Researching the biography, Perry uncovered more letters and manuscript fragments, but she notes that if Astell had not written to wealthy aristocrats who could afford to pass down entire estates, very little of her life would have survived.

Researching blues and guitar music brings famed Robert Johnson's mythically creative acclaim to his attention ; especially intriguing are the legends surrounding exactly how Johnson became so talented-most notably the one claiming he " sold his soul to the Devil at the crossroads " ( a concept taken from Faust ), as well as a famed " missing song " that was lost, supposedly evermore, to the world.

For the general reader the Treasure is appealing because she gives fascinating glimpses into women's lives in 1400, from the great lady in the castle down to the merchant's wife, the servant, and the peasant.

The group reached this conclusion after examining the health, educational, economic, and legal conditions that affect women's lives.

: When women in the movement use herstory, their purpose is to emphasize that women's lives, deeds, and participation in human affairs have been neglected or undervalued in standard histories.

Not much of Sappho's poetry remains, but that which does reflects the topics she wrote about: women's daily lives, their relationships, and rituals.

Designed primarily for women, Goddess Spirituality revolves around the sacredness of the female form, and of aspects of women's lives which have been traditionally neglected in western society, such as menstruation, sexuality and maternity.

Many also argue that giving traditionally male roles to women will only detract from both women's and men's ability to lead truly fulfilling lives.

The Recontructionist movement as a whole has been committed to creating liturgy that is in consonance with gender equality and the celebration of women's lives.

Stanton remained a close friend and colleague of Anthony's for the remainder of their lives, but Stanton longed for a broader, more radical women's rights platform.

The more traditionally central feminist concern with the representation and politics of women's lives has continued to play an active role in criticism.

" However she makes the point that " these alternative modes of knowing, which are oriented to the social benefits and sustenance needs are not recognized by the capitalist reductionist paradigm, because it fails to perceive the interconnectedness of nature, or the connection of women's lives, work and knowledge with the creation of wealth.

She won the Wolfson History Award in 1984 for The Weaker Vessel, a study of women's lives in 17th century England.

In common parlance, all members of male religious institutes are often termed " monks " and those of female religious institutes " nuns ", although in a more restricted sense, a monk is one who lives in a monastery under a monastic rule such as that of Saint Benedict and the term " nun " was in the 1917 Code of Canon Law officially reserved for members of a women's religious institute of solemn vows, and is sometimes applied only to those who devote themselves wholly to the contemplative life and belong to one of the enclosed religious orders living and working within the confines of a monastery and reciting the Liturgy of the Hours in community.

The Plurality, in section 5 of its decision, made a special note of the precedential value of Roe v. Wade, especially how women's lives were changed by that decision:

* The Hours is a novel of 1998, and a film released in 2002, portraying Virginia Woolf while writing Mrs Dalloway, and its impact in women's lives in the 1950s and the present day.

Much work has been done on the dichotomy in women's lives between the private sphere and the public.

* Jane Couch, winner of five women's World Boxing titles, lives in Lydney.

Increased participation in sports has had direct effects on other areas of women's lives.

The practices and views in the Hippocratic Corpus regarding women's bodies and their perceived weaknesses were inadequate for addressing the needs of women in the Hellenistic and Roman eras, when women led active lives and more often engaged in family planning.

* Sue Smith, international women's footballer was a student at Rainhill High School and lives in Rainhill.

In the United States, these groups have worked for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment or " Constitutional Equity Amendment ", in the hopes it will ensure that men and women are treated as equals under the democratic laws that also influence important spheres of women's lives, including reproduction, work and equal pay issues.

The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America exists to document women's lives and endeavors.

The typical battles, quests, and feuds of King Arthur's reign are described as supporting elements to the women's lives.

One of the most controversial developments in American women's lives has been the legalization of abortion.

Failing that, Miller's lawyers asked that she be sent to a women's facility in Danbury, Connecticut, nearer to " Ms. Miller's 76-year-old husband ", retired book publisher Jason Epstein, who lives in New York City, and whose state of health was the subject of a confidential medical report filed by Miller's attorneys.

* Deborah Jones, 1990: ' Gossip: notes on women's oral culture '.

Nancy Tystad Koupal notes an apparent loss of interest in editorializing after Aberdeen failed to pass the bill for women's enfranchisement.

" Stein notes that " her sense of accomplishment in her painting was rooted in her ability to make ' something from nothing ', as Lucy Lippard defined the aesthetics of women's ' hobby art ' in 1978.

After her travels with Mrs. Watt, Smart returned to Ottawa where she spent six months writing society notes for the women's page of The Ottawa Journal.

Friedan notes that this is in contrast to the 1930s, at which time women's magazines often featured confident and independent heroines, many of whom were involved in careers.

Oaks notes that while Irish abortion opponents valorize child-bearing and are critical of the notion that women have " a ' right ' to an identity beyond motherhood ", some, such as Breda O ' Brien, founder of Feminists for Life Ireland, also offer feminist-inspired arguments that women's contributions to society are not limited to such functions.

From his journals it is obvious that he found the place deeply exotic, making detailed sketches and notes of everything from women's costumes and markets to the scenery.

She also was the original GOP national committeewoman from New Jersey in the early 1920s following adoption of the women's suffrage amendment.

I did my shopping, had my dentist appointment, and from there I went to the women's lunch at our parish church where we discussed plans for the annual Christmas bazaar, so that dusk was beginning to gather when I drove home in the late afternoon.

In 1959, a second women's barbershop organization started as a break off from Sweet Adelines due to ideological differences.

A critical analysis of the narrative seems to reveal little else than a series of aetiological traditions ( explanatory of cults and customs, e. g. of the kneeling posture of the images of Damia and Auxesia, of the use of native ware instead of Athenian in their worship, and of the change in women's dress at Athens from the Dorian to the Ionian style.

The shapes of both parts of a bikini resemble women's underwear, and the lower part can range from revealing thong or g-string to briefs.

The accident caused the Missouri Valley Conference to ban its member schools from allowing cheerleaders to be " launched or tossed and from taking part in formations higher than two levels " for one week during a women's basketball conference tournament, and also resulted in a recommendation by the NCAA that conferences and tournaments do not allow pyramids two and one half levels high or higher, and a stunt known as basket tosses, during the rest of the men's and women's basketball season.

The women's movement had a strong influence, much of it emanating from the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp.

Although women in Djibouti enjoy a higher public status than in many other Islamic countries, women's rights and family planning face difficult challenges, many stemming from poverty.

Although there were seven other reigning empresses, their successors were most often selected from amongst the males of the paternal Imperial bloodline, which is why some conservative scholars argue that the women's reigns were temporary and that male-only succession tradition must be maintained in the 21st century.

Although there were seven other reigning empresses, their successors were most often selected from amongst the males of the paternal Imperial bloodline, which is why some conservative scholars argue that the women's reigns were temporary and that male-only succession tradition must be maintained in the 21st century.

As with the seven other reigning empresses whose successors were most often selected from amongst the males of the paternal imperial bloodline, she was followed on the throne by a male cousin, which is why some conservative scholars argue that the women's reigns were temporary and that male-only succession tradition must be maintained in the 21st century.

Studies also found that equal educational levels did not — in any category of training — prevent women's wages from lagging behind those paid to men.

It took until 1982 for the two bodies to merge, but this allowed the introduction of women's field hockey to the Olympic games from 1980 where, as in the men's game, The Netherlands, Germany, and Australia have been consistently strong.

Feminist theory, which emerged from these feminist movements, aims to understand the nature of gender inequality by examining women's social roles and lived experience ; it has developed theories in a variety of disciplines in order to respond to issues such as the social construction of sex and gender.

The main issues for early Jewish feminists in these movements were the exclusion from the all-male prayer group or minyan, the exemption from positive time-bound mitzvot, and women's inability to function as witnesses and to initiate divorce.

Margaret Atwood's Handmaid's Tale ( 1985 ) tells a dystopic tale of a society in which women have been systematically stripped of all liberty, and was motivated by fear of potential retrogressive effects on women's rights stemming from the anti-feminist backlash of the 1980s.

Procedures have been developed to repair clitoral integrity, such as by Pierre Foldes, a French urologist and surgeon, and Marci Bowers, an American surgeon who studied his work ; they used intact clitoral tissue from inside women's bodies to form a new clitoris.

Protestant missionaries campaigning against it tried to gain support from humanitarian and women's rights groups in London, where the issue was raised in the House of Commons, and in Kenya itself a person's stance toward FGM became a test of loyalty, either to the Christian churches or to the Kikuyu Central Association.

She was transferred from Mauthausen to the notorious women's concentration camp at Ravensbruck, located 50 miles from Berlin, where unbeknownst to Gemma at the time, her daughter Yolanda ( whose husband also died in the camps ) and baby grandson were also held for a year in a separate barrack.