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To Work Or Not To Work: Mothers In The Middle, Kirstin O'Rielly Drabek
To Work Or Not To Work: Mothers In The Middle, Kirstin O'Rielly Drabek
MALS Final Projects, 1995-2019
Women face many challenges when they become mothers and decide to remain in the workforce. The choice of whether to remain in the workforce can be a hard decision for many mothers. With a reduced income, remaining at home can have an impact on the family's budget at a time when financial needs have increased with the addition of a new family member. Leaving the workforce can also have a long term impact on a woman's career. Remaining on the job has other challenges. Until social policies are created to support both women who have children and decide to stay …
I Will Help You Carry The Earth On My Shoulders: The Rise Of Female Affectivity In Marie De France's Lais And Christine De Pizan's The Book Of The City Of Ladies, Teva J. Glueck
MALS Final Projects, 1995-2019
This thesis will trace the progression of proto-feminist themes Marie de France and Christine de Pizan use to endorse women's empowerment through gynocentricity and female affectivity. As medieval women writers, both faced many injustices that went along 'with being a woman and a writer. Their solution, as seen in their themes, was for women to bond together to overcome the discrimination that hampered their lives and creativity.