Independence in Women

Looking back at what the world came from to now as we know of the world today. It made some big changes and there is still more changes to be made in the new future. But, I want to go back to the time where women really did not have a role in society. As bad as it may sound women were kind of invisible because they did not have a voice to speak out how they felt. "He has taken from her all right property, even to the wages she earns" (Sentiments 51). Not only did women have no right to be in the workforce and have a career. The earnings they earned from doing whatever they could to make money, they have to give their earnings to the man of the houshold. They dont even get to enjoy the earnings that they just worked hard for. "He closes against her all avenues to wealth and distinction, which he considers most honorable to himself. As a teacher of Theology, medicine or law, she is not known" (Sentiments 51). To look at the workforce of today, you see women becoming teachers, doctors, lawyers, running for senate or congress. Not only did women get degraded from all angles but one angle they got recognization for is their self-respect and confidence that women should have within themselves. "He has endeavored in every way that he could, to destroy her confidence in her own powers, to lessen her self-respect, and to make her willing to lead a dependent and abject life" (Sentiments 52). Women are more independent, have high self confidence, careers and they can have a voice an not get punished for it. It all happened because two women wanted to make a change and actually make a difference in the world to make sure women in the future had a better life.

The Life of women in the 19th century.........

During the 19^th century women had it hard. They were considered unequal to men and treated a bit better then slaves. Women had no choice in this era, because men held all the resources for their lively hood. In reading Declaration of Sentiments, written by Stanton you understand why this document was needed.  In the Declaration of Independence, the passage that is most frequently quoted is this: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. From the beginning in the Bible (KJV) most people read, it states, in Genesis 1:27- He created man male and female, which means equality. This is all women wanted in the 19^th century. Men were afraid of losing their position so he puts self doubt in the woman mind to control her. Stanton states, “He denied her the facilities for obtaining a thorough education---all colleges being closed against her” (Stanton 51). By keeping education from women, men can condition them in the way of their tradition, which is a woman, should stay home, cook, clean, and tend to the children’s. Also during this era women was forced into marriage and were stripped of their right to have a say so. Stanton states, “He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice” (Stanton 51). We were blessed to have women like Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton who believed in themselves and would not let the stupidity of men ego stop their purpose. Let’s not forget about Frederick Douglass who observed this during slavery who also gained his freedom and an advocate for women’s suffrage.

People Evolve... Life Evolves

Women have become more induced into society's innovations through time for the rights to equality. Influence and one's experiences exploits a domino effect into an unstoppable movement. For the betterment of a world, a stand from powerful, powerless, women educate the minds, of many unwilling people and unknowable minorities, to change the norm and power. A diverse integration on the move to change the way society is able to act, think, and live is becoming more and more changeable, as the inferiors try to portray a charge against superior's ideas. During an era where it was premature to evolve the manipulates; two women stand up for themselves and all of humanity through the power of knowledge and reason. It was great power in itself for Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Stanton to create an abolishing movement while Stanton also wrote a declaration herself, which was used in mocking, countering, and differentiating a "man's" Declaration. She wrote, "she is compelled to promise obedience to her husband, he becoming, to all intents and purposes, her master-the law giving him power to deprive her of her liberty, and to administer chastisement" (Stanton 51). Stanton is educated to speak about the debauched law and society to give men as much power over that of women and is of well being to re structure the form of humanity. She is trying to prove the nonhuman sacrifice of a women to a man while men look another way, as to not interfere with the natural state of man or conflict with what has always been taught as the way of life. She exemplifies the wrongs stating, "he has taxed her to support government, which recognizes her only when her property can be made profitable" (Stanton 51). She produces a change in a lot of people's thinking that gives more motivation to women to stand up and even develop more enlightened men. The rationality that grew to become the establishments to free and better thinking, which is a product to exempting a lot of  that is reasonable wrong and manipulated. This I believe made the people in our nation that much stronger from the ability to overcome produce a fight even though you know there is no right for you to do so by society's view but that of world nature's freedom to life.

Women's Rights...

After reading the Declaration Of Sentiments I was moved to blog about women's rights and how doing the nineteenth century women were deprived of all their human rights. To me they were on the same social class as slaves in a way. Although in every situation there is someone that no matter what their facing finds a way to rise above it all. I'm thankful for people like Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton for their selflessness stand. In an era when women had no voice they found  a way to speak out about the injustice against all women. They were able to create a movement for social justice and learned from anti-slavery societies how to organize a political protest. These women help the very first Women's Right Convention at Seneca Falls, NY in June 1848 and from that movement led to the demand of women's right, even though it took them another seventy years before the american women won the right to vote. Stanton wrote the Declaration of Sentiments that was modeled by the Declaration of Independence because it uses the language to argue the fact that all humans rather black, white, male or female has an equal right. Now before the movement took place women weren't given any rights and in the Declaration of Sentiments it said "He has made her, if married, in the eye of the law, civilly dead" (Norton 51). The significance of the quote to me meant that women didn't have any civil rights, and that the man was the ruler over her. In that era the men had even destoryed the womens confidence in every area of her life. The women was deprived from getting an education " He has denied her the facilities for obtaining a through education all colleges being closed against her" (Norton 51). She was allowed to attend church but was to be subordinate and be submissive. So as a women in the 21 century I appreciate the way that was paved for me by the pioneers of the pass and will exercise my civil right as a women to vote. I have to admit that I'm blogging in the middle of the 2012 Presidential Election and I'm very distracted right now so I'm going to end this blog and continue watching to see who will be the 45th president of the U.S.

Nature's Anthropomorphic Role in Rossetti's "Winter: My Secret".

Nature's influence on romantic era writing has been well-covered in this class. Nevertheless, it's role takes on a nuance in Romantic poetry in that Nature is often portrayed with human characteristics; more than just the scenery, it is itself a character. In Rossetti's "Winter: My Secret", Winter is given a female persona. This adds softness and depth to a season that is normally referred to with dense and dark lyrics. In fact the feminine Winter is rather playful, which is a change of pace from the winter we were introduced to in Romantic novels such as Frankenstein. Almost flirting with the reader, the tone of the poem is set by the playful disposition of Nature; and by using a season that is normally associated with , it makes the characterization all the more significant,

"I tell my secret? No indeed, not I:
Perhaps some day, who knows?
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You want to hear it? well:
Only, my secret's mine, and I won't tell" (Rossetti 492)

The words used by the Season are also a change of pace, and serve to add to the lightness of Winter's character. In regards to the wintery winds that normally we associate with words like "stinging" or "biting" or "stiff", Nature's light-heartedness again sets the tone:

"Come bounding and surrounding me,
Come buffeting, astounding me,
Nipping and clipping thro' my wraps and all" (Rossetti 492)

The diction here transforms the mood of the poem into something we're used to seeing from a springtime piece. By contrast, the traditionally light-hearted seasons are given heavy words: March is giving a "peck of dust" (Rossetti 492), and Summer is "languid" (Rossetti 492). The use of these words, combined with the softness of the feminine form, flips the traditional seasonal paradigm on its head.

This is a very interesting story, about how two women set out to voice their opinion.On the injustice of women at an anti-slavery convention.This was in the eighteen hundreds, when women were treated basically like slaves. Unfortunetly they where denied a chance to speak. This is what Stanton says, "The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward women, having in direct object the establishment of an absloute tranny over her" (Stanton 51). Since mankind was released from the holes of a cave. Mankind has treated his woman like a piece of property. Gradually over time, and experience mankind has come to realize that a woman is a gift from  the almighty God. Those of us that believe in God, has realize this truth. Some of us don't believe in God yet has allowed their women to have a vioce. I personally do believe in the almighty God that rules this world that we live in. Stanton further says, " He has withheld from her rights which are given to the most ignorant and degraded men- both natives and foreigners" (Stanton 51). This was an anti slavery convention, that argued about whether it was right for women, to give their vioce on voting.Anti slavery means that they were against the system of slavery but not willing to allow women the right to vote. The Indians were conquered and abused, and denied the right to vote. Black people were kidnapped and brought here by force and denied the right  to vote. We all have finally broken the chains of being denied to some point. Finally in my conclusion of this great event. Everyone who has been denied justice must continue to persever these injustices.

..As a Woman..

          I appreciate the steps and boundaries the woman before me took in order for the woman of today to have equal rights. They were deprived from many different things. They had to have known that there was something better in store. Not only did the world treat then differently, but their spouses did also. “He has withheld her from rights which are given to the most ignorant and degraded men- both natives and foreigners “Declaration of Sentiments 51).” It’s easy for me to say, “Those men are crazy, it would be impossible for me to put up with that”. Let a man tell me I can’t do this or that. Humph! He surely will be put in his space in zero point five seconds. In my opinion I’ve already accomplished something man said woman couldn’t do. They said woman couldn’t join the armed forces; it was a MAN’s job. I’m a member of the biggest baddest fighting machines the US has seen, the United States Army. Anything a man can do, I can do better! Plenty of people said I wouldn’t last a week. Though I cried and struggled through the two mile, a year ago today I graduated basic combat training top of my class, but they said I couldn’t do it! I consider myself to have the power in anything I do. My grandmother didn’t raise me to wait on a man hand and foot, nor did I witness her doing so for my grandfather. I was raised with morals, confidence, and dignity. Yes, I believe in catering to my spouse, but don’t get it misunderstood, he knows his boundaries!