Analysis Of The Museum Extraordinary Things By Alice Hoffman

In the time that Alice Hoffman set the book The Museum of Extraordinary Things, women were struggling with the fact that they had no rights. During the time 1911 to 1920, women were like lambs to the slaughter because they were treated like delicate creatures that needed to be protected by a strong man from other evil men. Women had no goals or ambitions because they were living in patriarchal society. Before women had rights, they lived in a world that was not their own. During 1911, they probably didn 't know what kind of rights women should have. All women were used being obedient slaves and did whatever their husbands said. Women were treated poorly. Women were portrayed as delicate flowers but they were treated like property. In other words, women were considered not to be even human. For instance, to be a women was a great mystery to men, who did not …show more content…
Alice Hoffman writes about a character named Juliet Block who came from a wealthy New York family. Juliet’s family owned the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in the Asch building in Manhattan New York City. In 1911 there was a tragic fire that killed over 100 garment workers at the Shirtwaist Factory, and the majority were women. These women were Jewish and Italian immigrants. Juliet Block was an upper class woman who was fighting for better treatment for factory workers and she wanted the right to vote. Juliet’s family disagreed with her political activities because it was bringing unwanted attention to the family. Even when her money was cut off, Juliet still protest for the rights of unions for women and she felt strongly about these things. One would think that upper-class women should have a better life, but that was not the case for Juliet Block. Her family wanted to silence her by placing her into a mental institution just because of her fights for women rights. (Hoffman,