Textbook
1. What were the main sources of feminism’s revival in the late 1960s and early 1970s? How did this differ from the “Third Wave” of feminism in the 1990s?
The main sources of feminism's revival in the late 1960s and early 1970s were the establishment of National Organization for Women, the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, the Black Power Movement, the Equal Pay Act, the Equal Employment Opportunity Programs, the Equal Rights Amendment, the Immigration and Naturalization Act. This differed from the "Third Wave" of feminism in the 1990s by letting women file complaints against sexual harassment's at the work place. This was something that no one really payed attention too in the past as much. Now women were able to sue their bosses or fellow employees for sexual harassment.
2. According to Phyllis Schlafly, “What’s Wrong with Equal Rights for Women.” Do you agree or disagree with her?
According to Phyllis Schlafly's " What's Wrong with Equal Rights for Women" was that women
should stay at home and be housewives. That they should not be too equal to men, because that
meant that women can be drafted. It also meant to her that when a woman got divorced in a time of Equal Rights meant that she would not get alimony or child support. She thought that by a woman doing men's jobs then they would be less feminine. She thought that it was their right to stay at home and get their husbands money without doing any form of job. I do not agree with her. The reason I do not agree with her is that just because of Equal Rights it does not mean a woman who is getting divorced would not be able to get alimony or child support. I do not think that a woman is only meant to stay at home and spend her husbands money. I for one think especially in our times that if both men and women in a household do not work, they will have a difficulty time supporting their family.
3. In your opinion, is the war of the sexes over (in the 21st century) or do women still have a long fight ahead of them? Why or why not?
In my opinion the war of the sexes would not be over in the 21st century. The reason for my opinion is that because even now we still have this war going on. No matter what in this world for some reason women are always considered to be lower and weaker than men. This we all know is not true, but a lot of the cultures in the world do not think that women are equal to men. So as long as there are cultures and religions that portray women as a lower and weak person compared to the men than the war of the sexes will continue to be happening no matter what century we are in.
Textbook Document
1. What do the documents suggest are the most important characteristics of the feminist revival of the 1990s? How is it different from the movement of the 1960s and 1970s?
The documents suggest that the most important characteristics of the feminist revival of the 1990s were the freedom to choose to take birth control, the being able to file sexual harassment suits, the declassification of the different races, the ability to be in control of oneself. This is different from the movement of the 1960s and 1970s by the views having changed. Now that women have a lot more freedom and somewhat of an equality amongst men. They were more vulnerable to sexual harassment's. Also by the different roles women had back then in the 1960s and 1970s to the different roles women had in the 1990s.
2. Do the documents offer compelling reasons for young women to identify with the term “feminism”?
Yes the documents do offer compelling reasons for young women to identify with the term "feminism". The document gives the root definition of the term "feminism". Which in my opinion helps young women to understand what "feminism" meant, and how each young woman can identify with the term "feminism". The document gives the different roles of women. That they should all be respected and cherished for who they are. No matter what color, what nationality, and what class the women are. That even though they might be different on the outside appearance but they are all the same internally. This is what the documents offer compelling reasons for young women to identify with the term "feminism".
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Monday, November 12, 2007
Blog #11
Textbook
1. Is it appropriate to speak about a “New Woman” in the 1920s? If so, what was new?
Yes, it was appropriate to speak about a "New Woman" in the 1920s. The things that were new
was that now women, were giving up the Victorian way of life. As in they were dressing in new
clothes. They were wearing make up, the single women were exploring their sexuality. Some even were having premarital sexual relationships. There were dance halls, where the young would go dancing. Now for mothers, they were able to buy new appliances that would help them with their household chores. Now more women were joining into the work force. They would fill out all the jobs that were categorized as female jobs, for example being a secretary, stenographer. They were also wanting to use birth control, even though it was initially for the poor women, to help them not have a big family and that way they would not have a lot of money to spend on supporting a large family. This way a small family means a lot more money left for paying the bills, and buying good food and clothes for the family. But that did not work out instead birth control can only be prescribed by a physician, so that meant only middle and high class women had access to birth control.
2. Why did women active in politics encounter so much difficulty accomplishing their agenda in the 1920s?
Women active in politics encountered so much difficulty accomplishing their agenda in the 1920s, because of many reasons. The women's organizations were nonpartisan, as in they would not declare what party they belonged to. They were not Republicans or Democrats. Because of this none of the parties would support them. Other times when the parties would help them, and their wanted laws would get passed. The congress would under cut the funding for the laws that the women were going for and wanting. Also another problem was that most of these organizations were wanting the same thing but they would not work together, and they would go at getting what they wanted in different ways. But they would also not be wanting the same things. As in one group would be wanting something, and another group does not want that same thing but another thing.
3. How does the image on page 499 represent some of the experiences of women during the Great Depression?
The image on page 499 represents some of the experiences of women during the Great
Depression by showing a mother who looks older than her age. It also shows that she is sad and
worried about her family and how she is going to get food for her children, and a stable shelter.
This woman who is only thirty-two years old, looks like she is already in her fifties. This shows
how much stress she is in. This shows what kind of work she has to do to make a little bit of
money just to feed her three children. This image shows a women who has to support her three
children and herself. She most likely would give all the food she has to her kids and does not
really eat herself. This image shows that even though the economics suck, she is still trying
to survive.
4. To what extent did World War II challenge gender stereotypes for women? To what extent did it reinforce them?
World War II challenged gender stereotypes for women by letting women work in the army. It also let the women go to the countries where the American army was in order to work as nurses in the field. World War II also reinforced the gender stereotypes, by the choice of occupations women were allowed to have. They were basically doing jobs like being a clerk, telephone operators, etc.... They were also allowed to be nurses, but they were not allowed to be doctors. They were not allowed to be doctors even when there was a shortage of doctors available during the war. So these were the extents of how World War II both challenged and reinforced the gender stereotypes for women.
1. Is it appropriate to speak about a “New Woman” in the 1920s? If so, what was new?
Yes, it was appropriate to speak about a "New Woman" in the 1920s. The things that were new
was that now women, were giving up the Victorian way of life. As in they were dressing in new
clothes. They were wearing make up, the single women were exploring their sexuality. Some even were having premarital sexual relationships. There were dance halls, where the young would go dancing. Now for mothers, they were able to buy new appliances that would help them with their household chores. Now more women were joining into the work force. They would fill out all the jobs that were categorized as female jobs, for example being a secretary, stenographer. They were also wanting to use birth control, even though it was initially for the poor women, to help them not have a big family and that way they would not have a lot of money to spend on supporting a large family. This way a small family means a lot more money left for paying the bills, and buying good food and clothes for the family. But that did not work out instead birth control can only be prescribed by a physician, so that meant only middle and high class women had access to birth control.
2. Why did women active in politics encounter so much difficulty accomplishing their agenda in the 1920s?
Women active in politics encountered so much difficulty accomplishing their agenda in the 1920s, because of many reasons. The women's organizations were nonpartisan, as in they would not declare what party they belonged to. They were not Republicans or Democrats. Because of this none of the parties would support them. Other times when the parties would help them, and their wanted laws would get passed. The congress would under cut the funding for the laws that the women were going for and wanting. Also another problem was that most of these organizations were wanting the same thing but they would not work together, and they would go at getting what they wanted in different ways. But they would also not be wanting the same things. As in one group would be wanting something, and another group does not want that same thing but another thing.
3. How does the image on page 499 represent some of the experiences of women during the Great Depression?
The image on page 499 represents some of the experiences of women during the Great
Depression by showing a mother who looks older than her age. It also shows that she is sad and
worried about her family and how she is going to get food for her children, and a stable shelter.
This woman who is only thirty-two years old, looks like she is already in her fifties. This shows
how much stress she is in. This shows what kind of work she has to do to make a little bit of
money just to feed her three children. This image shows a women who has to support her three
children and herself. She most likely would give all the food she has to her kids and does not
really eat herself. This image shows that even though the economics suck, she is still trying
to survive.
4. To what extent did World War II challenge gender stereotypes for women? To what extent did it reinforce them?
World War II challenged gender stereotypes for women by letting women work in the army. It also let the women go to the countries where the American army was in order to work as nurses in the field. World War II also reinforced the gender stereotypes, by the choice of occupations women were allowed to have. They were basically doing jobs like being a clerk, telephone operators, etc.... They were also allowed to be nurses, but they were not allowed to be doctors. They were not allowed to be doctors even when there was a shortage of doctors available during the war. So these were the extents of how World War II both challenged and reinforced the gender stereotypes for women.
Monday, November 5, 2007
Blog #10
Textbook
1. How did African American women approach the issues of reform and
suffrage?
African American women approached the issues of reform and suffrage by starting their own
organizations. The reason they started their own organizations was because of the segregation. The segregation made it in a way that African American women were not allowed to be involved with any organization that had white American women members, that were goaled towards educating white women by training them in certain fields. Because of this African American women started their own organizations that would help them with their own suffrage movement. In 1908 the African American women created an organization called the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses. This helped African American women to make other organizations that would help and fight for the rights for African American women to be treated as equals and get better wages.
2. What were the main differences between the emerging feminist movement
and the suffrage movement?
The main differences between the emerging feminist movement and the suffrage movement was that one was fighting for equal rights in the work force and to allow women to vote. While the other one was fighting for women's freedom to choose their own way of living. The suffragists were the ones fighting for the equality between men and women in the work field. That is that they will both be paid the same wage for the same job. That women will also have more options for jobs just like men had. They were also fighting for women having the right to vote. The feminists were the ones fighting for freedom for them to choose their own occupation, to choose their own life styles. As in they can have the choice of being in a lesbian relationship. They were also fighting for the right to use birth control. To be able to be considered more than just a person there to make babies. These were their main differences but in over all both the suffragists and feminist were helping to change the role of women in society.
Textbook Document
1. What were the various definitions of feminism according "Talks of
Feminism. . ."?
The various definitions of feminism according to the "Talks of Feminism..." article were: " some
fight, some fate, and some fun,...that women shall have the same right as man to be different,...
the entire woman movement,...women were confined to one room in the prison and had to watch the men walk about in the corridors in comparative freedom,...Feminism is simply part of the great world fight for freedom and justice and equality, and might better be called humanism" (pages 460,461). The ones that are my favorite definitions of feminism the were given in the "Talks of Feminism..." were "Feminism means trouble: trouble means agitation: agitation means movement: movement means life: life means adjustment and readjustment - so does feminism. Feminism is not a femaleness with fewer petticoats; it does not seek to crinoline men. It asks [for] a new fashion in the social garments of each. Feminism is a spiritual attitude. It recognizes that men and women are made of the same soul stuff. It places this above biological bosh. In another aspect feminism is an educational ideal. It asks that children be educated according to temperament and not according to maleness and femaleness. It asks that a girl be educated for work and not for sex. Feminism seeks to change social opinion toward the sex relation, not to advocate license, but to recognize liberty. To me feminism means that woman wants to develop her own womanhood. It means that she wants to push on to the finest, fullest, freest expression of herself. She wants to be an individual. When you mention individualism to some people they immediately see a picture of original sin, but the freeing of the individuality of woman does not mean original sin; it means the finding of her own soul.
The first thing we have to overcome is custom and convention, and the common attitude of mind, and then this fear of individuality will pass away. We have to compel conviction that woman is a human being. Feminism is the name for the newly discovered and highly surprising fact that it is just as important for a woman to be happy as a man. And one woman will be happy by going out and seeking adventures of her own and another will be happy staying at home and thinking about babies and baked beans. Both should be allowed to do what they want to do. There'll be a great deal more fun for everybody when women are universally active and free and independent. Feminism is simply part of the great world fight for freedom and justice and equality, and might better be called humanism"(page 461).
2. What role does women’s economic independence play in feminist
thought?
The role that women's economic independence plays in feminist thought is that women will no
longer be dependent to men. They would have their freedom and education to have good jobs
and be able to have their own homes and wages to live on their own. They would be educated
in the same things as men are. That they would not have to become prostitutes. That they
would not have to get married to a man in order to have a home, food on the table and someone
else support them, because now they would be educated enough to get a job doing what ever
they want to do. That would end up helping them be more independent than dependent.
3. What is your own definition of feminism?
My definition for feminism is that even though when it first came out feminism meant for equality, now to me it seems to have changed and means a different thing. Now a days feminists are more extreme in the sense that not only are they striving for equality but now they are surpassing it and going as far as saying that women are better than men. That to me is a little false because the original feminist movement was not made and meant to say that women were far better than men. But that it was made and meant to say that both men and women were equal. That they both can do the same things. Be able to make their own choices. To make their own decisions on how they should live. For women to have the same opportunities as men in the working field. But now since there are still struggles between people who think that women should be at home and not at work, women are working harder not to be equal to their fellow male coworkers but to pass them. As in they try to be alot better than any man. Which in a way is a good thing.
1. How did African American women approach the issues of reform and
suffrage?
African American women approached the issues of reform and suffrage by starting their own
organizations. The reason they started their own organizations was because of the segregation. The segregation made it in a way that African American women were not allowed to be involved with any organization that had white American women members, that were goaled towards educating white women by training them in certain fields. Because of this African American women started their own organizations that would help them with their own suffrage movement. In 1908 the African American women created an organization called the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses. This helped African American women to make other organizations that would help and fight for the rights for African American women to be treated as equals and get better wages.
2. What were the main differences between the emerging feminist movement
and the suffrage movement?
The main differences between the emerging feminist movement and the suffrage movement was that one was fighting for equal rights in the work force and to allow women to vote. While the other one was fighting for women's freedom to choose their own way of living. The suffragists were the ones fighting for the equality between men and women in the work field. That is that they will both be paid the same wage for the same job. That women will also have more options for jobs just like men had. They were also fighting for women having the right to vote. The feminists were the ones fighting for freedom for them to choose their own occupation, to choose their own life styles. As in they can have the choice of being in a lesbian relationship. They were also fighting for the right to use birth control. To be able to be considered more than just a person there to make babies. These were their main differences but in over all both the suffragists and feminist were helping to change the role of women in society.
Textbook Document
1. What were the various definitions of feminism according "Talks of
Feminism. . ."?
The various definitions of feminism according to the "Talks of Feminism..." article were: " some
fight, some fate, and some fun,...that women shall have the same right as man to be different,...
the entire woman movement,...women were confined to one room in the prison and had to watch the men walk about in the corridors in comparative freedom,...Feminism is simply part of the great world fight for freedom and justice and equality, and might better be called humanism" (pages 460,461). The ones that are my favorite definitions of feminism the were given in the "Talks of Feminism..." were "Feminism means trouble: trouble means agitation: agitation means movement: movement means life: life means adjustment and readjustment - so does feminism. Feminism is not a femaleness with fewer petticoats; it does not seek to crinoline men. It asks [for] a new fashion in the social garments of each. Feminism is a spiritual attitude. It recognizes that men and women are made of the same soul stuff. It places this above biological bosh. In another aspect feminism is an educational ideal. It asks that children be educated according to temperament and not according to maleness and femaleness. It asks that a girl be educated for work and not for sex. Feminism seeks to change social opinion toward the sex relation, not to advocate license, but to recognize liberty. To me feminism means that woman wants to develop her own womanhood. It means that she wants to push on to the finest, fullest, freest expression of herself. She wants to be an individual. When you mention individualism to some people they immediately see a picture of original sin, but the freeing of the individuality of woman does not mean original sin; it means the finding of her own soul.
The first thing we have to overcome is custom and convention, and the common attitude of mind, and then this fear of individuality will pass away. We have to compel conviction that woman is a human being. Feminism is the name for the newly discovered and highly surprising fact that it is just as important for a woman to be happy as a man. And one woman will be happy by going out and seeking adventures of her own and another will be happy staying at home and thinking about babies and baked beans. Both should be allowed to do what they want to do. There'll be a great deal more fun for everybody when women are universally active and free and independent. Feminism is simply part of the great world fight for freedom and justice and equality, and might better be called humanism"(page 461).
2. What role does women’s economic independence play in feminist
thought?
The role that women's economic independence plays in feminist thought is that women will no
longer be dependent to men. They would have their freedom and education to have good jobs
and be able to have their own homes and wages to live on their own. They would be educated
in the same things as men are. That they would not have to become prostitutes. That they
would not have to get married to a man in order to have a home, food on the table and someone
else support them, because now they would be educated enough to get a job doing what ever
they want to do. That would end up helping them be more independent than dependent.
3. What is your own definition of feminism?
My definition for feminism is that even though when it first came out feminism meant for equality, now to me it seems to have changed and means a different thing. Now a days feminists are more extreme in the sense that not only are they striving for equality but now they are surpassing it and going as far as saying that women are better than men. That to me is a little false because the original feminist movement was not made and meant to say that women were far better than men. But that it was made and meant to say that both men and women were equal. That they both can do the same things. Be able to make their own choices. To make their own decisions on how they should live. For women to have the same opportunities as men in the working field. But now since there are still struggles between people who think that women should be at home and not at work, women are working harder not to be equal to their fellow male coworkers but to pass them. As in they try to be alot better than any man. Which in a way is a good thing.
Monday, October 29, 2007
Blog #9
Textbook Chapter 6
1. How were women’s experiences of immigration in the United States distinct from those
of men? How were they similar?
The women’s experiences were different then the experiences of the men because, most foreign women as in non-white, non-Christian women were considered as prostitutes. The American government did not want them to come to America and populate America with foreigners. Also they did not want the foreign women to destroy the morality of the American society. Asian women had to answer so many questions before they can get into the country and be able to live here. The main reason for the interrogations was to make sure that these women were not prostitutes. Men were able to easily come into this country because, they were able to work. The men were also not being accused or suspected of being immoral. The similarities were between the white women immigrants and the men. The main similarity was that they both endured a hard voyage to America and also were easily accepted into this country compared to the Asian women. But that is where their similarities end. Because one difference was that when unwed, unchaperoned women arrived to this country. There was the risk of her becoming a prostitute, because of other people convincing them and forcing them to become prostitutes.
2. How would you characterize the differences among women involved in industrial protest,
the populist movement, and the settlement house movement? Do you see any similarities?
The similarities that was there among the women involved in the industrial protest, the women involved in the populist movement, and the women involved in the settlement house movement was that they all were fighting for women’s rights. The differences among the women involved in the industrial protest, the women involved in the populist movement, and the women involved in the settlement house movement was that they all fought differently and for slightly different reasons. The different reasons were, for the women involved in the industrial protest was to get normal and fair working conditions and paychecks. For the women involved in the populist movement was to get the same jobs as men. As in that they were able to work side by side with men in other jobs besides the jobs that were considered to be female jobs. For the women involved in the settlement house movement was to help immigrant women and immigrant children to learn about the American culture and way of life.
Textbook Document Chapter 6
1. What is the “diversity of experience” that Addams witnessed in her work with immigrants in the neighborhood around Hull House, and how did it contribute to the ethical complexities about which she wrote?
The "diversity of experience" that Addams witnessed in her work with the immigrants in the neighborhood around Hull House was that neighbors would help one another out when someone needed help. The reason that the neighbors would help one another out was because they all were in the same situation. So they would help others assuming that the others would help them out when they would need help themselves. Then there were the people who say how the high class lived and would want to live like them. So they begin to not help their neighbors in order to save money and become rich. It contributed to the ethical complexities about which she wrote by showing how there were people that would help others even though they were in similar situations as the people who needed help. Also how there were people that would in effect turn their backs on the people who needed their help in order to survive themselves and be able to live like the high class.
2. How did Addams’s experience as a member of the path breaking generation of women college graduates affect her perspective as a settlement house volunteer?
Addams’s as a member of the path breaking generation of women college graduates affected her perspective as a settlement house volunteer by several ways. One of the ways was that she realized that the college graduate charity visitor did not have any form of experiences that these women had in order to help them out and give them good advices and care. Another way was that the parents depended on their children to take care of them when they become to old, or injured to work and provide for their family. The other way is that only the healthy, able to work poor were to receive help by charity visitors.
1. How were women’s experiences of immigration in the United States distinct from those
of men? How were they similar?
The women’s experiences were different then the experiences of the men because, most foreign women as in non-white, non-Christian women were considered as prostitutes. The American government did not want them to come to America and populate America with foreigners. Also they did not want the foreign women to destroy the morality of the American society. Asian women had to answer so many questions before they can get into the country and be able to live here. The main reason for the interrogations was to make sure that these women were not prostitutes. Men were able to easily come into this country because, they were able to work. The men were also not being accused or suspected of being immoral. The similarities were between the white women immigrants and the men. The main similarity was that they both endured a hard voyage to America and also were easily accepted into this country compared to the Asian women. But that is where their similarities end. Because one difference was that when unwed, unchaperoned women arrived to this country. There was the risk of her becoming a prostitute, because of other people convincing them and forcing them to become prostitutes.
2. How would you characterize the differences among women involved in industrial protest,
the populist movement, and the settlement house movement? Do you see any similarities?
The similarities that was there among the women involved in the industrial protest, the women involved in the populist movement, and the women involved in the settlement house movement was that they all were fighting for women’s rights. The differences among the women involved in the industrial protest, the women involved in the populist movement, and the women involved in the settlement house movement was that they all fought differently and for slightly different reasons. The different reasons were, for the women involved in the industrial protest was to get normal and fair working conditions and paychecks. For the women involved in the populist movement was to get the same jobs as men. As in that they were able to work side by side with men in other jobs besides the jobs that were considered to be female jobs. For the women involved in the settlement house movement was to help immigrant women and immigrant children to learn about the American culture and way of life.
Textbook Document Chapter 6
1. What is the “diversity of experience” that Addams witnessed in her work with immigrants in the neighborhood around Hull House, and how did it contribute to the ethical complexities about which she wrote?
The "diversity of experience" that Addams witnessed in her work with the immigrants in the neighborhood around Hull House was that neighbors would help one another out when someone needed help. The reason that the neighbors would help one another out was because they all were in the same situation. So they would help others assuming that the others would help them out when they would need help themselves. Then there were the people who say how the high class lived and would want to live like them. So they begin to not help their neighbors in order to save money and become rich. It contributed to the ethical complexities about which she wrote by showing how there were people that would help others even though they were in similar situations as the people who needed help. Also how there were people that would in effect turn their backs on the people who needed their help in order to survive themselves and be able to live like the high class.
2. How did Addams’s experience as a member of the path breaking generation of women college graduates affect her perspective as a settlement house volunteer?
Addams’s as a member of the path breaking generation of women college graduates affected her perspective as a settlement house volunteer by several ways. One of the ways was that she realized that the college graduate charity visitor did not have any form of experiences that these women had in order to help them out and give them good advices and care. Another way was that the parents depended on their children to take care of them when they become to old, or injured to work and provide for their family. The other way is that only the healthy, able to work poor were to receive help by charity visitors.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Blog #8
Textbook Chapter 5
1. What were the most significant developments in women’s wage labor in the late
nineteenth century? How did they affect working-class, middle-class, and elite women?
The most significant developments in women's wage labor in the nineteenth century was that it gave the ground work for women's working rights. Now women were choosing to work in factories, making garments instead of working in the agricultural field. The only women who were working in the agricultural field were the newly freed black southern women. The working class women mostly were working in factories where they were making garments. But that work was soon turning into a sweat shop. The upper-class woman's job was basically to spend her husbands money. As in they had to decorate their houses with elegant and expensive furniture from Europe. Throw lavish parties. Basically their job was to show off their husbands wealth. The middle-class women did the same as the upper-class women but only at a more moderate level. As in they would cut down on their costs but they basically still bought the good furniture and threw similar parties as the upper-class women.
Textbook Chapter 6
2. What is the importance of the images on page 345 for understanding Native American women’s experience during the era of western consolidation?
The importance of the before and after pictures on page 345 for understanding the Native American women's experience during the time of western consolidation was that even though these girls were put in a boarding school and forced to sit in chairs, dress like the white women, and behave like white women. That still did not take the sad look out of their faces. Even though they used these pictures as ways to show that their methods were successful. It was not. Because as much as they were dressed and behaving like white women. They still did not really understand or know how to read, write. They just portrayed it, as if they knew those things. This also showed how, white men could not except other cultures and beliefs. That the only way and right way to be is to be like the white people.
Textbook Document Chapter 5
1. What different sorts of women does Bessie Van Vorst meet in the factory, and how and why do their responses to their work vary?
The different types of women Bessie Van Vorst meets in the factor are the bread-winner, semi-bread-winner, and also the woman who works for the luxuries of life. Each type of women were different in the sense of how their work varied from one another. The bread-winner is the women who works to support her family. As in she is the one who is bringing a paycheck home to pay the bills, buy food and clothes for her family. The semi-bread-winner is the women who helps with supporting her family. As in she is not the only one who earns a paycheck. This is pretty much what we have now in our times. As in it is a household when the wife and husband both have jobs to support their household. And the last of the different type of women Bessie Van Vorst met was the women who worked for the luxuries of life. As in she did not need to work, but she still did, so she can buy herself expensive clothes, jewelry, etc....
2. Why does Van Vorst conclude that working women are passive in accepting their working conditions and unwilling to stand up for themselves in the way of working men? Do you think she is right?
Bessie Van Vorst concluded that working women were passive in accepting their working conditions and were unwilling to stand up for themselves in the way of working men, because they were afraid that they would lose their jobs. As in since they were making some money they did not want to risk what little of a paycheck they got. Most of these girls were the bread-winners and since they had to support their families, they did not want to risk being fired from their current job. The other type of girls were the semi-bread-winners and they also did not want to risk losing their jobs. They did not want to lose their jobs for the same reasons as the women who were the bread-winners. Bessie Van Vorst is right in that they were afraid of losing their job and that is why they were passive. Even though they were not treated right and were treated unfairly, they preferred to stay with their jobs, just so that they can be able to support their families as much as they can.
1. What were the most significant developments in women’s wage labor in the late
nineteenth century? How did they affect working-class, middle-class, and elite women?
The most significant developments in women's wage labor in the nineteenth century was that it gave the ground work for women's working rights. Now women were choosing to work in factories, making garments instead of working in the agricultural field. The only women who were working in the agricultural field were the newly freed black southern women. The working class women mostly were working in factories where they were making garments. But that work was soon turning into a sweat shop. The upper-class woman's job was basically to spend her husbands money. As in they had to decorate their houses with elegant and expensive furniture from Europe. Throw lavish parties. Basically their job was to show off their husbands wealth. The middle-class women did the same as the upper-class women but only at a more moderate level. As in they would cut down on their costs but they basically still bought the good furniture and threw similar parties as the upper-class women.
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2. What is the importance of the images on page 345 for understanding Native American women’s experience during the era of western consolidation?
The importance of the before and after pictures on page 345 for understanding the Native American women's experience during the time of western consolidation was that even though these girls were put in a boarding school and forced to sit in chairs, dress like the white women, and behave like white women. That still did not take the sad look out of their faces. Even though they used these pictures as ways to show that their methods were successful. It was not. Because as much as they were dressed and behaving like white women. They still did not really understand or know how to read, write. They just portrayed it, as if they knew those things. This also showed how, white men could not except other cultures and beliefs. That the only way and right way to be is to be like the white people.
Textbook Document Chapter 5
1. What different sorts of women does Bessie Van Vorst meet in the factory, and how and why do their responses to their work vary?
The different types of women Bessie Van Vorst meets in the factor are the bread-winner, semi-bread-winner, and also the woman who works for the luxuries of life. Each type of women were different in the sense of how their work varied from one another. The bread-winner is the women who works to support her family. As in she is the one who is bringing a paycheck home to pay the bills, buy food and clothes for her family. The semi-bread-winner is the women who helps with supporting her family. As in she is not the only one who earns a paycheck. This is pretty much what we have now in our times. As in it is a household when the wife and husband both have jobs to support their household. And the last of the different type of women Bessie Van Vorst met was the women who worked for the luxuries of life. As in she did not need to work, but she still did, so she can buy herself expensive clothes, jewelry, etc....
2. Why does Van Vorst conclude that working women are passive in accepting their working conditions and unwilling to stand up for themselves in the way of working men? Do you think she is right?
Bessie Van Vorst concluded that working women were passive in accepting their working conditions and were unwilling to stand up for themselves in the way of working men, because they were afraid that they would lose their jobs. As in since they were making some money they did not want to risk what little of a paycheck they got. Most of these girls were the bread-winners and since they had to support their families, they did not want to risk being fired from their current job. The other type of girls were the semi-bread-winners and they also did not want to risk losing their jobs. They did not want to lose their jobs for the same reasons as the women who were the bread-winners. Bessie Van Vorst is right in that they were afraid of losing their job and that is why they were passive. Even though they were not treated right and were treated unfairly, they preferred to stay with their jobs, just so that they can be able to support their families as much as they can.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Blog #7
Textbook
1. What divided the women of the North and South in the years immediately before and during the Civil War?
The North and South women were divided before and during the Civil War, because of slavery. As in now that slavery was being abolished from the South. Southern women were trying to get used to the idea of running things on their own. As in they did not have anymore slaves to do the chores of the house and land for them. In the North the women were getting together to start fighting for equality. They would pursue higher education. The other reasons for the women to be divided was because the slaves were trying to get freedom. This caused a division between the southern and northern women. The northern women were for the slaves to get freedom. The southern women were against the slaves to get freedom.
2. What impact did the emergence of the “New South” have on women?
The impact that the emergence of the "New South" had on women was more for the black women. Because now that they had freedom, they could choose what job they wanted to do. They had their own home. They got paid for their services. Also they were free to choose anything they wanted for their lives and not have owners who made the choices for them. So this was viewed as a good thing by the black women. But on the other hand this was viewed as a bad thing by the white southern women. The reason it was viewed as a bad thing by the white southern women was because, now there was no one to do work that the slaves used to do. If they wanted people to do those works they had to pay them to do it. So now the white southerners were forced to find a way to get workers to do the jobs that the slaves did but at the same time not to pay to much for their services.
Textbook Document
1. What were the underlying tensions and larger conflicts that led to the lynching of Thomas Moss?
The underlying tensions that led to the lynching of Thomas Moss was that the whites did not want any blacks to have their own businesses. The larger conflicts that led to the lynching of Thomas Moss was that his grocery store was competing with a white man's grocery store.
Since the white man not only did not want to have competition in his line of work. He also had a problem with black people. So he got his advantage when some kids both white and black were playing a game and the white kids lost. So now the white people started a rumor saying
how they were going to go to Moss's store and steal and destroy everything. When Moss and his partners heard this they put guards at the store. When the time came for the white men to steal and destroy Moss's store. The guards shot at them. So now that all the black men were in jail, the white man went to the jail and identified Moss and his other partners as the one's who were guilty. That is how Moss was lynched. That is also how the white man was able to get rid of not only his competition but some black men who he hated.
2. What was the prevailing opinion about lynching that Wells was determined to challenge?
Wells was determined to challenge the opinion that these men were lynched because they either killed a white man or raped white women. She showed that there was no proof that those allegations were true. She was exiled from her home after she published that article. The reason
for that was that she hit to close to the truth. That even though white men are constantly having sex with and raping black women and get away with it. While a black man has sex with a white women and he is lynched. She was also basically saying that the lynchings were happening to
tell the black men to stay away from the white women. Also because the white men did not like the idea of thinking that the white women were immoral or adulteresses instead they would prefer thinking that the black man raped their white woman.
3. What did Wells see as the relationship between the long history of white men raping black women and the charges against black men of raping white women?
Wells thought that the relationship between the long history of white men raping black women and the charges against black men of raping white women as hypocritical. As in while they are doing the things that they are charging against the black men. But they are not getting
punished, while the black men are being killed. She also thinks that this was a way for the white men to have some power over the black men. As in since the black men were considered as free and citizens. Also that they were considered equals. This did not go so well with the white
men who did not think that black men should be free, a citizen, or be even remotely considered an equal to a white man. So they thought of ways that they can make the black men still feel inferior and scared of the white men.
1. What divided the women of the North and South in the years immediately before and during the Civil War?
The North and South women were divided before and during the Civil War, because of slavery. As in now that slavery was being abolished from the South. Southern women were trying to get used to the idea of running things on their own. As in they did not have anymore slaves to do the chores of the house and land for them. In the North the women were getting together to start fighting for equality. They would pursue higher education. The other reasons for the women to be divided was because the slaves were trying to get freedom. This caused a division between the southern and northern women. The northern women were for the slaves to get freedom. The southern women were against the slaves to get freedom.
2. What impact did the emergence of the “New South” have on women?
The impact that the emergence of the "New South" had on women was more for the black women. Because now that they had freedom, they could choose what job they wanted to do. They had their own home. They got paid for their services. Also they were free to choose anything they wanted for their lives and not have owners who made the choices for them. So this was viewed as a good thing by the black women. But on the other hand this was viewed as a bad thing by the white southern women. The reason it was viewed as a bad thing by the white southern women was because, now there was no one to do work that the slaves used to do. If they wanted people to do those works they had to pay them to do it. So now the white southerners were forced to find a way to get workers to do the jobs that the slaves did but at the same time not to pay to much for their services.
Textbook Document
1. What were the underlying tensions and larger conflicts that led to the lynching of Thomas Moss?
The underlying tensions that led to the lynching of Thomas Moss was that the whites did not want any blacks to have their own businesses. The larger conflicts that led to the lynching of Thomas Moss was that his grocery store was competing with a white man's grocery store.
Since the white man not only did not want to have competition in his line of work. He also had a problem with black people. So he got his advantage when some kids both white and black were playing a game and the white kids lost. So now the white people started a rumor saying
how they were going to go to Moss's store and steal and destroy everything. When Moss and his partners heard this they put guards at the store. When the time came for the white men to steal and destroy Moss's store. The guards shot at them. So now that all the black men were in jail, the white man went to the jail and identified Moss and his other partners as the one's who were guilty. That is how Moss was lynched. That is also how the white man was able to get rid of not only his competition but some black men who he hated.
2. What was the prevailing opinion about lynching that Wells was determined to challenge?
Wells was determined to challenge the opinion that these men were lynched because they either killed a white man or raped white women. She showed that there was no proof that those allegations were true. She was exiled from her home after she published that article. The reason
for that was that she hit to close to the truth. That even though white men are constantly having sex with and raping black women and get away with it. While a black man has sex with a white women and he is lynched. She was also basically saying that the lynchings were happening to
tell the black men to stay away from the white women. Also because the white men did not like the idea of thinking that the white women were immoral or adulteresses instead they would prefer thinking that the black man raped their white woman.
3. What did Wells see as the relationship between the long history of white men raping black women and the charges against black men of raping white women?
Wells thought that the relationship between the long history of white men raping black women and the charges against black men of raping white women as hypocritical. As in while they are doing the things that they are charging against the black men. But they are not getting
punished, while the black men are being killed. She also thinks that this was a way for the white men to have some power over the black men. As in since the black men were considered as free and citizens. Also that they were considered equals. This did not go so well with the white
men who did not think that black men should be free, a citizen, or be even remotely considered an equal to a white man. So they thought of ways that they can make the black men still feel inferior and scared of the white men.
Monday, October 8, 2007
Blog #6
Textbook
1. What were the different kinds of experiences that particular groups of women had as the United States expanded west to the Pacific Coast?
The different kinds of experiences that Native American women had as the United States expanded to the Pacific Coast were that, their food source was destroyed. The reason their food source was destroyed, was because the white settlers came onto their land and settled where they started to do their own farming. While the white settlers were traveling to the west they went through the lands where the Native Americans lived they burned down the food storage. The Native American women were afraid that the white men would come there and harm them and their babies. The Native American women who ended up being with the white men were left by their lovers when their lovers ended up marrying white women. So since the Native American women were not accepted by the whites or by their own people, they ended up being servants for the white women settlers and prostitutes for the white men. The different kinds of experiences that Mexican women had as the United States expanded to the Pacific Coast were that, at first the white men would marry Mexican women, because they hold a lot of land in
California, but after a while they changed the laws where instead of the women being able to have more rights like they did by Mexican laws, they changed it to the white man's law which was that men had more power. Towards the end Mexican women were deserted and treated like the Native American women which was that they became either servants, or prostitutes.
2. What kinds of historical developments brought American women into reform activities in the antebellum years?
The kinds of historical developments that brought American women into the reform activities in the antebellum years were religious and moral reform. These made women to get involved in society and gain more rights. The moral reform was established by pious women to fight against
the uprising of alcohol, prostitution, and anything that was considered a sin during those times. There was also the health reform where they developed other health facilities for women where they used different methods to help women who had problems with their health. They also started the abolition. This was a religious movement to abolish the law of having slaves. That it was considered a sin to allow slavery. The reforms also helped women who were in abusive marriages. A religious group that was started by the radical Christian notions is the Mormons. The Mormons practiced polygamy, which people say did not change the way women felt about their marriages.
Textbook Document
1. Maria responds to the strangers she encounters with both fear and curiosity. About what is she curious? What is the source of her fear and how does Maria exhibit or conceal her reaction?
Maria is curious about the strangers she encounters, because she is curious how the white men can find anyone they want, and get the things they want. So she is curious on if she can fool them and not let them find Chavez at her home while she is hiding him from the white men. Her fear is the same thing that she is curious about. She is afraid of these white men, because of what power they hold that they would imprison her brothers and they would harm her if they found out she was hiding Chavez. She conceals her fear by taking control of it as in using the strength, the adrenalin rush the fear gives her to plan how to bring Chavez to her home. Where to hide him. Who can see him and know about him. Then to convincingly hide him when the white soldiers are searching her home. Then to disguise him and send him to his next destination. This showed how strong she was that she hid her fear and used her fear to satisfy her curiosity in hiding someone from people who were able to find anyone they wanted to find.
2. What is the source of strength that Maria draws? How does the absence of men affect the way she acts?
The source of strength that Maria draws from is her fear and belief in what the man who helped her bring Chavez to her house said. Her fear helps her by giving her the strength and adrenaline rush she needs to accomplish what she accomplished during that time. The absence of men in her life affected the way she acted by making her be courageous enough to plan all this on her own. Even though she did go to her imprisoned brothers to get some semblance of what she should do. She used that to draw strength in her belief that she can do this. The significance of seeing her brothers was also for her anger towards the white soldiers would come out and give her another burst of energy and strength. Especially since the event happened when she had just had a baby and I am sure during those times they did not have the same medical treatments as we do now. So she was probably not fully recovered yet.
1. What were the different kinds of experiences that particular groups of women had as the United States expanded west to the Pacific Coast?
The different kinds of experiences that Native American women had as the United States expanded to the Pacific Coast were that, their food source was destroyed. The reason their food source was destroyed, was because the white settlers came onto their land and settled where they started to do their own farming. While the white settlers were traveling to the west they went through the lands where the Native Americans lived they burned down the food storage. The Native American women were afraid that the white men would come there and harm them and their babies. The Native American women who ended up being with the white men were left by their lovers when their lovers ended up marrying white women. So since the Native American women were not accepted by the whites or by their own people, they ended up being servants for the white women settlers and prostitutes for the white men. The different kinds of experiences that Mexican women had as the United States expanded to the Pacific Coast were that, at first the white men would marry Mexican women, because they hold a lot of land in
California, but after a while they changed the laws where instead of the women being able to have more rights like they did by Mexican laws, they changed it to the white man's law which was that men had more power. Towards the end Mexican women were deserted and treated like the Native American women which was that they became either servants, or prostitutes.
2. What kinds of historical developments brought American women into reform activities in the antebellum years?
The kinds of historical developments that brought American women into the reform activities in the antebellum years were religious and moral reform. These made women to get involved in society and gain more rights. The moral reform was established by pious women to fight against
the uprising of alcohol, prostitution, and anything that was considered a sin during those times. There was also the health reform where they developed other health facilities for women where they used different methods to help women who had problems with their health. They also started the abolition. This was a religious movement to abolish the law of having slaves. That it was considered a sin to allow slavery. The reforms also helped women who were in abusive marriages. A religious group that was started by the radical Christian notions is the Mormons. The Mormons practiced polygamy, which people say did not change the way women felt about their marriages.
Textbook Document
1. Maria responds to the strangers she encounters with both fear and curiosity. About what is she curious? What is the source of her fear and how does Maria exhibit or conceal her reaction?
Maria is curious about the strangers she encounters, because she is curious how the white men can find anyone they want, and get the things they want. So she is curious on if she can fool them and not let them find Chavez at her home while she is hiding him from the white men. Her fear is the same thing that she is curious about. She is afraid of these white men, because of what power they hold that they would imprison her brothers and they would harm her if they found out she was hiding Chavez. She conceals her fear by taking control of it as in using the strength, the adrenalin rush the fear gives her to plan how to bring Chavez to her home. Where to hide him. Who can see him and know about him. Then to convincingly hide him when the white soldiers are searching her home. Then to disguise him and send him to his next destination. This showed how strong she was that she hid her fear and used her fear to satisfy her curiosity in hiding someone from people who were able to find anyone they wanted to find.
2. What is the source of strength that Maria draws? How does the absence of men affect the way she acts?
The source of strength that Maria draws from is her fear and belief in what the man who helped her bring Chavez to her house said. Her fear helps her by giving her the strength and adrenaline rush she needs to accomplish what she accomplished during that time. The absence of men in her life affected the way she acted by making her be courageous enough to plan all this on her own. Even though she did go to her imprisoned brothers to get some semblance of what she should do. She used that to draw strength in her belief that she can do this. The significance of seeing her brothers was also for her anger towards the white soldiers would come out and give her another burst of energy and strength. Especially since the event happened when she had just had a baby and I am sure during those times they did not have the same medical treatments as we do now. So she was probably not fully recovered yet.
Monday, October 1, 2007
Blog #5
Textbook
1. What were the implications of the system of slavery for southern white and black women?
The implications of the system of slavery for white and black women in the south were that the white women considered themselves as slaves. They considered themselves as slaves because unlike their husbands, who hired other people to manage their slaves. They had to oversee to the house and the slaves that worked in the house. The black women slaves had to actually do all the work. They either worked in the fields or in the main house. They were often beat, abused to do the work the way their owner wanted them to. The white women could not make themselves to abuse the black women slaves, because at the time it was not proper for a white woman to be violent or near violence, so they would ask their husbands, brothers, or fathers to do the abusing for them.
2. What is the significance of the story of Harriet Jacobs for our understanding of slave women’s experiences? (pp. 166-167 "Trials of Girlhood")
The significance of Harriet Jacobs story is to show people how because of their captivity and their masters, young girls are made to learn about evil at a very young age. That even if they had no choice to become their owners mistress, the owners wives would blame them, be even meaner and abusive because they are jealous. This showed that if you were a slave woman and that you were considered beautiful then you were not going to have even the least amount of good life that other slaves had. Because you would be raped by your owner and your owner's wife will punish you for sleeping with her husband. You would think that the owner's wife will understand that it is not the slave's fault but her husband's fault. That instead of getting angry at the slave she should be angry at her husband. But then during those times a women had no right to get angry at her husband no matter what. So it is understandable how she would get her anger out on the slave, even though it is wrong.
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1. How did characters characters in these two accounts reject and resist the assumptions about black people fundamental to the slave system? On what personal resources did they draw to make their challenges?
The characters in these two accounts rejected and resisted the assumptions about black people by telling their stories. The first story was told by William Craft. Now instead of dictating his story to an interviewer he waited til he can write it on his own. Well during this time slaves were not allowed to know how to read or write. This showed that black men and women did know how to read and write. Also that they can learn to read and write. The second story was told by Polly Shine but not written by her. She was ninety years old when she did an interview about her life. The first story was about William and Ellen Craft escaping the south. The second story was about Polly Shine telling about a couple who was in love but was not allowed to be together.
2. Both of these stories were written after the fact: the Crafts’ ten years following the emancipation and Polly Shine’s after about seven decades. Evaluate the role memory plays in these accounts, and consider the ways in which it distorts or possibly authenticates the narrator’s experiences.
The role of memory plays a big part in these accounts. The Crafts memory is of them experiencing their escape. It helps them describe what they saw, and experienced while they were escaping from the south. Memory plays a big part in Polly Shine's story, because she was telling the interviewer about what she saw at the plantation. Also about what her parents told her. All these came from their memories. It mainly authenticates their experiences, because they themselves experienced it. With the Crafts it was their escape. With Shine it was her life as a slave. With Shine her recalling of the story about the couple that her parents told her might have changed a little through time. That is normal because when a story is being told to someone then that someone tells it to someone else things will be changed, exaggerated.
1. What were the implications of the system of slavery for southern white and black women?
The implications of the system of slavery for white and black women in the south were that the white women considered themselves as slaves. They considered themselves as slaves because unlike their husbands, who hired other people to manage their slaves. They had to oversee to the house and the slaves that worked in the house. The black women slaves had to actually do all the work. They either worked in the fields or in the main house. They were often beat, abused to do the work the way their owner wanted them to. The white women could not make themselves to abuse the black women slaves, because at the time it was not proper for a white woman to be violent or near violence, so they would ask their husbands, brothers, or fathers to do the abusing for them.
2. What is the significance of the story of Harriet Jacobs for our understanding of slave women’s experiences? (pp. 166-167 "Trials of Girlhood")
The significance of Harriet Jacobs story is to show people how because of their captivity and their masters, young girls are made to learn about evil at a very young age. That even if they had no choice to become their owners mistress, the owners wives would blame them, be even meaner and abusive because they are jealous. This showed that if you were a slave woman and that you were considered beautiful then you were not going to have even the least amount of good life that other slaves had. Because you would be raped by your owner and your owner's wife will punish you for sleeping with her husband. You would think that the owner's wife will understand that it is not the slave's fault but her husband's fault. That instead of getting angry at the slave she should be angry at her husband. But then during those times a women had no right to get angry at her husband no matter what. So it is understandable how she would get her anger out on the slave, even though it is wrong.
Textbook document
1. How did characters characters in these two accounts reject and resist the assumptions about black people fundamental to the slave system? On what personal resources did they draw to make their challenges?
The characters in these two accounts rejected and resisted the assumptions about black people by telling their stories. The first story was told by William Craft. Now instead of dictating his story to an interviewer he waited til he can write it on his own. Well during this time slaves were not allowed to know how to read or write. This showed that black men and women did know how to read and write. Also that they can learn to read and write. The second story was told by Polly Shine but not written by her. She was ninety years old when she did an interview about her life. The first story was about William and Ellen Craft escaping the south. The second story was about Polly Shine telling about a couple who was in love but was not allowed to be together.
2. Both of these stories were written after the fact: the Crafts’ ten years following the emancipation and Polly Shine’s after about seven decades. Evaluate the role memory plays in these accounts, and consider the ways in which it distorts or possibly authenticates the narrator’s experiences.
The role of memory plays a big part in these accounts. The Crafts memory is of them experiencing their escape. It helps them describe what they saw, and experienced while they were escaping from the south. Memory plays a big part in Polly Shine's story, because she was telling the interviewer about what she saw at the plantation. Also about what her parents told her. All these came from their memories. It mainly authenticates their experiences, because they themselves experienced it. With the Crafts it was their escape. With Shine it was her life as a slave. With Shine her recalling of the story about the couple that her parents told her might have changed a little through time. That is normal because when a story is being told to someone then that someone tells it to someone else things will be changed, exaggerated.
Monday, September 24, 2007
Blog #4
Textbook
1. What were the major components of the ideology of "true womanhood?" How was this ideology linked to the class structure of early nineteenth-century America?
The major components of "true womanhood" are that men and women were considered to be totally different from one another. The women were not allowed to do the jobs that men generally did. They were only allowed to take care of the house, their kids and their husbands. All the taking care of the house, their kids and their husbands was not considered as job. But more of a thing that made them women. As in it was a given that they had to do all they did in order to be considered as a woman. The early nineteenth-century class structure in America is that high class women were supposed to look pretty, take care of their husbands, kids and home. The middle class and lower class women were supposed to work and take care of their husbands, kids and home.
2. What is the significance of the Lowell mill girls in the history of U.S. women and work? What were the implications of the decline of the Lowell system?
The significance of the Lowell mill girls is that they were giving an optimistic view of industrial life. As in it was good for everyone to work there. They basically did the same things they would do at home. Which was to sew. So now there were factories where they can go and do the same things only easier than by sewing with their hands. The women also were able to write and get their written materials published in their magazine. This helped most of these women to end up having a writing career.The implications of the decline was that the economic pressures were at
fault for the decline for the Lowell system. Because the owners of the factories thought that since the workers were women it would not matter if they started cutting their paychecks. But they underestimated the women. Instead these women started striking. This was unheard of during this time.
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1. What is Sanger’s view of the moral nature of women?
Dr. Sanger believed that the prostitutes were victims themselves, because he could not believe that any woman would willingly have sex for money, also have sex out of marriage. He believes they were victims, because they were forced to become prostitutes by the circumstances of their lives. The circumstances were from starvation of themselves and their kids to being violated. He had a middle class view of prostitutes. Also his view of woman in general was of the middle class. Which was mainly that a woman would not willingly have sex outside of the marriage, and also get payed. And if a woman actually does have sex outside of the marriage and also has sex and gets payed willingly than they were not worth considering and mentioning.
2. What does Sanger think are the cause and consequences of prostitution for women?
Dr. Sanger thinks the causes and consequences of women becoming prostitutes is that their life circumstances cause them to become prostitutes. The list of the reasons he got from prostitutes when he did his research is that they were seduced and abandoned, they drink and want to drink, they were badly treated by their parents, husbands and relatives. They were surrounded by the wrong people. Other prostitutes convinced them to become prostitutes as well. They were violated. These were the causes of why women became prostitutes. The consequences were that these women would end up getting sexually transmitted diseases. If they wanted to get out of this occupation they could not, because no one would hire them or except them.
3. How do Sanger’s conclusions about prostitution reflect the values of his own day?
Dr. Sanger's conclusions about prostitution reflects the values of his own day by his view of prostitutes is the same sometimes with the views of prostitution by the society at that time. Meaning he had sympathy with those women who were forced to be prostitutes. But when the woman willingly chose to be a prostitute as in she had no reason too. She didn't need the money
for food or to take care of her family, she wasn't forced by people around her to be a prostitute. Dr. Sanger did not sympathise with these women. Because in his beliefs no woman would willingly become a prostitute, and also have sex outside of marriage. That is what the values of his time were.
1. What were the major components of the ideology of "true womanhood?" How was this ideology linked to the class structure of early nineteenth-century America?
The major components of "true womanhood" are that men and women were considered to be totally different from one another. The women were not allowed to do the jobs that men generally did. They were only allowed to take care of the house, their kids and their husbands. All the taking care of the house, their kids and their husbands was not considered as job. But more of a thing that made them women. As in it was a given that they had to do all they did in order to be considered as a woman. The early nineteenth-century class structure in America is that high class women were supposed to look pretty, take care of their husbands, kids and home. The middle class and lower class women were supposed to work and take care of their husbands, kids and home.
2. What is the significance of the Lowell mill girls in the history of U.S. women and work? What were the implications of the decline of the Lowell system?
The significance of the Lowell mill girls is that they were giving an optimistic view of industrial life. As in it was good for everyone to work there. They basically did the same things they would do at home. Which was to sew. So now there were factories where they can go and do the same things only easier than by sewing with their hands. The women also were able to write and get their written materials published in their magazine. This helped most of these women to end up having a writing career.The implications of the decline was that the economic pressures were at
fault for the decline for the Lowell system. Because the owners of the factories thought that since the workers were women it would not matter if they started cutting their paychecks. But they underestimated the women. Instead these women started striking. This was unheard of during this time.
Textbook document
1. What is Sanger’s view of the moral nature of women?
Dr. Sanger believed that the prostitutes were victims themselves, because he could not believe that any woman would willingly have sex for money, also have sex out of marriage. He believes they were victims, because they were forced to become prostitutes by the circumstances of their lives. The circumstances were from starvation of themselves and their kids to being violated. He had a middle class view of prostitutes. Also his view of woman in general was of the middle class. Which was mainly that a woman would not willingly have sex outside of the marriage, and also get payed. And if a woman actually does have sex outside of the marriage and also has sex and gets payed willingly than they were not worth considering and mentioning.
2. What does Sanger think are the cause and consequences of prostitution for women?
Dr. Sanger thinks the causes and consequences of women becoming prostitutes is that their life circumstances cause them to become prostitutes. The list of the reasons he got from prostitutes when he did his research is that they were seduced and abandoned, they drink and want to drink, they were badly treated by their parents, husbands and relatives. They were surrounded by the wrong people. Other prostitutes convinced them to become prostitutes as well. They were violated. These were the causes of why women became prostitutes. The consequences were that these women would end up getting sexually transmitted diseases. If they wanted to get out of this occupation they could not, because no one would hire them or except them.
3. How do Sanger’s conclusions about prostitution reflect the values of his own day?
Dr. Sanger's conclusions about prostitution reflects the values of his own day by his view of prostitutes is the same sometimes with the views of prostitution by the society at that time. Meaning he had sympathy with those women who were forced to be prostitutes. But when the woman willingly chose to be a prostitute as in she had no reason too. She didn't need the money
for food or to take care of her family, she wasn't forced by people around her to be a prostitute. Dr. Sanger did not sympathise with these women. Because in his beliefs no woman would willingly become a prostitute, and also have sex outside of marriage. That is what the values of his time were.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Blog #3
1.This chapter examines Native American, black, and white women’s experiences in the revolutionary era and argues that women in all groups faced choices. What were these choices? And what are their implications for understanding women’s participation in the American Revolution?
The choices that Native American, black, and white woman experienced in the revolutionary era is where they stood. The Native American women's choice was whether to join with the British or not. Most women chose to be with the British even marrying British men. One Native American woman did and when she was widowed after the war she went back to her people and was considered wealthy and had a high status. The black women's choice was either to escape and get freedom on their own, or get their freedom by working for the British. Most of them decided to work for the British and get their freedom that way. Even though they were not treated any better than their owners treated them when they were slaves working at the plantations.The reason this was true was because the British thought of them as pawns in this war. The white women's choice was whether she would join her husband who fought on the side of the British. Or to go against their husbands and support the Americans. For the Quaker women it was harder because they did not support war,but they did support the troops and were worried about both the American soldiers and the British soldiers. But they were still on the American side even if they didn't support the war. These were the choices all the women had to make during the American Revolution. The implications were that even though they had choices to make they still were not allowed to participate in the politics of it. As in they had to do the same things they always did and that was to take care of their husbands, children and their home. They also had to go along with their husbands choices even if they were against their husbands beliefs on who's side to be on.
2. How would you summarize the revolution’s legacies to women?
The revolution's legacy to Native American women were that they were losing their worth in their communities. As in now that the men were not allowed to hunt, they became restless and turned to drinking and abusing their women. Then they slowly started giving up their traditions and following the European tradition where the men farmed and the women were farmers wives. The revolution's legacy to black women were that the ones who went with the British were resold to slavery in other countries. The ones who got their freedom during the war by themselves without joining the British, managed to stay free but some were caught and brought
back to their owners. The ones who remained free started doing the same work as when they were slaves but were free and able to make money. Mostly the black women in the north were getting their freedoms by going to court and also petitioning for opening their own boarding
houses and schools. The revolution's legacy to white women were that they had a little more freedom to pursue more than just taking care of their home, husbands and kids. Now they can take care of their husbands jobs while they were out of town for government work. In some states women were allowed to vote as were the few black men and women who were free. But that soon was taken away too. They were also allowed to get a divorce on the grounds that the husband cheated on her or was not their for most their marriage. The widows who lost their homes turned to working in schools as teachers, sellers at stores.
3. What was "Republican motherhood," and what is its significance?
The "Republican motherhood" is when women get an education. The significance of "Republican motherhood" was so that the woman can get education and be able to educate their sons.To be able to talk intellectually with their husbands and be able to understand how the household worked financially. The idea that women will educate their sons, was so that their sons will get better positions in their lives and be able to prosper. Ofcourse once they got their education women wanted to get more education and to learn alongside men. Even though the education women were getting were supposed to help the women get a better and a happy marriage.
4. What was the impact of the Great Awakening on women’s experiences during the colonial period?
The impact of the Great Awakening on women's experience was that it brought religion to the forefront. This religion was the Evangelicalism. There were more people going to church now. It also was there to start equality among, race, gender, and class. In some religious groups women were allowed to elect deacons, etc... In the South there is a group that let women be deaconesses, etc... .But not every denomination let women be deaconesses or ministers. Now people had to get used to the new way of living. From Puritan way of living to Evangelical way of living. As time went on though more and more women's roles in churches were diminished.
The choices that Native American, black, and white woman experienced in the revolutionary era is where they stood. The Native American women's choice was whether to join with the British or not. Most women chose to be with the British even marrying British men. One Native American woman did and when she was widowed after the war she went back to her people and was considered wealthy and had a high status. The black women's choice was either to escape and get freedom on their own, or get their freedom by working for the British. Most of them decided to work for the British and get their freedom that way. Even though they were not treated any better than their owners treated them when they were slaves working at the plantations.The reason this was true was because the British thought of them as pawns in this war. The white women's choice was whether she would join her husband who fought on the side of the British. Or to go against their husbands and support the Americans. For the Quaker women it was harder because they did not support war,but they did support the troops and were worried about both the American soldiers and the British soldiers. But they were still on the American side even if they didn't support the war. These were the choices all the women had to make during the American Revolution. The implications were that even though they had choices to make they still were not allowed to participate in the politics of it. As in they had to do the same things they always did and that was to take care of their husbands, children and their home. They also had to go along with their husbands choices even if they were against their husbands beliefs on who's side to be on.
2. How would you summarize the revolution’s legacies to women?
The revolution's legacy to Native American women were that they were losing their worth in their communities. As in now that the men were not allowed to hunt, they became restless and turned to drinking and abusing their women. Then they slowly started giving up their traditions and following the European tradition where the men farmed and the women were farmers wives. The revolution's legacy to black women were that the ones who went with the British were resold to slavery in other countries. The ones who got their freedom during the war by themselves without joining the British, managed to stay free but some were caught and brought
back to their owners. The ones who remained free started doing the same work as when they were slaves but were free and able to make money. Mostly the black women in the north were getting their freedoms by going to court and also petitioning for opening their own boarding
houses and schools. The revolution's legacy to white women were that they had a little more freedom to pursue more than just taking care of their home, husbands and kids. Now they can take care of their husbands jobs while they were out of town for government work. In some states women were allowed to vote as were the few black men and women who were free. But that soon was taken away too. They were also allowed to get a divorce on the grounds that the husband cheated on her or was not their for most their marriage. The widows who lost their homes turned to working in schools as teachers, sellers at stores.
3. What was "Republican motherhood," and what is its significance?
The "Republican motherhood" is when women get an education. The significance of "Republican motherhood" was so that the woman can get education and be able to educate their sons.To be able to talk intellectually with their husbands and be able to understand how the household worked financially. The idea that women will educate their sons, was so that their sons will get better positions in their lives and be able to prosper. Ofcourse once they got their education women wanted to get more education and to learn alongside men. Even though the education women were getting were supposed to help the women get a better and a happy marriage.
4. What was the impact of the Great Awakening on women’s experiences during the colonial period?
The impact of the Great Awakening on women's experience was that it brought religion to the forefront. This religion was the Evangelicalism. There were more people going to church now. It also was there to start equality among, race, gender, and class. In some religious groups women were allowed to elect deacons, etc... In the South there is a group that let women be deaconesses, etc... .But not every denomination let women be deaconesses or ministers. Now people had to get used to the new way of living. From Puritan way of living to Evangelical way of living. As time went on though more and more women's roles in churches were diminished.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Blog #2
1. Given the enormous variety among Native American women, are there any
generalizations we can draw about their experiences in the era of conquest?
The generalizations we can get about the experiences among Native American women in the era of conquest.
Is that most European women did not understand that most Native American tribes were matrilineal. That the woman had equal or higher value as the men in their tribe. But the European woman were convinced that the
Native American woman were forced to take care of their men by, preparing the meat, building the houses,
etc... . While the men just went hunting and that is it. Then there was the whole thing where when the Spanish
conquest happened they tried to make them convert and to be patriarchal instead of matriarchal. They also
wanted the woman to have more submissive, modest way of living. Ironically while they wanted the women
to be modest and be in a monogamous relationship, they were busy raping them and kidnapping them
from their families. Some women willingly had sex with the Spanish men in order for the better of their
family and tribe. But most of those women ended up taking a patriarchal view point instead of their main way
of life which was matriarchal.
2. What is the meaning of the statement, "Whether they were slave-owners or not, white
women's lives were inextricably tied up with slavery" (page 22)?
generalizations we can draw about their experiences in the era of conquest?
The generalizations we can get about the experiences among Native American women in the era of conquest.
Is that most European women did not understand that most Native American tribes were matrilineal. That the woman had equal or higher value as the men in their tribe. But the European woman were convinced that the
Native American woman were forced to take care of their men by, preparing the meat, building the houses,
etc... . While the men just went hunting and that is it. Then there was the whole thing where when the Spanish
conquest happened they tried to make them convert and to be patriarchal instead of matriarchal. They also
wanted the woman to have more submissive, modest way of living. Ironically while they wanted the women
to be modest and be in a monogamous relationship, they were busy raping them and kidnapping them
from their families. Some women willingly had sex with the Spanish men in order for the better of their
family and tribe. But most of those women ended up taking a patriarchal view point instead of their main way
of life which was matriarchal.
2. What is the meaning of the statement, "Whether they were slave-owners or not, white
women's lives were inextricably tied up with slavery" (page 22)?
The meaning of this statement is, that during those times white woman were treated the same way as African and Native American women. As in they were no better off then slaves. Even though by law they were not considered as slaves. They were still not allowed to own property, vote, be involved in politics. All they had to do was take care of their home and their husbands and children. Those same laws also pertained to slaves, even though as slaves they could have gotten their freedom and manage their own land. But the number of
slaves that managed to achieve that was a small percentage of the whole population. While white women were not able to and allowed to achieve that.
3. What were the most significant differences among European women colonists?
The most significant differences among European women colonists are that they considered religion, wealth and where you lived as the most important thing in their lives. Also another significant difference among European women colonists was that some women were able to work outside of the home. While other women were not allowed, because they were treated no differently than slaves. This also depended where these women lived and what rights they were allowed. In some areas they had more rights in others they had less. The rich women would mostly spend time with other women in their neighborhood and social class, by having parties and get togethers. These were the most significant differences among European women colonists, but this is not as much because they were still considered as properties of their husbands and so they were not as free as the image they showed toother people.
Friday, September 7, 2007
Blog #1
My name is Rubina Agadjanian. I was born in Armenia and moved to California a month before my fourth birthday. I went to two private schools. The first one was Alex Pilibos. I went there from kindergarden to fourth grade. Then I went to a private french school called Lycee International de Los Angeles. I went there from fifth grade till I graduated. I have been at G.C.C. for the past two and a half years. I had first decided to major in Biology but after about two years of taking the required classes I changed my major to Psychology. I still have not really decided what I want to do in the psychology field. So far I am thinking I would like to become a counselor and a teacher, just like my favorite psychology teacher Dr. Gillooly.
I also love to learn other languages. So far the languages I know fluently are English, French, Armenian. I know Russian quite well but still need more practice speaking wise. I know a little bit of Spanish as well. Now I am slowly teaching myself Hindi. My other interests are mainly reading, drawing, and traveling. I have been to France and have lived there for two months. I will love to go back there and also visit other countries in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
I also love to learn other languages. So far the languages I know fluently are English, French, Armenian. I know Russian quite well but still need more practice speaking wise. I know a little bit of Spanish as well. Now I am slowly teaching myself Hindi. My other interests are mainly reading, drawing, and traveling. I have been to France and have lived there for two months. I will love to go back there and also visit other countries in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
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