Does the past affect the present?
Yes, it does. But how? One major example is Feminism or Women's Power, lord let me tell has it changed. But where did it all begin well let's go back to 1942 during World War Two when the role of women changed. A very popular poster called Rosie the Riveter became very known around the United States. In this poster, Rosie is dressed in American colors while flexing her arm to show American citizens that women are perfectly capable of accomplishing the “masculine” jobs. Then as the war came to an end the many men returned home and sent the women back home to do their regular job called being a mother and wife. This was a big change factor because it opens many women's eyes to see that they also have the right and capacity to work in the work force.
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The United States Department of Work Labor found that since the 1950's to 2015 women participating in the work force has increased from thirty-two percent to fifty-six percent, WOW! that's a major difference and this is including all women from different background ethnicities. Also, a number of earnings have change it started at 22,792 (2014 dollars) to 39,621 (2014 dollars). Now there are many women working in masculine jobs like farming, fishing, construction and extraction, transportation and material moving, architecture and engineering, management, and business and financial operations and military work. These are just some jobs that now women can complete and there are much more that are available for women to do.
One of the biggest change factors from the past was when the 19th amendment was passed it gave us women the right to vote. Not just this amendment help justify women's right but also the Women's Armed Service Integration Act of 1948 helped by allowing us to be part of the military and earning veterans benefits. In 1964 Congress passed a law that ended sex discrimination but didn't notice that sexual harassment was still occurring throughout many work places and many people didn't understand the meaning of sexual harassment until 1980. That meant that many women were sexually harassed for 16 years that's horrible. Many of these laws that were passed and rights for women changed us allowing us to have a voice.
One of biggest us women have done is the 2017 Women's March, but lord let me tell you this showed everyone what we women can do. Over hundred of thousands of women march together protesting after our president Donald Trump took office. There were many speakers and performers near the Capitol. Not only Washington had women protesting also in Chicago, and New York City had some big protest as well. Women, we protesting toward Trump's Administration and the fear of reproductive rights, civil and workers rights, and ending violence that harms us, women. Our strong women from the past have inspired us and shown us females and women we have our rightful place in society. We are capable to do anything we want to and that no one has a right to take that away from us and we must stand together and support each other. Remember we are some "Nasty Women".
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Alcindor, Anemona Hartocollis, and Yamiche. “Women's March Highlights as Huge Crowds Protest Trump: 'We're Not Going Away'.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 21 Jan. 2017
“WELCOME.” Women's March,
www.womensmarch.com/.
http://www.marieclaire.com/politics/news/a10569/things-women-couldnt-do-1920/
“UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.” DOL's Seal, www.dol.gov/wb/stats/stats_data.htm.
It's interesting that you would mention Rosie the Riveter as an example of how women's perception of their own capabilities had changed. Did you know that many historians suggest the reason that the 19th amendment (which gave women the ability to vote) was passed was as a "thank you" for their work during the First World War?
ReplyDeleteDo you think that minority groups, like women or African-Americans, have a greater respect for their voting rights because it was something that had to fight for?
I believe women themselves had more respect towards themselves because not only did they accomplish to get the right to vote but showed men that females can have the same rights as they do and not have to below a men but equal with men.
Deleteand thank your for the comment you left Ms. Hatmaker :)
DeleteI like how you focused on how a specific group of people has changed over the years and how different events and actions that took place in the past all built up to how women are treated in today's society. Do you think that if women had not taken part in these major events, they would be treated differently today? Would we have the same rights and "social equality" as men if women had not proved themselves and stood up for themselves in the past?
ReplyDeleteThank you Andrea for your comment and i think if women had stayed quite and not changed how women were treated i feel like it would've taken longer for the government to see that not all the people in the United States are equal and also it could've changed history by showing that men did the most accomplishments and women didn't and shown us women today that we can't do things as men do.
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