...Lauren Glover History 1301 Dr. Kibbe 14 April 2016 Throughout history, women continued to have a constant battle for the right to have equal opportunities and freedoms as everyone else. Women were viewed as secondary compared to men and higher authorities believed that laws and regulations should be imposed upon them. The stereotype of a women of the 19th century was basically known as a house wife. They were expected to get married, raise children, and take care of the home, but they could not participate in political events or even own their own property. Things began to change in the 19th century and women started to stand up for themselves and start fighting for their rights to be treated with equality. The convention of Seneca...
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...Jacquelynn Bernhardt History 1 Social Group Research Paper Women Slaves in the Nineteenth Century Since I was a young child I could never quite understand the reasoning behind slavery. I do not understand how one human being could possibly believe he or she has the right to treat another human as little more than an animal - buying, selling, leasing, and physically punishing someone else. Although slavery in general interested me, I was even more interested to find out how enslaved women were treated in the nineteenth century, before the Civil War and also after they were finally granted their freedom. I often thought women would have been treated a little better than males. I believed they would have been given an easier workload to bear since they also had the task of raising their children. It was disturbing to discover they were treated much worse than males were. Because women could work as well as reproduce offspring, providing an additional generation of slaves, women were extremely valuable to slave owners. "Strong black women were sold as breeders valued for their reproductive as well as productive capacity" (Doherty). In the years just before the Civil War women were often sold for higher prices than males at slave auctions. "For one group of women, the assigned price depended upon their beauty and subsequent use to the master who could lease them to wealthy white men" (Doherty). Women were sold for as much as $1,800. Skilled men were sold for up to...
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...the most part, the nineteenth century deemed gender as a pair of masculine versus feminine. While gender is certainly a topic that could be addressed throughout the entire history of art, the nineteenth century had forceful and omnipresent ideas on how a man or a woman should perform in the art community. Men belonged to the public sphere, while women belonged to a more private sphere. During the 19th century, the female artist, was faced with many restrictions which made pursuit of a career in the fine arts significantly more challenging. For example, women were denied access to life drawing classes, norms posed the inability to explore certain public areas, as well as women not being recognized as equally capable as a male artist. Given these examples,...
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...2013 Hedda Gabler and “The Trapped Woman” in the 19th Century Appearances can be deceiving. Hedda Gabler, the great story of an aristocratic woman, smart, and somewhat off her rocker, takes us into the personal life of a woman by the married name of Hedda Tesmen. Through analysis and research of the story though, we can see the author is trying to show us something further from what it seems. Henrik Ibsen, the writer of Hedda Gabler, seems to not be telling us the personal story of the woman Hedda Tesman, but showing us the faults of society for that time period in terms of the roles of women. “The Trapped Woman”, is a term I will use to describe the role of “The Woman” in the late 19th Century. Henrik Ibsen appears to be showing us through Hedda’s life that no matter the apparent strength or background of a woman during the 19th century, they are still trapped in a way which forbids them to be who they truly are. Hedda Tesman, as described early on in the play, due to her background and personality, should in no way be anything but in complete control over her life. As stated by Aunt Julle, “General Gabler’s daughter. What a life she had in the general’s day!” (Ibsen). This statement in the beginning of the play almost immediately foreshadows her unhappy life in her current state. Due to the roles of women for that time period, she is just the representation of all women in her situation at the time. Women in the 19th century had very minimal rights. When a woman becomes married...
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...and prejudice was written by Jane Austen and published in 1813. This passage of the story was written in third person narration perspective that displays thematic concerns and narrative methods throughout the novel to make the readers relate to the story or understand the relations and differences between the 19th century society and the modern society. The themes in this passage are pride, prejudice, family, marriage, class and society, wealth, love, women and femininity, and language and communication. The narrative methods of this passage are narration and point of view (third person narration e.g. focalisation and indirect speech), selection and arrangement of events, characterisation, description, dialogue, exposition and the development of themes. Written in third person, this passage from the “pride and Prejudice” novel is written and told by an omniscient narrator (Jane Austin) who used her heroine and hero character (Elizabeth) as a focalizer through her actions and feelings towards herself, others and what is happening around her. The themes in this “Pride and prejudice” passage are pride, prejudice, family, marriage, class and society, love, wealth, women and femininity as well as language and communication. Throughout the passage, pride is seen as a major habit and attitude in every character when they express themselves to or treat others based on judgements and assumptions. A pride can be seen in Mrs Bennet’s words when she said ‘What is Mr Darcy to me, pray...
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...The Story of an Hour Caprice Tarpley Kaplan University Professor Susan Zappia April 2, 2013 The Story of an Hour Introduction Kate Choplin in her mini story ‘The story of an hour’ depicts very beautifully the yearnings and longings of a woman in the 19th century. The story is short and beautiful, and the underlying message is that women are just as humans as men and they have the same yearning desire for freedom as the men in their life (Chopin, 1894). The story of Mrs. Mallard Louise Mallard is the major character of the story. She is represented as a fair and calm woman along with little indication of being strong. She was suffering from heart disease and that is why the death of her husband was disclosed to her after much hesitation. Her character envelops a mixture of happiness and grievance. It can clearly be observed when she got the news of her husband’s death. Despite of going into shock, she dramatically cried hard for a time (Jamil, 2009). Owing to the fact that she had a heart trouble, she must had went into shock, however, she was calm and started considering the new opportunities her life may pose her. She welcomed some mysterious things appearing to her from the sky and her actions show that she was feeling immense independence after her husband’s death. She was overjoyed with the fact that she could lead her life without any domination (Seyler, 2009). At start, the weaker side of her character was portrayed, whereas...
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...Women In The 19th Century Women in the 19th century were very dependent on men and focused very much on mans needs, even if it meant their happiness. In the short story, "The Story Of An Hour" by: Kate Chaplain, the author uses a hopeful, intense, and jovial tone to show that women can live a happier better life when they aren't controlled by anyone but themselves. Most wives in the 19th century were not happy with the relationship rules that had come with there husbands. " It was not very uncommon for them to commit suicide". (Women In Us History) because " every man had the right to force his wife to do anything he wanted". (Hasting Press). In the story " The Story Of An Hour " by Kate Chaplin Mrs. Mallard was sad at first about the death of her husband but she then looked further down her life to do freely what she wanted, " she saw beyond that bitter moment along procession of years to come that would belong only to her, and opened and spread her arms out to them in welcome" (Apple Bee 625). Mrs. Mallard can now enjoy her new life and do as she wishes without being controlled. After her husbands death she kept whispering " free! body an soul free!" (Apple Bee 625). She can live her days freely without being told to do anything unwanted by any man. The author uses a hopeful tone to show that Mrs. Mallard is a happier person when she is living like a free person and not controlled by anybody but herself. Women had no say in what they wanted, and...
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...Women were long considered naturally weaker than men, squeamish, and unable to perform work requiring muscular or intellectual development. In most preindustrial societies, for example, domestic chores were relegated to women, leaving "heavier" labor such as hunting and plowing to men. This ignored the fact that caring for children and doing such tasks as milking cows and washing clothes also required heavy, sustained labor. But physiological tests now suggest that women have a greater tolerance for pain, and statistics reveal that women live longer and more resistant to most diseases. legal status of women changed with the beginning of common law in England which permitted an unmarried woman to own a property, make a contract, sue and be sued and married woman giving up her maiden name and all her personal property was being in the absolute control of her husband, Equity law in England also stressed the importance of equal rights per early history. The western culture in the early year’s tradition was that, middle-class girls had to learn house chores like cooking, cleaning and basic things to care for their future homes from their mother’s as this was expected of her when she grew up. Tests made in the 1960s showed that the scholastic achievement of girls was higher in the early grades than in high school. The major reason given was that the girls' own expectations declined because neither their families nor their teachers expected them to prepare for a future other than that...
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...Women of today: How far have we come? Amaris Guillen Com/155 University Composition and Communication I 09/09/2012 Cheryl Eniero Women of today: How far have we come? In this century, women’s lives have drastically changed. Women of today have gained equal rights, social freedom, and are now financially independent individuals that have more responsibilities than just raising children and maintaining their households. Women of the twenty-first century now make up almost half of the United States workforce (The Harried Life of the Working Mother, 2009). Whereas, women of the twentieth century, had little or no rights, and accounted for only 18% of the United States workforce (Professional Women: Vital Statistics, 2010). For the first time, women of the twenty-first century are independent individuals who determine the shape of their own lives. A typical woman in the twentieth century was expected to devote their lives to their families, and maintain their household’s daily chores. Although their entire lives were devoted to housework and children their daily labor was much harder than what women of today endure. Simply because of no advanced technology in this time period, carrying out daily chores took much time and effort, whereas women of today have the ability to complete more tasks because of the technology available to them. Many women of the twentieth century married at a young age had many children, and relied...
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...My name is Ida B. Wells Barnett was in born in Holly Springs, Mississippi on July 16, 1862. Six months after my birth the Emancipation Proclamation was signed to freed the slaves. My parents James and Elizabeth Wells were born slaves and I was the oldest of seven siblings. My father was one of the first broad members of Rust College, so education was very important to my parents. In 1878 the tragic outbreak of the yellow fever took my parents and one of my youngest sibling lives. At the age of sixteen I drop out of school and raised five siblings with the help of friends and relatives (Baker, 1996). Having to be a caretaker and provider, I convinced the school administrator that I eighteen year old and landed a teaching job. In 1883 my siblings and I moved to Memphis with my aunt who gives me the opportunity to seek employment and help me with rise my youngest siblings (Baker, 1996). In Memphis I took training courses and was qualify to teach first grade students in Woodstock, Tennessee. On May 4, 1884 I purchased a first class ticket to Nashville, Tennessee on the train, I was outrage when a train conductor order me to give up my seat for a white man I refused and I got off at the next stop after causing so much commotion (Baker, 1996). As soon as I reached Memphis I hired a lawyer and sued the railroad company and winning a settlement of five hundred dollars, but the Tennessee Supreme Court later overturned the decision. After justice was not service to and I was treated unfair...
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...explains how women should be able to grow freely in the world. Elizabeth Blackwell’s accomplishments led her to become one of the first revolutionary women to shake up the woman’s suffrage movement in the mid-1800s. She came of age in a time where most women felt ashamed about their bodies, so ashamed that they would forgo an examination by a male physician if they fell ill. While seen as the norm in modern day society, the idea of a female doctor in the 19th century evoked feelings of disbelief and sandal, even to a conservative...
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...Script a conversation between two notable women from the 18th and/or 19th century on the roles women should play in society. 1. Biographical information for each woman Betsy Ross was born Elizabeth Griscom to Samuel Griscom and the former Rebecca James in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 1, 1752, the eighth of seventeen children. She grew up in a household where the plain dress and strict discipline of the Society of Friends dominated her life. She learned to sew from her great-aunt Sarah Elizabeth Ann Griscom. Her great-grandfather Andrew Griscom, a Quaker carpenter, emigrated in 1680 from England (www.biography.com). Like her sisters, she attended Quaker schools and learned sewing and other crafts common in her day. After Betsy completed her schooling, her father apprenticed her to a local upholsterer, where at age 17 she met John Ross, an Anglican. The two young apprentices quickly fell for one another, but Betsy was a Quaker, and the act of marrying outside of one's religion was strictly off-limits. To the shock of their families, Betsy and John married in 1772, and she was promptly expelled from both her family and the Friends meeting house in Philadelphia that served as a place of worship for Quakers. Eventually, the couple opened their own upholstery business, drawing on Betsy's deft needlework skills. Betsy Ross is best known for making the first American flag. Betsy died on January 30, 1836, at the age of 84. Susan B. Anthony was born February 15, 1820 in Adams...
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...The story of an hour Woman’s rights have changed very much through the last centuries. In the 19th century women were not allowed to make decisions. It was the man who ruled at home. Women just had to obey the man’s orders and do what they were told. Their place was in the kitchen, while the man dominated everything else. In the short story “The Story of An Hour, 1894 by Kate Chopin” we see that Mrs. Mallard, who is the main character of the story, tries to drown her sorrows about the tragically death of her husband. But when she has thought it through, she actually is not that sad anyway. She feels relieved, she feels free. She knows it is going to be hard to see his body and attend the funeral, but at the same time she looks forward to the years that belong entirely to her. No man is ruling over her life anymore: (Chopin, page 2) “"Free! Body and soul free!" she kept whispering.” One day Mrs. Mallard’s sister comes to visit her. She has some very sad news and prepares to tell them as gently as possible, because of the weak heart Mrs. Mallard has. Both her name and the fact about her weak heart, give hints about her personality even before the actual story begins. Mallard is the name of a small and shy duck, which is the most ordinary bird in the world. This name gives associations of being ignored, overlooked and not be taken serious. Mrs. Mallard’s weak heart can also be a symbol for that she has a troubled marriage, because the heart is always metaphorically connected...
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...of the building reflected Holmes’s desires to hide bodies, and clothing within the basement of the building to cover his crime. Later, the building was destroyed as a death chamber. Holmes wanted his hotel, “just comfortable enough and cheap enough to lure a certain kind of clientele and convincing enough to justify a large fire insurance policy” (85). He was a total lady-killer. Holmes knew how to make women feel special and knew how to use the greater liberalism of the time by carefully, gently flouting convention, which women away from their homes and families desired: "He stood too close, stared too hard, touched too much and long. And women adore him for it." (5). Even after he was discovered women defended him: "Holmes, she swore, had a gentle heart. He adored children and animals. He was a lover of pets and always had a dog or cat and usually a horse." (6). Holmes could create the appearance of normalcy and charm, despite what slaughter and brutality lurked beneath his lie. He also broken the usual rules that concern how to deal with women in public places, but “women had adored him for it.” (36). His sort of deception...
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...English 102 20 February 2014 Question 5: Question 5: Women at the End of the 19th Century Daisy Miller is the female main character in the short story by Henry James. Mr. Winterbourne describes her as a pretty American flirt, suggesting she is somewhat liberal and improper, as per the young man’s impression. Mr. Winterbourne is also a relatively young American man, about twenty-seven years old. He has spent a lot of time in Europe, becoming accustomed to a different world view from that of the American family and more specifically that of Daisy Miller. When the story begins, Winterbourne is seated at the garden of a hotel in Vevey when he meets Daisy’s younger brother Randolph, a pleasant little fellow, brave enough to ask a stranger for sugar, and justifying his request by saying that he is an American boy who misses candy from back home. When his sister Daisy appears and is introduced to Winterbourne, he expects her to be as proper and uptight as the women in Geneva. He even fears for his image, as he struggles to decide what would be proper for him to say to her, considering that he found her attractive. However, Winterbourne is put at ease when he finds Daisy more liberated than he had seen in a long time. When James describes her, as “…very charming; but how deucedly sociable” (12), he gives the impression that he had expected her to exercise some form of restraint upon their acquaintance, since they had just met. He did enjoy her company, but he certainly wasn’t entirely...
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