Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, born in 1648 was a recognized poet, dramatist, scholar, and nun. She was born unlawful child of a Spanish captain and a criolla woman. Criollo people were a social class in overseas colonies established by Spain during the 16th century, it consisted of locally born people of confirmed European ancestry. It is said that by age 3, Sor Juana was already able to read and write Latin; thirsted for knowledge from her earliest years and throughout her life. As a woman, she had little to no access to formal education and all she was able to learn was almost entirely self-taught. In 1667, Juana began her life as a nun, she wished to “have no fixed occupation which might curtail her freedom to study”. In 1669, she moved to
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Mitchell explains how the Greeks saw reason as the distinguishing characteristic of humans and the tool by which people could understand the world and their place in it. They focused on the origin of things, the arch. She then proposes a teleological argument for the existence of God, based on the design, order, and apparent purpose of the universe which was developed by Aquinas. Because the universe is so skillfully made we can use reason to assume that it had to be designed by someone or something. She explains how something so simple as the cycle of water is so perfect that it had to be planned. In her Reply to Sor Filotea de la Cruz, Sor Juana is fully supported by reason as exemplified in her questioning “How without logic, could I be apprised of the general and specific way in which the holy scripture is written?” Sor Juana felt that she was born to think and inquire about everything in her surroundings. Sor Juana celebrated woman as the seat of reason and knowledge rather than passion. Her famous poem “Hombres necios” (“Foolish Men”) accuses men of the illogical behavior that they criticize in women. Her many love poems in the first person show a woman’s disillusionment with love, given the strife, pain, jealousy, and loneliness that it occasions. Sor Juana reveals the possibility of using reason, something which had historically …show more content…
She is the founder of Families for Justice as Healing (FJAH) the organization allows women behind bars to help create more effective policy against women being incarcerated. She says that compared to male inmates, women behind bars face unique challenges, like poor medical care, low quality sanitary products and male guards who often cross boundaries with female inmates. She has written books on female incarceration and, within her organization, formed Sisters Unchained, a six-week long summer program that serves daughters of incarcerated women. In 2014, FJAH proudly conducted “Free Her”, the first rally organized by formerly incarcerated women to march on Washington, and held a justice advocacy conference the following year. Both Sor Juana and Andrea James seek equality for women and men within their actions. Andrea wants women to have the same rights men have when they are incarcerated because as she mentioned in her own experience in jail, men and women did not have the same opportunities. On the other hand, Sor Juana wanted women to be able to study and learn, something that was forbidden for women back in her
Mitchell explains how the Greeks saw reason as the distinguishing characteristic of humans and the tool by which people could understand the world and their place in it. They focused on the origin of things, the arch. She then proposes a teleological argument for the existence of God, based on the design, order, and apparent purpose of the universe which was developed by Aquinas. Because the universe is so skillfully made we can use reason to assume that it had to be designed by someone or something. She explains how something so simple as the cycle of water is so perfect that it had to be planned. In her Reply to Sor Filotea de la Cruz, Sor Juana is fully supported by reason as exemplified in her questioning “How without logic, could I be apprised of the general and specific way in which the holy scripture is written?” Sor Juana felt that she was born to think and inquire about everything in her surroundings. Sor Juana celebrated woman as the seat of reason and knowledge rather than passion. Her famous poem “Hombres necios” (“Foolish Men”) accuses men of the illogical behavior that they criticize in women. Her many love poems in the first person show a woman’s disillusionment with love, given the strife, pain, jealousy, and loneliness that it occasions. Sor Juana reveals the possibility of using reason, something which had historically …show more content…
She is the founder of Families for Justice as Healing (FJAH) the organization allows women behind bars to help create more effective policy against women being incarcerated. She says that compared to male inmates, women behind bars face unique challenges, like poor medical care, low quality sanitary products and male guards who often cross boundaries with female inmates. She has written books on female incarceration and, within her organization, formed Sisters Unchained, a six-week long summer program that serves daughters of incarcerated women. In 2014, FJAH proudly conducted “Free Her”, the first rally organized by formerly incarcerated women to march on Washington, and held a justice advocacy conference the following year. Both Sor Juana and Andrea James seek equality for women and men within their actions. Andrea wants women to have the same rights men have when they are incarcerated because as she mentioned in her own experience in jail, men and women did not have the same opportunities. On the other hand, Sor Juana wanted women to be able to study and learn, something that was forbidden for women back in her