In today’s society women aren’t viewed as prized possessions instead they are human beings who share the same rights and privileges as men. In modern society woman have many rights such as; voting, buying and selling of land even if they are married, work in a co-ed atmosphere, joining the military, and politics to name a few. During the Blackstone era none of these things would have happen if women didn’t stand up and say I deserve the same rights and privileges as men. “Congress was the first to break ranks with the passages of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The first permitted women to serve o federal juries, the second required that all workers-women as well as men-be paid on an “equal pay for equal work” basis, and the third became the bulwark of the fight against sex discrimination in employment.” (Lingren, pg.40) Congress gave a listening ear to the voice of the women crying out for individual freedom that encompasses rights that were bestowed upon the opposite sex just because they were born male.
Robin Flores Professor Anderson English 103 25 October 2012 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest One is to say, woman are portrayed inferior to men because they were never given a position of power, men see themselves superior than women, and are consider as sexual objects. The movie, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” shows the audience that women should stay in a patriarchy system. The female character Miss Ratchet, abused her power as a leader by being over dramatic on her job. The main character, McMurphy never agreed with Miss Ratchet on anything because he feels superior. Two other females that had nicknames are known as a sexual need in the film because McMurphy invited them over to seduce the guard and Billy.
The poem has meaning which relates to the past struggles of black women, and have now paved the road, laid the paths for all black women. “Women” is a very powerful poem, for any woman without strength of survival, women sacrificed themselves for their children education. Women generously using figurative language, to prove that the late 1900's woman were very strong. Metaphors argue the most significant figurative (e) language used. Alice Walker writes that the women led armies, head-ragged generals”, in these few lines it is clear that Walker was in absolute awe of women strength, by comparing women to soldiers, she is specifically implying that they are strong, wise, and powerful.
M***ie Mc***n Mrs. Co**erd English 8 May 2014 The Fight for Women’s Suffrage: 1848-1920 Many women take their freedoms for granted. When they vote, they do not think of how they are allowed to vote, when they get to speak up for anything they feel vehemently about, they do not consider why they are granted to speak ,and when they earn their incomes, they do not reflect on who gave them this privilege. The men and women who made all of these things possible established the preliminaries for coming women to pursue out a life of freedom. Life for women before suffrage was purely unfair. Women were not granted many freedoms that men held.
It was also thought that Women were to fragile to deal with the work that goes with being a doctor. Elizabeth Blackwell saw first hand the effects of the first problem mentioned. She watched a family friend die because she was embarrassed to bring her problem to the attention of her male doctor. Blackwell was not detoured by the Idea that no medical school would take her, because she could not compete with males. After all almost everyone at the time believed that "the female brain was different then the male brain.
But then she goes on to say that she has never received such treatment from a man and isn’t she a woman as well? Her statements highlight a common mindset that was extremely prevent at the time; that black women were not considered women in the same sense that white women were. Black women were forced to endure the same hard labor that black men were, but still received fewer rights. Truth then goes on to speak about the religious reasoning behind why women shouldn’t have as many rights saying “Dat little man in black dar, he say women can’t have as much rights as men, ‘cause Christ wasn’t a woman”( Marable and Mullings, 2009, 68). This belief that because God was a male figure making women inferior, dates back before Christ and most likely arose because
Women’s History Student Name HIS204 – American History Since 1865 Instructor Date Women’s History Women have fought for many years to gain rights and the ability to be treated as man’s equal. Women have earned the right to vote and work outside the home in jobs that were classically men’s work. Women earned the right to serve their country during wartime. However, women must work harder to prove that they are worthy of being treated as an equal. Women have made great advances in civil rights since 1865, but they still have a long way to go to be treated as man’s equal.
Thanks to not only these two influential and powerful women, but many more , women gained the confidence to stand up in what they 7) Believed they should earn in regards to the positions the aquire and their wages and basic right for maternity leave. for instance : Nurses went on strike over their low pay and poor working conditions, How 8) Ever through strike action nurses’ mad big gains with 75 % pay increase and 100% rise for matrons. This also included equal pay was being gained in most industries including those in which most workers were women. also to advise women 9) On their rights as workers, the working women’s centre with union and federal government backing was established in 1973. Due to this women made up 21 % of the work force and women wages was increases to 75% of 10) Male rate.
Despite the winning of voting, property and working rights, they have accomplished nothing relative to their vital factors of their existence”.5 Her belief is that they are there to lead the movements of bettering society by voluntarily bringing in only those who are fit to undo the wrong that they have allowed to come about. Repaying this debt that they owe to society for their ignorance of birth control and “unproductive reproduction” is that vital factor to their existence. The main idea is that women are to assume a new place in society where men do not dictate them when it comes to controlling who they bring into the world, because of the social evils that are susceptible to arise as a
For example, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband John, during the writing of the Declaration to encourage him to include the rights of women, arguing that men have turned into tyrants in the past (Doc D). Although Abigail proved herself to be very intelligent John did not listen to his wife’s requests and women received no voice or representation in government under the Declaration or Constitution. Women along with other minority groups were not impacted at all by the Declaration of Independence because they were not included; only the fifteen percent of the population, or the white men with property experienced any sort of radical changes. Historians feel the