Women have written books, created art, and became political and religious figures. An example would be Hildegard and Volmar, a German woman who wrote treaties on medicine, invented an alternative alphabet, and was a gifted composer. Looking at the photo of Heldegard she had a flame on top of her head. It is said with that flame God could talk to her. Heldegard is a woman that people should look up to. She was very talented and smart, whether it was through science or composing music.
In the Book of Homilies the Nun Guda inserted a drawing in the letter D, which is one of the first self-portraits by women in western Europe. This drawing really shows how modest she is with the simple coloring techniques.
The view on the Virgin Mary showed her
...eenth century's most important woman's rights advocates, antislavery leaders, and feminist thinkers (Lerner). "Whatever is morally right for a man to do, it is morally right for a woman to do. I recognize no rights but human rights - I know nothing of men's rights and women's rights; for in Christ Jesus, there is neither male nor female" (Grimke, Angelina). "Here then I plant myself. God created us equal;- he created us free agents; - he is our Lawgiver, our King, and our Judge, and to him alone is woman bound to be in subjection, and to him alone is she accountable for the use of those talents with which Her Heavenly Father has entrusted her. One is her Master even Christ" (Grimke, Sarah). As women who spoke publicly against slavery and for women's rights, they continued to inspire female activists to not give up and keep fighting for all human beings to be equal.
In the book Women in the Civil War, by Mary Massey, the author tells about how American women had an impact on the Civil War. She mentioned quite a few famous and well-known women such as, Dorothea Dix and Clara Barton, who were nurses, and Pauline Cushman and Belle Boyd, who were spies. She also mentioned black abolitionists, Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth, feminist Susan B. Anthony, and many more women. Massey talks about how the concept of women changed as a result of the war. She informed the readers about the many accomplishments made by those women. Because of the war, women were able to achieve things, which caused for them to be viewed differently in the end as a result.
Like in Gilgamesh and the Iliad, women help encourage and influence the protagonists to be the heroes and protectors they are meant to be. Adventures and wars
Women had a role in the forming of our country that many historians overlook. In the years leading to the revolution and after women were political activists. During the war, women took care of the home front. Some poor women followed the army and assisted to the troops. They acted as cooks, laundresses and nurses. There were even soldiers and spies that were women. After the revolution, women advocated for higher education. In the early 1800’s women aided in the increase of factories, and the changing of American society. Women in America were an important and active part of achieving independence and the framing of American life over the years.
...de Pisan, began to challenge traditional myths about women's capacities and achievements through her writings just Fifty years after the rampage of the Black Death. This all began a much brighter future for women-kind by laying down the foundation for future gender equality.
So, are you still inclined to think that because you only see men in literature, that women have not made significant contributions? I should hope not. Golda Meir dedicated her life for a cause she believed; in it is well known and well written about. Born a poor Jew in the former USSR, todays Ukraine, raised in Milwaukee USA, she signed the declaration of independence, and was the Prime Minister of Israel. Golda Meir was once a small girl who reached for the stars and became one.
Mary Beard did more than just protest and fight for what she believed in with her whole heart, she also wrote books and other pieces on feminism and why women should possess the same rights as men as well. Without her, feminism and the Feminist Theory would not be as evolved as they are today.
Throughout history women have been underestimated. Society as a whole is patriarchal, and even though women have mead great strides in gaining equality, there are still crimes and prejudice against women. Women are capable of great feats, if they are given a chance. Some women ignored all social standards and managed to accomplish incredible things that changed the course of history.
Women’s right was a troubling issue in the United State triggered by the American Revolution and Civil War, because when the men were fighting in war the women would take up their jobs, and would have to support the family which led to the cult of domesticity. Women had little rights and were ban from involvement in politics, voting, and paid unequal to men. One of the major advocates for equality of women was Susan B. Anthony. She strived for the acknowledgment for women in the work forces, politics, and voting. In Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words talks about Susan B. Anthony incredible, but struggling journey for women rights.
"Women were denied knowledge of their history, and thus each woman had to argue as though no woman before her had ever thought or written. Women had to use their energy to reinvent the wheel, over and over again, generation after generation. ... thinking women of each generation had to waste their time, energy and talent on constructing their argument anew. Generation after generation, in the face of recurrent discontinuities, women thought their way around and out from under patriarchal thought." (Lerner qtd in Merrim Modern Women xxiii)
...also were not represented, and made women understand that this inferiority dilemma that was going on every day had to stop, and that they had to revolt and fight for their own rights. Her influence combined with other women fighting and the spirit of rebellion already set in men spiked women's interests in their rights and made them want to struggle for their privileges.
see her work was not in vain. And that the revolution she and other ladies of
History accounts for the great contributions of women in promoting social justice, particularly in uplifting the morale and functions of women in the society. From being the oppressed gender, various women managed to change the traditional roles of women by fighting for their rights to be heard and for them to given equal opportunities. These women boldly stood against gender stereotypes of women and proved the entire world that they could defy conventions. Particularly at the turn of the 20th century, women battled against the oppressions brought by patriarchy in different ways. These activist women had crusaded for the promotion of their civil rights, sexual freedom, and pursued careers which were once forbidden to them.
Women were perceived as either being a housewife, a nurturer, or a person for company. They did not have the right to vote till later on, work, and if they had an opinion that a male do not agree with, women are considered “wicked”; not savvy, not prudent but wicked to the core. It is unfair, unethical, atrocious, but through it all there was one female who dared to challenge the mind of men and the notion that women can be more than what men perceive them as being. Her name is Margaret Fuller. The goals of Margaret Fuller were precise. Men should realize that women are not an epitome of a statue but human beings, just as men, women can achieve full adulthood and citizenship, but most vitally Margaret aimed to change the assumptions about
Throughout literature’s history, female authors have been hardly recognized for their groundbreaking and eye-opening accounts of what it means to be a woman of society. In most cases of early literature, women are portrayed as weak and unintelligent characters who rely solely on their male counterparts. Also during this time period, it would be shocking to have women character in some stories, especially since their purpose is only secondary to that of the male protagonist. But, in the late 17th to early 18th century, a crop of courageous women began publishing their works, beginning the literary feminist movement. Together, Aphra Behn, Charlotte Smith, Fanny Burney, and Mary Wollstonecraft challenge the status quo of what it means to be a