Looking at Caitlyn’s post made me laugh because that is the same face I make when I realize how little time has actually passed. It is always easy to forget that it was not actually that long ago since women did not have the right to vote. Technically speaking yes women gained that right to vote in 1920 but that did not actually grant ALL women the right to vote. Women of color, mainly black women, were actually barred from voting until 1965 when the Voting Rights Act passed. Beginning by looking at the timeline women were only given the right to vote about 100 years ago which when you look at how long men have had the right and how much work and effort women put into this movement then it really is like no time. Think of the beginning of the timeline in 1776 where Abigail Adams goes to her husband and says remember the women and this man actually take sit as a joke saying “all men are created equal”. This right here is the issue men did not see women as being their equal so many can argue that they still don’t even today, but another discussion for another time. As the period of “The Cult of Domesticity” men and women played the roles set out for them. They were following the stereotypical notions going through the motions, but this all changes thanks to so many women and key figures int he movement who inspired even more. 

As I stated most black women were barred from voting until only about 56 years ago. Only 56 years ago peoples grandparents or even some parents did not have the right to vote, but there were pivotal key figures in the women movement. Lyn provided a great picture of some of the key figures in the movement. From Sojourner Truth’s powerful “Ain’t I a Women” speech to Mary Church Terrell Lyn’s post is powerful group of portraits. Truth’s speech was so interesting because she brought up her intersecting identities as a woman and a Black person. Intersection is like straddling a line I feel where you are neither able to fully commit to one or the other you just live on that line. Actually clicking the link and looking a little deeper it was so interesting to find out how Terrell worked to persuade Black men to support the cause after suffragists like Alice Paul sidelines Black women. I think that in today’s day and age at many time people of color are pushed to the sidelines even in issues concerning them which is problematic. I really admire Terrell who used their social standing to push for racial equality and am looking into other ways that I too can use mine to push for racial equality. It can be so easy many times to forget just how not so long ago women gained the right to vote and how privileged we are to be able to do things like go to school, work, and live overall independent lives because not too long ago you could not.