Womens Liberation
When the Women's Suffrage Movement was deemed a success in the early 1920s, women lowered their voices, apparently satisfied with their accomplishment. They did not dare to acknowledge the remaining gender-related inequalities, much less vie for their decline ("Early 20th Century"). For over a century, women had fought for the most basic of rights. They fought not only the plebeian society, but also many of the "intellectuals" of the Enlightenment. When Jean Jacques Rousseau, one of the most influential writers of the Enlightenment, claimed that women were naturally suited to be subordinate companions of men, English writer Mary Wollstonecraft wrote her manifest, A Vindication of the Rights of Women. It argued to Rousseau and anyone else who belittled women that women are naturally rational, as are their male counterparts. It stated that the reason this rationality is not as apparent in women is that they lack the education of men to cultivate it. She further argued that education is key in successful marriages, so that husband and wife are not only legal partners, but also friends (Encarta Women's Rights) Mary Wollstonecraft laid the path for future women to follow, but wo
more room for improvement in their treatment and rights. The step proceeding Wollstonecraft was Women's Suffrage, and when this was achieved, as previously mentioned, feminism again became quiet. After three decades of inactivity, women again began to see more rights that males were allowed yet not them, so again, feminists began pushing for advancement in their cause. coquettish pleasers of men-silly and fluffy, a roll well played by Doris Day (Evans 248). This renewal of interest, however, was not only due to the fact that women saw room for improvement through familiarity with established rights of women. During World War I and World War II, women were allowed to occupy various traditional male roles, even if for no reason other than necessity. Though these tasks did help in the advancement of women's ideas of their ability, they also added to the girlish identity of all women. The idea that these tasks projected portrayed a women who was in a man's place in the same manner as a child in his father's work attire appears-cute, but no more. Even though women performed the same tasks as did men, such as helping to construct B-17's, their efforts only backfired, and they were deemed such childish names as "Rosie the Riveter" (Encarta World War II). Women were further dissuaded form occupations outside the household by the Cold War. The House of Un-American Activities Committee circulated a pamphlet that quoted John Hanna, a professor at Columbia University, in saying that, "The girls' school and women's colleges contain some of the most loyal disciples of Russia. Teachers there are often frustrated females. They have gone through bitter struggles to att
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