These valuable sources support each other to convey the purpose of an educated woman. An educated woman is a powerful woman with a sword …show more content…
For example, the 1967 Boston Marathon, women were not allowed to participate because of the fear of them becoming unattractive and muscular. The Boston Marathon excluded women for over 70 years. Kathrine Switzer, a courageous individual, decided to run the Boston Marathon with support from her husband. This created chaos, she was attacked in hopes that would prevent her from continuing, however, that just encouraged her to keep going strong. Ms. Switzer was the first woman to complete the Boston Marathon in 1967.
Another advocator of education is bell hooks, wrote Confronting Class in the Classroom, believe that class in the classroom depicts the outside world. She was able to observe her students and how they interact in the classroom. hooks attack the idea of everyone ignoring the ‘structures’ of society. She believed that education is the great silencer in an unequalled society. Mass media is the mass intervention of …show more content…
Adams used her penmanship to write a letter to her husband reminding him to not forget about women. But first she mentioned her own children, which is very strategic of her. The purpose of that was to act on her husband emotions in hopes that he would get the bigger picture. For example, on pg.1 of In the Company of Educated Women, she states that “I most sincerely wish that some more liberal plan might be laid and executed for the Benefit of the rising Generation”. This show that she advocates change and she knows that her husband has the power to bring forth change. Most evidently, Ms. Adams is also demonstrating that not all women are worthless. The husband tends to be very educated, there is nothing wrong with taking advantage of that and uplifting one’s self and using the situation as a breakthrough. In other words, EDUCATION CAN BE SEEKED FROM THE