Why I Want A Wife

.In 1971, women’s activist Judy Brady wrote the legendary feminist piece “I Want a Wife.” The essay looks at women through the eyes of married men and their seemingly endless expectations of their wives. When the essay was written, it was “first delivered aloud in San Francisco on Aug 26, 1970. Judy (Syfers) Brady read the piece at a rally celebrating the 50th anniversary of women’s right to vote in the U.S., obtained in 1920,” (Napikoski, Linda). Many men of the time dismissed the essay, but for many women, considering it as a huge leap forward towards breaking the societal norm. “I Want a Wife” is an excellent example of a successful satirical piece for the feminist movement because of its clever use of a casual yet mocking tone, its crafty use of repetition, and its ability to emphasize multiple responsibilities bestowed on being a wife and a mother. .Judy Brady graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor’s in painting two years after she married in 1960. After marriage, she became a full-time housewife and a mother of two young girls. She went on to write “I Want a Wife,”comically reiterating the roles and …show more content…
Inequality of any kind is still apparent today, with most recently being “Black Lives Matter” where some quote the famous 1963, “ I Have a Dream,” speech. “I Have a Dream” and “ I Want a Wife” have a similar style where both use anaphora: “repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences”(Dictionary.com). The constant repetition of these phrases engrave this mantra into the readers mind with both having different meanings but still being as important to their movement. Articles such as Judy’s “ I Want a Wife,” is still highly regarded today amongst men and women across the country. It’s straightforward vocabulary and repetitive slogan makes it clear to understand its intentions and