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Contents
Introduction
Women and their role – historical introduction
1.1. Plato – ancient propagator of gender equality
1.2. Women in the Medieval times
1.3. Thomas More’s Utopia and women’s rights
1.4. Next Milestone in Women’s History – Victorianism
Women in America – from the Beginnings to the Great Change of the Roaring Twenties
2.1. The American Settlers’ Women
2.1.1. Inferior Women – Female Slaves
2.2. A Shift to Better – the Revolution
2.3. Nineteen Century
2.3.1. Changes between the Abolition and Civil War
2.3.2. The Notable Figure of Catharine Beecher
2.4. The Period that Changed the American Women – 1920’s
2.4.1. Flappers – the New American Women
2.4.2. The Nineteenth Amendment and Further Gains of the American Women
American Women after the World War II
3.1. Does Law Work for Women?
3.1.1. The Aspect of Abortion
3.2. Discreet Discrimination
3.2.1. Equal Pay Act of 1963
3.3. Feminism – the Work of Many for Many
Conclusion
References
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- Marta Zapała-Kraj (Author), 2014, The Changing Role of American Women throughout History, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/288322
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