presented to Anthony Hewish, and his mentor, Martin Ryle in 1974 for the innovations they made in astronomy, and specifically the discovery of pulsars. Although they were the only two that were awarded, Jocelyn Bell Burnell played a significant role in pulsar detection. In 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell was a graduate student under Anthony Hewish at Cambridge University. As a part of Burnell’s doctoral research, she built a receiver for Hewish that scanned the sky looking for radio waves. While analyzing
In society, women have been associated with being the cooks, maids and concubines for years. This misogynistic viewpoint has been shown in various forms of media, and societal stereotypes. However, these stereotypes of women are thoroughly shown through literature like “Tits Up in a Ditch” by Annie Proulx, which questions and challenges the role of women in society. In “Tits Up in a Ditch”, the protagonist is forced to remain in a housewife’s place after trying to escape the gender norm and be in
Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale provides a look into a dystopian world of complete male dominance. Women have been entirely denied of their basic needs, and are no longer able to live as individuals. For decades preceding the creation of Gilead, women were regarded as subordinate to men. These inequalities often led women to believe they were inferior and lacked the knowledge and power men seemed to display. They were not granted access to voting rights, equal wages, or job opportunities. As