Rebellions And The Feminist Movements

During the Early Modern Period (around 1500-1800), the many peasants of Europe rebelled more and more against those in power. Though, by modern standards, rebellion seeks to change and reform a system, peasant rebellions sought to revert to a former status quo or keep the existing system of governance. As the documents show, rebellions’ goals were focused on a fairness towards the mistreated lower class in alignment with their Christian beliefs. The Early Modern Period is a notably violent moment in history, with many wars and bloody uprisings.

Rebellion can be an act of violence or resistance of formal rule. It is recognized through written letters, such as Martin Luther King Junior’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, or books like “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury. Rebellion is a necessary response when there are heinous acts being expound in a tyranny. People don’t conform to society when they refuse to go along with the status quo. Rebelling against their societies status quo means there may be social structural issues as well as political ones. Independence is a desired outcome when a form of rebellion occurs, which is why many people create a rebellious

The American Revolution was the war that formed America. Many years ago, Brittan controlled America. They were tyrannical people that didn’t give fair rights to the colonizers in America. The common people formed a militia to fight against England. It started out with small riots and things like the Boston Tea Party. The fist battles of the war were in the towns of Lexington and Concord. The English army fought and won many of the battles in America. Eventually England was defeated and America gained their independence. They made General George Washington their president, and he led them to become a strong nation. Eventually they made the Constitution which made laws that protected the people’s rights, so they wouldn’t become tyrannical

As much as Reconstruction had initially tried to help the South, it was the sole goal of this movement to, “undo as much as possible of Reconstruction.” State facilities originally that were supposed to help everyone were closed down, and the gap between black and white expenditures on schooling increased. Due to the depression in the 1890’s this worsened the situation for black families trying to make a living in the South couldn’t keep up their farms or the places that their children would learn. “In 1900, no public high schools for blacks existed in the South. Black elementary schools, one observer reported, occupied buildings “as bad as stables””. New laws about segregation also affected blacks in more ways than just demoralization, it also showed what kind of jobs were considered good work for them. In the instance of segregation on railroads, “many blacks could be found in “whites only” railroad cars. But they entered as servants and nurses, not as paying customers entitled to equal treatment. The rise of lynching also affected the way blacks lived their lives, by controlling the way they vote, how they treated whites, and how they couldn’t rely on the justice system to address their grievances. An example of the reduced number of voters is best seen in Louisiana, where the number of voters dropped from 130, 000 to 1, 342, which is directly linked to the use of violence as a way to intimidate black voters. Blacks also had to be careful how they acted around white, since murder wasn’t a federal crime and was handled by the state, many blacks were lynched without fair trials and accused of crimes like raping white women, murder, and theft. A majority of the accused never when to trial. All in all blacks in the South were largely affected negatively as a result in policy changes, social factors, and widespread violence. This injustice carried on

Though it was uncommon during the 1800’s, some women didn’t want to assume the traditional role of a typical Victorian lady. Such is the case in Kate Chopin 's The Awakening; she introduces us to Edna Pontellier a mother and wife during the said era. Throughout the story, we follow Edna 's journey of self-discovery and self-expression through emotions, art, and sex thanks to the help of people she meets along the way. Chopin decides to end the book with Edna’s suicide in an attempt to convey a sense of liberation from her repressed life, but was the reasoning behind her suicide what everyone else thinks? Consequently, this said journey took me along for the ride, and I had no complaints. As Edna figured out who she was, I felt as if I was

People often use the act of rebellion to create a sense of control in a situation that they have no ascendancy over. For example, in the reading “Lolita in Tehran” because of the Iran take over woman have been subjected to wearing black robes and scarfs, Lolita’s act of rebellion was wearing nail polish, make up, and brightly colored clothes under her black robe and scarf. Though it may not be a very pronounced act of rebellion it, still had great significance. Another example of this form of rebellion is in the passage “Cairo: My City, Our Revolution” the author emphasizes on the rebellion by accentuating on the urgency of the situation and using phrases like “our project was to save and reclaim our country.” In the reading “Lolita

This investigation has enabled me to gain a perception into some of the techniques used by certain historians, as well as to the difficult task that historians encounter when undertaking historical investigations. I feel I have developed the skill of critically and carefully analyzing sources which is essential in the study of history. In order to carry out this investigation, I read books by well-known and praised historians on the subject of women’s rights and analyzed statistical evidence.

Rebellion is the open opposition to authority, which could be either the government or ruler. Throughout history there have been many different cases where a group of people are compelled to defy the authority that rules them. The term rebellion holds a negative connotation that is often equated to failed revolutions. Many political theorists have researched the motivation that leads individuals to come together and rebel, and the methods they use to attempt to reach their goals. Should one only rebel when the systematic repression of a people escalates to a certain level? In this paper, I will explore the nature of rebellion and how its portrayal in the Japanese Anime Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion affects it’s consumers perception.

In our modern, selfie-centric, and Facebook-likes-driven culture, it is widely understood that the formation and discovery of the "self" are crucial to one’s potential happiness. It is often advised that one must first focus on the well-being, contentment, and happiness of one’s self before working to provide such things for another. However, this mentality is relatively new in human history. It was once considered selfish to think of the "self" before the welfare of one’s community since they were once much more deeply and rigidly bound together. As one can imagine, the transition from a community-centric society to that of a self-centric society was neither easy nor quick. It caused strife for many generations as those of the community-based society saw their values being displaced and those who fought for the self-centric changes they felt were necessary and right clashed over differing values. A prime example of this would be the feminist movement of the 18th Century Enlightenment movement; women were fighting to be perceived as equals, and they often conveyed ideas on their society and their positions in it though literature. In Mary Robinson’s satirically ironic The Natural Daughter, she does just that by narrating the life of Martha, a young woman who rebuffs societal notions of ideal ladyhood and instead commits to being her "self."

Early feminism was typically focused only on white women, likely because racism was still extremely prominent at the time feminism began emerging. It was not until Kimberlé Crenshaw introduced the term “intersectionality” in 1989 that feminism started to look at oppressed group’s needs (Nash, 2008, 2). Intersectionality is a way of thinking that acknowledges that when a person has identities that belong to more than one oppressed group, it impacts their quality of life more negatively. In this paper, I will argue that intersectionality is important in the discussion of feminist theories and activism because it ensures that feminism is for all women, not just a select group of them. Intersectionality has changed the way the feminist movement handles the overlapping of different identities, which has helped feminist theorists understand the experiences of women of colour much more clearly. While intersectionality has a very important role in the conversation and practice of feminism, there are certainly critiques of the concept that should be brought up. These critiques, however, can offer a way to improve the study of intersectionality.

The Women’s Liberation Movement greatly impacted Australia and the United States throughout the 60’s and 70’s carrying on to the 90’s. Without the Women’s Liberation Movement women wouldn’t have received changes in laws primarily regarding employment impacting on them moving forward in terms of equal opportunities. However there is still a there is still process to be made concerning employment and social roles for women to have equal rights as men. The Women’s Liberation Movement started in the 60’s during the second wave of feminism. Even though the 70’s were a time of change, both Australia and the United States saw women remaining in low status roles and staying primarily in the domestic sphere. The 90’s however saw a dramatic change in the amount of women employed and working more so in the domestic sphere.

Women are frequently overlooked when it comes to history in the 18th centuries. They were there in the flesh for all of the historical events, but they are rarely mentioned. Everyone has heard of the “Founding Fathers”, but students rarely hear about the “Founding Mothers” in their curriculum. Although women did not directly plan out our government, they still deserve to be given some credit for it. The roles that women played during the Revolutionary War greatly influenced the outcome of the war and the country that resulted from it.

Throughout history, Canada’s identity has changed in many ways and there have been many historical events that have greatly shaped and impacted Canada’s history and identity. The Women’s Movement and women’s contribution in the past and throughout history has had the greatest impact on shaping Canada into what it is today. Among many identifying qualities like being multicultural, bilingual, and world leaders, Canada is also country that has changed immensely in the way of becoming a country that has learned to accept women, move towards providing them with equal opportunities and treating them equally. Through economic, social and political movements and actions, the contribution from women and the women’s movement have increased, changed and improved women’s rights and equality greatly. Women worked to create independence and equality economically through their contributions to war on the homefront in WWI resulting in greater workplace equality, socially through the actions of the Flappers in the 1920’s giving women currently, the confidence and strength that they need to speak up, and politically, through the work of the Suffragists including the Famous 5 to allow women to have the same political rights as men.

The first step would be to get a handle on it. “Direction”, what is it, where is it and how does it function?

1960s America was characterized by the rejection of established hegemonic norms. The affluent baby boomers of World War II were now grown up and were able to focus on issues that transcended the economic obstacles the previous generation had to struggle with. The excess leisure time they possessed and the growth of media lead young adults to become more informed and aware of social issues that had previously not garnered mass attention. Widespread graphic news coverage, advertisements, film, and radio exposed the brutality of various oppressions that was easy to ignore in past decades. Alternative counterculture lifestyles arose, such as the hippie lifestyle, and youth began to celebrate creativity and experimentation. Social issues that were previously irrelevant to the mainstream, such as environmentalism, human sexuality, and women’s rights, gained national attention and sparked counter-hegemonic social movements. One of these movements was the women’s liberation movement, which sought to overturn the dominant ideology of patriarchy. Influenced by the counterculture movement, Robin Morgan rejects the norm of male dominance in her 1968 article “No More Miss America.” Seeking to achieve equality for women, Morgan argues that social institutions such as Miss America perpetuate toxic ideals that maintain the patriarchal social system and that they must be terminated to achieve equality for the sexes.