Construct an essay that provides the reader with an argument regarding women’s changing roles in society over time. Have things for women changed or stayed the same? Are women urged to stay at home or leave the home to pursue a career? What about the current pay gap between men and women? Is there one and how important is that to women’s overall role in society?

FINAL PAPER & WORKS CITED

Topic: Women’s Changing Roles in Society – Students will be asked to look at the societal changes, over time, as it relates to women; specifically the role of women in the workplace. Students can look at the glass-ceiling, the pay gap, the growth of women from mothers to women holding CEO positions and the like.

Students must construct an essay that provides the reader with an argument regarding women’s changing roles in society over time. Have things for women changed or stayed the same? Are women urged to stay at home or leave the home to pursue a career? What about the current pay gap between men and women? Is there one and how important is that to women’s overall role in society?

Purpose: This assignment is meant to bring the previous assignments together.

-Your final paper is to be a thesis driven one in which you will be proving your point (your point is your thesis).

-You will use the assigned sources within your paper to support your arguments and properly cite them using the MLA style of in-text citations (otherwise known as parenthetical citations). You must use at least five of the assigned sources.

-Your writing is to have a clear structure and flow including a strong use of topic sentences (applying your outline).