At a time when social conditions limited the experience of women in Canada, the Famous 5 came forward as examples of women's that were willing to pursue justice. In 1929, these women fought for the recognition of women as people under the British North America Act and won. And from then on, women could vote, go to work or learn at school, and all because of these five persons. In 1928, the Supreme Court of Canada decided women were not "people" that could hold office as Canadian
What was the role of Valkyries in Norse mythology?5. The strength and fierce attributes of warrior women in mythology and folklore had an effect on the societies of the ancient Greeks, Norse, and Celts. In fact, Viking women (the historical counterparts of the Norse mythological figures) were even allowed to divorce their husbands under certain circumstances. What were these circumstances?Critical Thinking Questions1. Early in the unit, you learned that women warriors are always on the side of good.
Krauss focuses on two groups of women: African Americans and Native Americans. These women, who are protesting along with the white, blue-collar women, come from a total different standpoint and background, which makes this group very diverse and relatable. Now, the African American working class women come from a place where they had no initial trust in the government. Krauss explains that these women have been victims of racial policies since the beginning and the individual toxic waste issues are quickly tied and viewed as environmental racism. While, white working women have just recently come out into the public arena to protest their beliefs, African American women have extended their work as mothers into their communities as “protectors of the race” (265).
Throughout history, women have been oppressed in many ways, shapes, and forms. In countries such as India, women are confined to their marital status and are victims of domestic violence. Due to patriarchy in India, women must adhere to standards of demeanor created by the community they marry into. In doing so, women are forced to surrender their identities and conform to a new one. This shows that identity issues are not only plaguing far off countries like India, but in the very country many refer to as “the land of the free,” America.
McClung was a representative of Canadian women, a mother, wife, an author, one who involved herself in many volunteer activities and worked hard toward female equality in the political stream. From one of the readings ‘Ever a Crusader’ by Veronica Strong-Boag she states: “Nellie McClung was an activist: a prominent crusader in the successful drives for female enfranchisement in Manitoba and Alberta, a nationally known feminist and social reformer, an MLA in Alberta.” Strong-Baog names her article ‘Ever a Crusader’: Nellie McClung, First-Wave Feminist, stating McClung’s vigorous campaigns within politics on her forays for equal rights in Western Canada. She fought for women’s right to vote and joined many human rights organizations, standing up for what she believed in. McClung was not only known as a political activist but also as a talented and famous Canadian author writing “sixteen books and numerous articles” (Strong-Boag, 1997). Nellie McClung wrote on various “topics ranging from marriage, suffrage, war, balancing a career and family, and women’s role in the church” (Heritage Community Fondation).
Near the late eighteenth century to early twentieth century, women in Canada were continuing to be seen in terms of their destinies as wives and mothers. No Place Like Home: Diaries and Letters of Nova Scotia Women 1771-1938, is a book of a compilation of diaries and letters providing an insight into the lives of Nova Scotia women. This essay looks at the relationship between family and religion in the lives of these women. Even though these diaries and letters comprise between the years 1771 – 1938, this paper will cover letters and diaries between the years 1869 – 1881. Mary MacDougall MacDoland, Annie Rogers Butler, and Margaret Pottinger Connell have a lot of comparison, such as religion, dedication to their husband and family, but this paper will focus on family and domestic life; despite their similarities they also had differences, for instance Annie’s approach towards men, Mary’s beliefs of Native Indians and Margaret’s role towards the new era of Industrialization.
The Taliban were holding women back in society due to their laws, treatment, and attitudes regarding them. Women under the Taliban were mistreated, degraded, and discriminated against. We need to make people aware of the deprivation and suffering that Afghan women faced under the Taliban. Women before the Taliban had decent lives compared to the lives they would lead under the rule of the Taliban. In the latter part of the 20th century, women were making steps forward, being granted the right to both employment and education.
Maria Campbell’s autobiography Halfbreed is a story of survival, and of overcoming a sense of shame related to ethnic identity. Campbell brings attention to the way in which race in the Canadian multicultural society has been seen as real and definable. She describes the consequences of such racial thinking on Metís individuals (half-breeds or non-status Natives), the humiliating situations visibly Métis or Native people have experienced in their everyday lives, and the consequent, debilitating sense of shame shared by many of them. At the same time, as her story proceeds, Campbell develops a growing sense of empowerment as she takes it into her own hands to define Métisness and introduces a politicized notion of the Métis as a legitimate identity category within the context of Canadian multiculturalism. In Halfbreed, the shame and anger resulting from the degrading, traumatic experiences are in the end not portrayed as debilitating feelings.
The women who stood up for themselves and created the Seneca Falls Declaration were mavericks and leaders. Unfortunately, today women still battle against discrimination even thought there are laws in place for equity it is still a major problem in modern society. Works Cited "Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions." The American Reader. HarperCollins Publishers, 1991.
Name: Luisa Thompson SO6102: Social Change and Social Movement Title: Women’s Liberation Movement: Critically discuss the cause and impacts of ‘Second Wave’ Feminism. Word Count: 4,000 Throughout history in America and Britain women have remained in the domestic sphere that were designated to them by patriarchal ideologies of gender construction where they were viewed as not individuals within their own right but as an extension of their husbands (Freeman, 1973). During the beginning of the 20th century, suffragettes such as Margaret Mead for America and Emmeline Pankhurst for Britain challenged the woman’s status of a housewife and a mother. In the 40’s and 50’s, it was this frustration of a woman’s socially constructed role that Betty Friedan’s ‘Feminine Mystique’ challenged the 1950’s image of a ‘happy, suburban housewife’ and functioned as the method of the women’s liberation movement that emerged in the 1960’s (Friedan, 1963). It was this growing awareness that women soon realised that their position within society was disproportionate to that of men as illustrated by Freeman (1971, p39), who states that “women are 51 percent of the population.