Gardner Cassatt)" (1883), by Mary Cassatt, features a thoughtful woman looking into the distance, filling the frame. ... She was largely considered to be "emancipated and successful" for a woman artist, especially around the time that Mrs Gardner Cassatt in Black was painted (at the end of the 19th Century )" (Broude, 2). ... Gardner Cassatt) is void of a child to immediately imply "mother", we are left with a perspicacious portrait of a veiled woman fully dressed in black leading the viewer to an offset gaze. ...

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"Labor and delivery nursing is deemed as a profession that reaches far beyond its expectations because it deals with both the mother and child" (Carla Andrews, personal communication). This statement made by Carla Andrews, a professional labor and delivery nurse of thirteen years, gives a glimpse in...

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John Steinbeck's short story, "The Chrysanthemums," centers around a woman named Elisa, an avid gardner who is strong, "blocked and heavy" (Steinbeck). When the story begins, Elisa is working in her garden when her husband approaches her and and implies that she has obviously has a gift for planting...

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According to Dittmar (2008), there are three major dimensions of buying motives: functional, emotional-social, and identity-related. Functional motive concerns the usefulness or good value for money of consumer goods (e.g. whether a product has utilitarian value). Emotional-social motive concerns th...

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