In the past, in many countries, women suffered from certain types of stereotypes. In some countries, infanticide was a way to get rid of newborn girls, while in other countries, women were accused of the sin of witchcraft. Over time, this persecution has evolved into different forms, such as depriving girls of education or limiting the jobs available to them. Women have struggled for centuries against this oppressive misconception until they managed to achieve their long-lost equality with men. Nowadays, women have been able to hold any position, compete with their male peers and demonstrate their success. They have become famous writers and novelists like Agatha Christie, scientists like Mary Curie, preachers like Joyce Mayer, ministers like Hillary Clinton and even presidents of the most developed countries like Angela Merkel, the current German president. Having demonstrated their ability, the women themselves discuss their duties. Mary Wollstonecraft suggests that a woman's greatest duty is to be a mother, which has proven completely true for many reasons. First, being a mother is the biggest full-time job that women can do as a tough and careful mission. The significance of the role of motherhood can be depicted in its responsibility in building a strong society that is capable of pushing the wheels of progress and prosperity of any country. Surely, the construction of that society depends on the process of proper education of its children, in which mothers play the most vital and critical role. According to Christina Fisanick in her essay “Working Women” she states that there is a lot of evidence that the best thing for the growth and evolution of future leaders is a mother who pays well... middle of paper.... ..h plant like small seeds, the pride of an entrepreneur who lays the foundations of his successful company. Think, what about those who build the foundations of great societies and nations? Mothers should be proud of their superior work that no one else can do. There is a poet in Egypt called Hafez Ibrahim, he says: "A mother is a school, which prepares her as it prepares a good nation." Works Cited Douglas, Janet. "Cold comfort for working mothers." US News & World Report 123.5 (1997):8. Premier of academic research. Network. April 17, 2014. Greengrass, Linda. "Book." School Library Journal 42.2 (1996): 106. Academic Research Premier.Web. April 17, 2014. “Introduction to Working Women: Opposing Views.” Working women. Ed. Christina Fisanick.Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2008. Opposing Points of View. Opposing points of view in context. Web.17Apr. 2014.