英语论文二十世纪美国妇女的社会地位

山西师范大学本科毕业论文

二十世纪美国妇女的社会地位

张婧姓名

系院外国语学院

业专英语双学位0702班级

班号学0619010219

指导教师楠李

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内容摘要

妇女在社会中扮演着十分重要的角色，但是由于各方面的原因，妇女的社会地位

与其重要性却不对等。作为一个移民国家，美国妇女由白人、黑人和华裔妇女组成。鉴于美国这一国家自身的独特性，关于美国妇女的社会地位问题一直以来都是学者们研究的重点，尤其是二十世纪。这一时期，美国社会发生了巨大的变化。美国妇女的社会地位也随之发生了很大的变化。这两种变化交互影响：社会的变化为妇女社会地位的改善创造了条件，反过来，妇女社会地位的改善有促进了社会的进步。总体上来说，虽然期间有一些波折，但是二十世纪美国妇女的社会地位主要呈现一种上升的趋势。

本文主要是通过一些重要的数据对比和重大事件，从经济，高等教育和政治三方面研究妇女社会地位的提高，描述这种变化的表现，分析造成这种变化的原因，以及妇女社会地位改变对美国社会的影响，最后，呼吁人们为改善妇女的社会地位创造条件。

关键词：妇女社会地位；工作机会；高等教育；平等；政治参与

Abstract

Women play an important role in the society, but for all kinds of reasons, their social status is out of proportion with their importance. As an immigrated country, the American

women were mainly composed of the whites, the blacks and the Chinese women. Since the

United States of America is distinct as an independent nation, the American women's social status has always been an important problem for researchers. The American society

th century. So did the American women's social status. witnessed a lot of changes in the 20These two changes also had an effect on each other: the social transitions provided some

conditions for the improvement of the American women's social status, in reverse, their

status' improvement also promoted the social progress. In summary, although there were

th century, the American women's some setbacks during the 20social status presented an

increasing tendency.

This paper mainly discussed the improvement of the American women's social status from the perspectives of economy, higher education and politics by comparing some important figures and significant events while describing the manifestations of the shifts.

The paper studied the factors which had caused these shifts and these shifts' influence to

American society as well. At last, the author called on people to create some

conditions to

improve women's social status.

Key words: women's social status; employment opportunity; higher education; equity;

political participation

Contents

1.…………1. Introduction……………………………………………………th...1…………………………………century1.1 The American society in the 20

……………..2social status American women's 1.2 The factors that influenced the

...32. American Women's Economic Status…………………………………

…………………………..32.1 The American women's employment opportunity……………………………………….52.2 The working women's role in family.7………………………3. American Women's Status in

Higher Education

..7…………………………3.1 American women as students in higher education ..8…………………3.2 American women as faculty members in higher education ......................................................94. American Women's Political

Statu s....

……………………………………….94.1 American women's effects in politics10…………………………………cipation4.2 American women's political parti………………………………………………………………5. Conclusion..12References

Acknowledgements

The American Women's Social Status

th in the 20 Century

1.Introduction

Women play a vital part both in family and social life, but their importance and value are always overlooked by the people and the society. So do the American women. For a

long time, the American women's social status was dramatically out of proportion with

their importance. They suffered from the social prejudice and bias which provided