201726 pages
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GRL: ZWomen had various amounts of power across the ancient world, depending on the time, place, and circumstance into which they were born. In ancient Egypt, women had relative power and were allowed to own property, sign...
201722 pages
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GRL: ZDuring the 1800s in English-speaking countries, there were gradual changes in social attitudes toward women writers. Over time, it became easier and more socially acceptable for women to be published authors,...
201719 pages
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GRL: ZIn the twenty-first century, it is no longer a social convention that a woman writer must have a male family member to be her agent to interact with her publisher. Nor is it necessary for a writer who is a married woman...
201740 pages
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GRL: ZThe twentieth century marked the greatest change and advancements for women in America and Europe, though of course these advancements and opportunities also varied for individual women, depending on race and class....
201720 pages
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GRL: ZAfter the Civil War and well into the 1900s, the United States saw continued industrial expansion. As in earlier times, men dominated most enterprises. Numerous women, however, founded successful businesses that appealed...
201721 pages
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GRL: ZWomen's sports expanded at an astonishing rate after Title IX was passed. For example, in 1964 women participated in only six sports in the summer Olympics, and by 1984 women participated in sixteen sports. One of the...
201722 pages
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GRL: ZIn the US business world today, female entrepreneurs are not as harshly criticized as their forerunners of earlier times. However, business was especially difficult for everyone during the recession years between 2002...
201720 pages
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GRL: ZThere was a time when many colleges and universities did not admit women. They also did not offer women athletic scholarships, and girls continued to face discrimination and ridicule when it came to sports. They were...
201721 pages
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GRL: ZAcross Europe, the Middle Ages was a period of time that began with larger roles for women in society and ended with more legal restrictions placed on women that would last until the twentieth century. From the Vikings...
201716 pages
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GRL: ZWriting was a tool of civilization for cultures near the Mediterranean Sea for some two thousand years before the Christian Church was formed. As time went on, writing became their formal way to record history. Other...
201718 pages
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GRL: ZBy the twentieth century, books, magazines, and newspapers were widely available, thanks to affordable printing and distribution. Public libraries and public schools made a high-school education a possibility for more...
201718 pages
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GRL: ZAfter the Revolutionary War ended in 1783, the new nation faced numerous challenges. Between 1784 and 1789, they faced a major economic depression, for example. The prices of many goods that had been inflated during the...
201719 pages
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GRL: ZTitle IX has changed everything. From the time that President Richard Nixon signed it into law in 1972 to the present, nine times as many girls play high school sports as before Title IX. Additionally, there has been a...
201719 pages
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GRL: ZAs in earlier centuries, the nineteenth century was a time when countries that had been colonized by imperial powers fought against their influence. Manikarnika, an Indian queen in the Jhansi State of north India, was a...
201716 pages
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GRL: ZIn the early 1900s, people still believed that physical activity would endanger a woman's reproductive capabilities as well as produce unsightly muscle. The fear was that women would no longer appear feminine and...
201715 pages
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GRL: ZAfter the fall of the Roman Empire, the Mediterranean area endured a thousand years of lost technology, as well as unstable governments and economies. Scholarship was preserved in isolated Christian monasteries and later...
201714 pages
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GRL: ZThe Italian Renaissance brought a transition from medieval times to the Early Modern Period in Europe. This time of renewed technological development, cultural innovations, and government reorganization came later for...
201715 pages
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GRL: ZAfter World War II, the United States enjoyed a thriving economy. In fact, “Between 1945 and 1960, the gross national product more than doubled, growing from $200 billion to more than $500 billion.” The 1960s was also...
201715 pages
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GRL: ZDuring colonial times in the 1600s, women's roles were often limited. In colonies founded by settlers from England (part of the British Empire), English customs and laws prevailed. Men were dominant and girls and women...
201714 pages
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GRL: ZDuring the twentieth century, there was no shortage of inventors, manufacturers, and business leaders. Together, they created and promoted a wide range of new products, such as adhesive bandages, airplanes, cotton swabs,...
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Women had various amounts of power across the ancient world, depending on the time, place, and circumstance into which they were born. In ancient Egypt, women had relative power and were allowed to own property, sign...