... women in Canada's history and how they struggled to overcome the barriers to achieve the significant experiences that they accomplished: Emily Murphy, the first woman judge in the British Empire, and the important position she had in the Persons Case, Agnes Macphail and the struggles she had as Canada's first female ... Case. When many people began to discriminate the female magistrates of their positions, the case was taken to the Alberta Supreme Court and Justice Scott, the judge, ruled in favour of the women and in his judgement he stated: " there is at common law no legal disqualifi...

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... machines are. The above quotation shows how submissive and forgiving society taught women to be. Sometimes they are so faithful it even surprises the men, like Judge Bissop, who said loyalty in women is an amazing thing. (However, he could have been saying women are so often disloyal to their men it is ... social taboos and doesn't care, as long as she gets what she wants. For instance, she has many sexual partners; Bobbo, Carver, Tufton, Nurse Hopkins, Judge Bissop and Garcia, to name but a few. She gets something in return for sex from most of these people. This is reminiscent of prost...

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... Claude and his family left him emotionally disturbed. From that point on he exhibited issues with other stumps he encountered in his life such as the time he described the Judge who was "a one-armed man, with white hair and side-whiskers, sat at his desk, writing with his left hand. He was an old settler in Frankfort County, but from ... frock-coat and courtly manners you might have thought he had come from Kentucky yesterday instead of thirty years ago" (Cather1126). Claude's depiction of the judge demonstrates how he was able to overcome his "stump." The Judge is a very well dressed, ...

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... who told her she could discover the culprit by dipping a reed in her mild and sticking it in a skull in the ossuary- (Scribner, 1990 p. 3). According to Scribner (1990) the case judge, Abraham von Schohburg thought that the hearsay and evidence was enough to interrogate and torture Ursula and even though nothing of significance was found and Ursula still denied the accusations ... of witchcraft, the judge still decided to make an example of her in order to dissuade people. It turns out that the charges were dropped, and after spending fifteen weeks in prison, Ursula was ... ...

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... . Other countries, however, would find this practice very rude. Other countries believe that getting to know each other first is priority, before even thinking of conducting business. We must not judge intelligence on English fluency. They may not speak perfect English; on the contrary, they are the one who is making the effort to be multilingual. It may be best to ... , work experience, education and even communication styles. It is becoming increasingly difficult for the generations to find common ground. The traditionalist generation tends to have a very strong work ethic. They judge a...

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... one should be able to decide for his/her life. If judged in the legal aspect, abortion has always been, and still is a problem. That is exactly the reason why a judge would always be asked, to answer the question: Until when the womb is allowed to be aborted? There are few countries that have decided to approve abortion. In Austria, abortion ... ...

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... when others are closed. "Sports are also known to help kids with certain life aspects" (Sexism In Sports). People make decisions, and one of their decisions is to judge a girl because of the sport they play. A girl should be able to play any sport they choose without being judged, especially when they are at a young age. Girls at younger ... ...

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... by women (Rankin 251). The Celtic women accompanied male warriors on journeys of conquest (252). During the Carthaginians and Celts joint army, the general practice was that, "Celtic women should judge in cases where Celtic men had been injured by Carthaginians" (253), a woman's judgment was respected by the men. Ammianus Marcellinus paints an awesome picture of the Celtic woman, A whole troop ... ...

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... that narrator feels toward sexuality (page 12). Kate Chopin in The Awakening suggested that guilt should not accompany sex even if it is not sex in marriage. She did not judge Edna as a fallen woman, moreover, it seems like Chopin's view of sex was that sexual growth of a woman did not end with her marriage. To us, modern readers, sexual descriptions ... ...

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... makes it harder to explain. All in all, I believe that every described event took place at some point in Mambila's life. I am not the one who has the right to judge anybody's work, but from what I have read about the work of Rehfisch and Meek it looks as if the fieldwork done by Rehfisch was more accurate. References: 1. Meek, C. K. 1931:532 ... ...

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... Libby starts to find out some information from her phone call, the camera angle changes to behind the phone. This allows the audience to see her facial expressions better and judge weather she has been successful. It is important in this scene because it is a bit of a detective scene where Libby finds out some vital information. When she finds out her ... ...

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... to everything that her society believes and is quite radical for her time. Even if Edna is true to herself and acts according to the dictates of love, others will judge her by the conventions of marriage and deem her unfaithful. Journal Entry 15 December 6 Chapter 26 page 133 "Conditions would some way adjust themselves, she felt; but whatever came, she ... ...

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... up when you have money". From this comment, we can deduce that all that a person needs to acquire a higher social status is money. Both texts show that the measure to judge somebody's wealth is a purely superficial one, and that an individual's character should be the real defining point. While both have the same prevailing theme, Pygmalion seems to be more highly ... ...

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