For a long time, women have been seen as mothers, wives, or both. A woman who decided she wanted a role outside the home was viewed as a woman “consciously choosing a life” that was unacceptable to most people (Harris, McNamara 173). The wife or mother was tied to the house. Her main job was to make sure the house was clean, the children were fed, and her husband was happy (Brady 361). He never thought about doing anything else. It had no place in the outside world. It's not that the female was stupid, but that she was out of date with the outside world. For decades, women have been oppressed and seen as inferior to men. Their so-called delicate bodies were built just for pregnancy. Their minds were not fluid enough to retain the instructions that accompanied the processes that led to the work. For men, women were not anatomically built for such pressures. But twenty-first century women had something to prove. Until recently women were not allowed to be doctors (Stone 1). In the medical field women usually did not go beyond being a nurse, and that in itself was a difficult position for a woman to hold. With the recent push by women to move out of the home and into the workplace, there has been a slight change in the game plan. More and more women are pushing their minds a little harder to not only get into medical school, but to finish at the top of their class. Women are intrigued by hard work, amazing advances in the healthcare system, and the body itself. Thanks to this, more and more women are becoming successful doctors. With constant rejection, many young women began to want to change the world and were determined to do so. They wanted to make a difference. The greatest I...... in the center of the card......er footsteps. It has been proven that in the medical field, women have the same value as men with the title of doctor. The twenty-first century woman is pretty enough to stop a heart and now skilled enough to restart it. Works Cited Berkshire Conference on Women's History. Women and the Structure of Society: Selected Research from the Fifth Berkshire Conference on Women's History. Durham: Duke University Press.1984. PrintBrady, Judy. I want a wife. New York: Bedford/St. Martin.2008. PrintBurby, Lisa N. Elizabeth Blackwell: the first female doctor. New York: The Rosen Publishing Group.1997. PrintChung, King-Thom. Pioneering women in medical research. Jefferson: McFarland.2010.PrintStone, Tanya Lee. Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell.New York: Christy Ottaviano Books/Henry Holt and Co. 2013. Print