Summary Of Now We Can Begin What's Back

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Bravery, leadership and commitment are the true words to define Crystal Eastman. Eastman, a socialist, feminist, lawyer and leader made tireless efforts to fight for women’s equality. After a long battle to Following the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, which ended suffrage and gave women the right to vote, Crystal Eastman set the pace for goals and plans that women still work towards today. The article “Now We Can Begin: What’s Next?” written by Eastman, expressed how it was still just the beginning. A battle has been forming for many years between men and women regarding women's rights, equality, and economic independence which has led to many changes in the laws and policies and is still relevant today.
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"Two self-supporting adults decide to make a home together: if both are women it is a pleasant partnership, more fun than work; if one is a man, it is almost never a partnership -- the woman simply adds running the home to her regular outside job. ” (Eastman) There was parallelism in her speech to emphasize her points and this made it easier to connect with her audience. An example of this being used in the speech is when Eastman uses "first, second, etc." This is one of many comments that Eastman makes implying that men automatically expect women to take care of the household by themselves with little to no help. Many women spend every day taking care of the home, but it is not considered a job. In "Now We Can Begin." Crystal Eastman relates to every type of woman. She talks about the high class business women in society, but her main focus is on the typical housewives of America. She repeatedly asked questions to connect with the audience and then answered the question. An example of these questions were, “What then is wrong with women? What is the problem of women’s freedom?” “How shall we approach this next feminist objective?” (Eastman 1). She constantly repeated the word “freedom” as she stressed the importance of what women wanted. A few times she even mentioned an allusion to slavery. Crystal Eastman not only spoke about issues that society needed to change, but she explained ways they could be

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