My reflections on this weeks reading is that I’ve notice most readings had something to do with women having the same opportunities as men. To go into more depth with my statement , in most articles it discussed how women were oppressed (limited) and they wanted to change that, such as the right to vote , which led to the women’s suffrage movement.
Themes that I see across different text this week are mostly about change and equality. the reason why I say this because when reading the text about abolition slavery and the other text about the women’s movement , both text send the same message , changing the way society treats certain communities (women and African Americans) and treat them better and give them the same opportunities that they would give a white man.
The prime issue that concerns feminist in the late 1960’s to 1970’s was mostly equal rights , but the first subject of equal rights that they pushed was the right to vote.
When reading “Is it a crime to vote” There were different concerns on the men side pertaining to women voting, which was that fact that it was alas that only men can vote because they felt that they had better judgment than women. but what made it worse for women was when a women decided to vote and got her self into legal trouble. the men felt that a women voting is a crime . Ive notices that the men and women’s mindset were totally different at the time. Men felt that a women voting would not be beneficial but women felt that they should have the same opportunities as men because they can bring a lot to the table just like men.
