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Joan Julia Stiles is accepted to Yale Law School but, under pressure from her family and fiance, declines the offer of admission.

Her fiance convinces her to elope. Betty Kirstin Dunst gets married, but soon discovers that her husband is cheating on her. Connie Ginnifer Goodwin , the rather plain girl who thinks she'll never be loved, gets together with the guy who dated her. She mistakenly thought he was only using her, but he loves her. Doris Day songs were released on Columbia Records. Staunton's Secretary: I was in California once. Dominic West as Bill Dunbar. Maggie Gyllenhaal as Giselle Levy.

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All is Forgiven Sheila O'Malley. Her own aspiration calls her to the fresher air of new pastures abroad. Katherine learned that difficulties are opportunities and all the challenges that life presents us contain seeds for our spiritual growth. We tend to seek out other people who think like we do and share the values we have accepted.

But the soul within us is not satisfied with any limited formulation of truth or any limited development of our inner divine potentials, so it seeks out and invites life circumstances which present us with those truths that we deny or fail to perceive.

For, we come from the One which is whole and undivided, we move toward the One which is all-inclusive, and our destiny is to discover the whole truth of the One, both in this world and beyond it. The story takes place at Wellesley College in New England during , at a time when a conservative backlash led by Senator Joseph McCarthy, spreading fear and suspicion through America. The women's-only college is populated by extremely bright, snobbish upper class students who are being bred for traditional life as dutiful American housewives.

Coming from the liberal California, Katherine is clearly out of place at Wellesley. Katherine tries to open her students' minds to their freedom to do whatever they want with their lives. She encourages her students to believe in themselves, to study to become career professionals, and to improve their economic futures. She utilizes her art teachings as a medium to put across her opinion to her students; that they needn't conform to stereotypes of women made by society, or the roles made for them by society, as women born to become housewives and mothers.

She felt that women could do more things in life than solely adopt the roles of wives and mothers. In one scene of the movie, she shows her students four ads, and asks them to question what the future will think of the idea that women are born into the roles of wives and mothers.

Katherine's ideas and ways of teaching are contrary to methods deemed acceptable by the school's directors; conservative women who believe firmly that Katherine should not use her class to express her point of view or befriend students, and should stick only to teaching art.

Katherine is warned that she could be fired if she continues to interact with students as she has been doing. Undaunted, Katherine becomes stronger in her speeches about feminism and the future of women. She is a firm believer that the outlook of women in society needs to be changed if women are to achieve better futures, and that she needs to instill a spirit of change among her students.

Watson chooses to leave after one-year but, as she is leaving the campus for the last time, her students run after her car, to show their affection and to thank for her lessons.

Human Science Explore. There are some powerful moments in the film. For example, when Katherine gives a brutal, honest speech about how future generations will see them. Also, a particularly well-handled, emotional scene takes place between Betty Kirsten Dunst and Giselle Maggie Gyllenhaal that ends in a surprising and poignant way. The ending sequence is also quite emotional. You will likely leave this film with a big smile and perhaps even a few tears.

There are several romances in the film. Katherine herself has two, though given the nature of the character; they take a backseat to her vocation. A sweet love story also develops between the good-natured Connie Ginnifer Goodwin and the equally adorable Tommy.