Sojourner Truth Struggles

Susan B. Anthony was important to the feminist movement because she transformed America. She was an abolitionist who helped free all African Americans within the country. She was an educational and labor reformer which allowed young girls to learn and lessen the wage gap between male and female teacher. Also, a temperance activist, who defended women who were being abused by their intoxicated husbands. Lastly, she was an activist for woman suffrage, who used her morals and skills to fight for equality.

Black Feminism is a more family-centered approach to equality for females. It is the acknowledgement that both sexism and racism have op... ... middle of paper ... ...riad of platforms. Africana womanism makes sure to commend Africana women for their ability to remain strong and play pivotal roles in society being active and assertive in a variety of ways. All in all, Africana womanism sought to celebrate the ways in which women discussed and battled oppressions not only in their individual lives but also as a whole. It allowed for woman to combat the systems of oppressions that held them back for many years with out having to focus primarily on race or gender.

Just like Las Casas, Angelina Grimke and her sister Sarah are two very famous women that created history together. While Bartolome De Las Casas changed the Latin Community forever, these sisters changed the way Anti-Slavery was protested. They not only wanted to free the enslaved, but they wanted to end discrimination throughout the United States. The Grimke sisters were not just famous for their avocation against slavery, they were also among the first abolitionists to acknowledge the importance of women’s rights. These two icons were not separate from the other advocates because of their declamatory and legendary talents, nor their never-ending assurance of the causes of racial and gender equality.

Being at a women’s rights conference, assume everyone in the room is pro-women’s rights. If one knew her background, seeing that she came from being a slave and escaped it shows her hard work and determination; That was a risky thing for her to do and she successfully did it. People could understand that Truth is also a women’s rights activist, and an abolitionist, giving her a more informed perspective on what she discusses, showing her credibility in those two topics. Truth is easily relatable because although she is an African American, she clearly is fighting for equal rights of all women rather than her own race; this reaches out to all women and even men wanting equal rights for women. On the other hand, and unfortunately for Truth, some people might not have viewed her as not credible due to her race as she was a minority, but this clearly did not stop her.

Maya Angelou effectively defends her dignity in the face of discrimination and prejudice in “Still I Rise”. Angelou took us in and showed us what it was to be her, this is one of the many reasons why she came to be the most important black female poets in America. In her poem, “Still I Rise”, not only does she targets her initial adulthood experiences but her encounters with sexism and racism as well. She strives to continue the legacy of her ancestors and tries to accomplish everything they were not able to at that time, she will no longer let the oppressor

They realized the importance of education and utilized it to change the climate of their time. I think these to women defined the term "ordinary to extraordinary". They had both broke through color and gender barriers and earned the respect and admiration of colleagues, politicians the African American people. Who knows what would have happened if these two brave women did not stand up and accomplish what they had done. Would "White Supremacy" prevail in a post WWII society.

In three decades prior to the outbreak of Civil War, the Northern United States abounded with movements yearning for social transformation. The two most important movements, the ones that struck deeply at the foundations of American society, that ones that were so influential that they indeed provided the historical background to the two immense issues that Americans continue to debate and struggle with, were the crusades for the abolition of slavery and the equality of women. In the early nineteenth century, the people who challenged the idea of slavery and the adversity of women were usually slaves and women themselves. They were the ones once considered the "less-humans" without any right to speak, yet they were the ones directly suffered from oppression. The anti-slavery movements took place in the aftermath of the American Revolution and prior to the outbreak of Civil War.

Many people argue the outlook of women has not changed and that they are still portrayed as negative beings. However, African-American women in today’s society have had a very strong and powerful affect. They are phenomenal beings that through a history of trials and tribulations have come a long way in the face of adversity. One can not talk about the positive roles of women in any civilization without acknowledging their history: “History has constructed our sexuality and our femininity as deviating from those qualities with which white women, as the prize of the Western world, have been endowed” (Carby). The roles of women in society have been greatly overseen in the last few decades but now are coming to more of a perspective to people.

Their main priority is “…race empowerment, with class and gender following…”(Weems, 80). Womanism was important in the Africana community because the Africana women was trying empower not just themselves but empower the whole Africana community. For example, Harriet Tubman (Underground Railroad conductor), “risked her life time and again in freeing Africana men, women, and children in slavery, thereby establishing her commitment to racial parity”(Weems, 80). The crucial role of an Africana woman is that many Africana academicians accepted the idea of female empowerment so that the level of struggle or concerns of Africana women are noticeable. Many people think because a woman is a feminist, that she is oppressed with gender issues, but an Africana woman are traditionally family centered.

Women started to challenge their domestic roles over time by using the war, westward expansion and abolitionist movements and by ultimately taking advantage of the liberties they were given. Because they were proven to be sufficiently skillful in activites during the Revolution and Civil War they were able to expand their roles after the war both socially and also in education. From the time the abolition and temperance movements started in the early 1830s, women, both white and black, started to become more outspoken about the rights they feel are being denied to women and African Americans. Their role in the temperance and abolition movements gave them the needed tools to change women's roles. An African American woman by the name of Maria Stewart, the first African American woman to speak in public, iniated a lecture to her people to convince them to take pride in their race and their heritage by joining the fight of the abolition movement.