese culture as she desired, undoubtedly hastened the dominance of China by the foreign influences. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
Filename: 90tzuhsi.rtf