On January 26, 1883, Theodore Roosevelt presented his speech, “Duties of American Citizenship” in Buffalo, New York to the citizens of the United States of America. The patriarchy speech by Theodore Roosevelt, pretty much explains itself in the title of the speech, “Duties of American Citizenship”, it goes over what it means to be an American Citizen. Patriarchy is evident throughout the whole speech, on how men should be good citizens as well as being good husbands, colleagues, and fathers. All the pronouns in the speech are, his, himself, he, not one mention of she, her, or herself is mentioned, and the word women is only used once in this entire speech in the first paragraph. The mention of women was used in conjunction with men as to “who is not honest in his dealings with men or women” (Roosevelt). This speech is only addressed to white male citizens, which makes sense at the
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A woman furthering their education in college wasn’t given praise at all in the speech, yet it was a duty of men to further their education. In the article, “Institutional Limits: Christine Ladd-Franklin,
Fellowships, and American Women’s Academic Careers, 1880–1920” by Scott Spillman, he writes about how “women were “thought to be not worthy of being college professors,” it was
“impossible for them to receive equal pay with men in the secondary schools.””. Education was seen as a duty for an American citizen, however women weren’t allowed to have that duty to further their education and receive the same equal benefits as men. This further shows the oppression women received back then, even though they are considered citizens of America, they were deemed as a second class, equality wasn’t present then amongst men and
A woman furthering their education in college wasn’t given praise at all in the speech, yet it was a duty of men to further their education. In the article, “Institutional Limits: Christine Ladd-Franklin,
Fellowships, and American Women’s Academic Careers, 1880–1920” by Scott Spillman, he writes about how “women were “thought to be not worthy of being college professors,” it was
“impossible for them to receive equal pay with men in the secondary schools.””. Education was seen as a duty for an American citizen, however women weren’t allowed to have that duty to further their education and receive the same equal benefits as men. This further shows the oppression women received back then, even though they are considered citizens of America, they were deemed as a second class, equality wasn’t present then amongst men and