Examples Of Womanism In Search Of Our Mother's Garden

The historical evolution of Black Feminism in the US not only developed out of Black women 's antagonistic and dialectical engagement with white women but also out of their own need to ameliorate conditions for empowerment on their own terms. The history of feminism marked by two distinct waves. The first wave of black feminism connected to the abolitionist movement. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a leading white feminist, willingly manipulated black womanhood to meet the needs of white women helped generate the unsisterly legacy between white and black women. The second wave of black feminism linked to the modern civil rights movement.

Stanton’s anger at the 15th amendment is understandable, considering the support she had for the abolition movement. Important to note is Stanton’s limited ability to understand or sympathize with either black men or women. She fought for basic human rights but mainly focused on women like her, the ones she could identify with. Some of her comments were even racist including 'We educated, virtuous white women are more worthy of the vote.' This is not equality but arrogance.

This speech being from the 18th century still speaks true that somehow women are seen to be weak unless it’s a black woman as noted by author Vidal. Unfortunately, somewhere down the line the two movement slowly drifted apart where women suffrage was just that of the white woman’s struggle and everything else were not in such importance as their cause, which eventually led to exclusion within their

”(pp2). To emphasize, the war was because of women’s rights and stopping slavery, Truth is speaking that she can do many things as men can do. Even if its base on that someone is a slave or a woman. In the same speech, Ain’t I a Woman? By Sojourner Truth, it says that men talk about and think that slaves and women are needed to be intelligent, but how does that have to involve with women 's nor African-Americans’ rights?

The Beauty of the Southern Flowers “Neighbors bring food with death and flowers with sickness and little things in between.” (Lee 278). When it comes to the topic of flowers, most of us will readily agree that they represent development, growth, beauty and happiness. For instance, Roses are known for signifying love and deep passion while Lotus flowers are known for purity of the heart. Nonetheless, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee utilizes flowers to symbolize the strength and character that women of Maycomb possess. To get started, the azaleas in the novel represent Maudie Atkinson because of her loving, strong minded, and compassionate character.

Shirley had her way with words by speeches and speaking out her mind, she wasn 't shy to back off, she spoke for the people because she knew no one else would do it. In the speech Equality Rights For Women it says “... There is a calculated system of prejudice that lies unspoken behind that question. Why is it acceptable for women to be secretaries, librarians, and teachers, but totally unacceptable for them to be managers, administrators, doctors, lawyers, and Members of Congress... It has been observed before, that society for a long time discriminated against another minority, the blacks on the same basis - that they were different and inferior.

In Boys and Girls, the narrator realized the excessive expectations set upon her which eventually accepts them. Emma Watson disregarded the stereotypical roles and stood against gender inequality for men and women. One has the ability to determine whether or not to comply with society or to oppose. This is noticed when stereotypical roles were set for male and female, their search for individuality and their desired privileges. Both men and women should be able to live freely without anyone besmirching

There was a different barrier that Stewart endures as a speaker they are race and gender. During the eighteen hundred proper gender roles produce restriction on accomplishing goals out of the norm by society. In the past women roles of free intelligent African American in the north attitudes was marriage, family and staying at home so working outside of the home seems to be unnatural while speaking in public she was ridicule. Being a woman of the African American descent possess to fight for the rights of all women (Black and Anglo-American) and free slaves. In conclusion, both David Walker and Maria Stewart had similar and different views to on developing their message for the cause of slavery, women rights, and

Gender roles are constructed by society and attributed to women or men. In the book of vindication of the right of a woman, Wollstonecraft brings out clearly the roles of a woman in her society and how it has led to oppression of women (Wollstonecraft 22). Wollstonecraft believes that men and women are equal given the same environment and empowerment, women can do anything a man can do. In her society, education for women is only aimed at making her look pleasing to men. Women are treated as inferior being and used by men as sex objects.

This protection of rights goes for all people, men, women, and people of different races and ethnicities. Both John Locke and Susan B. Anthony agreed with this. Locke fought for the rights of slaves, and pushed against slavery. Susan B. Anthony fought for women’s right to vote. Both of their arguments were based on the foundation that taking away these natural born rights of these citizens was unconstitutional