Litsy Serrano
Professor Stonis
History 111 - Fri. 1:40
10/20/17
Review of Religion and Morality by Maria Stewart
Time and time again has shown us that nothing, nothing is more powerful than ordinary citizens coming together for a just cause” - Michelle Obama. “True womanhood” throughout the years, has been the basis of women's lives. If they didn’t fit in, were they women at all? They were sought to be inferior to men in every sense of the word, knowing nothing more than what was permitted of them within their domestic sphere. Fortunately, a few brave women decided to take matters into their own hands and entered new territories fully aware of the consequences at stake. Black women have continuously fought for their equality as citizens and …show more content…
“How long shall the fair daughters of Africa be compelled to bury their minds and talents beneath a load of pots and kettles?” (Stewart, 271). This is significant because most black women of a young age, found themselves forced to look after their own well-being through means of hard labor because in being born a woman, it was improper to be educated. Thus, Stewart felt the need to be ambitious and educate herself to searched a new path of righteousness knowing her womanhood was put into question. With the extensive newfound knowledge, she urged all women, especially black women to become united as one, to possess the spirit of independence, the spirit of men, and to learn to sue for their rights and privileges as any man does, to bring honor to their name and flourish under the name of God. Stewart intellectually questions the domestic sphere all women were born into, while implementing hope and ambition for change. In conclusion, women were tired of being viewed as the inferior of two sexes, therefore women like Maria Stewart advocated all women's right to education through religion because knowledge meant power. They were persuaded to speak up for themselves in order show their full potential as people. As Michelle Obama once said, “No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contribution of half its
Professor Stonis
History 111 - Fri. 1:40
10/20/17
Review of Religion and Morality by Maria Stewart
Time and time again has shown us that nothing, nothing is more powerful than ordinary citizens coming together for a just cause” - Michelle Obama. “True womanhood” throughout the years, has been the basis of women's lives. If they didn’t fit in, were they women at all? They were sought to be inferior to men in every sense of the word, knowing nothing more than what was permitted of them within their domestic sphere. Fortunately, a few brave women decided to take matters into their own hands and entered new territories fully aware of the consequences at stake. Black women have continuously fought for their equality as citizens and …show more content…
“How long shall the fair daughters of Africa be compelled to bury their minds and talents beneath a load of pots and kettles?” (Stewart, 271). This is significant because most black women of a young age, found themselves forced to look after their own well-being through means of hard labor because in being born a woman, it was improper to be educated. Thus, Stewart felt the need to be ambitious and educate herself to searched a new path of righteousness knowing her womanhood was put into question. With the extensive newfound knowledge, she urged all women, especially black women to become united as one, to possess the spirit of independence, the spirit of men, and to learn to sue for their rights and privileges as any man does, to bring honor to their name and flourish under the name of God. Stewart intellectually questions the domestic sphere all women were born into, while implementing hope and ambition for change. In conclusion, women were tired of being viewed as the inferior of two sexes, therefore women like Maria Stewart advocated all women's right to education through religion because knowledge meant power. They were persuaded to speak up for themselves in order show their full potential as people. As Michelle Obama once said, “No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contribution of half its