Women in Leadership Essay

In this analysis of a primary source, I will be examining the Rape Trial of Ephraim Wheeler. Ephraim Wheeler was on trial for raping his thirteen-year-old daughter Betsy in 1805. The first part of the document is a transcript of Betsy’s testimony in court, in which she gives a straightforward account of the events leading up to, and following her assault in 1805. In 1806 Ephraim was found guilty and hanged as a result of the trial. This document gives insight into the life a teenage girl in the…

Sandra Cisneros, the protagonist, Esperanza, does not want to continue the cycle of inequality. Throughout the story, Esperanza continually sees women in her life treated like objects in a society that values women for their looks, and not for what is on the inside. In the thread of gender roles, a theme that is developed is that men do not treat women as their equals, but instead as something that can be possessed and dominated. This theme is developed throughout the stories Esperanza tells…

ugly. Upon further reading, the poem shows that there is more meaning behind it. The poem is not just about a young woman who takes her life for not being perfect. Piercy uses literary techniques and figurative language that describes a society for women. The writing style in this poem includes long, descriptive lines. Having the long lines with the descriptions helps to let the reader know the way society thinks as well as describes the woman herself. Describing the young woman is important…

I use to love the dirt. The mud, the bugs, getting my clothes and hands dirty. Everyday after elementary school, my younger brother and I use to run to our backyard and dig up dirt piles then make mud pies or mud castles. I absolutely loved the dirt, until middle school. Middle school changed my outlook on how little girls should act and dress.It shaped my story of feminity and womanhood. Once I turned 13, I watched more television and read more teen magazines. I was open more to the media…

In the short stories, “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” and “The Hills like White Elephants,” both have woman protagonist who face difficult hardships that women usually faced during the 30’s and 40’s. Granny Weatherall is an old dying woman who is lying in a hospital bed drifting in and out of what seems to be near death. While drifting in and out, Granny Weatherall starts to reminisce on her life and everything that she has left undone. While realizing everything she left undone, Granny…

occurrence because the greeting mainly occurred at the beginning of the social interaction. The greeting was a combination of formal and informal because the women in her early thirties politely said, “Buenos Dias (Good Morning)” followed by a handshake. Due to the handshake I infer that there is a formal boundary between the family and the women. On the contrary the male in his early thirties greeted the older couple also by saying “Buenos Dias (good morning),” but followed by a mom and dad and…

headdresses that let the viewer identify them, as well as let the ladies identify each other. The bride’s bare head represents the changes in her life she will experience after the wedding. Normally she would wear a headdress, just as the as the women surrounding her do, but at this moment she wears her hair loose and unbound. It doesn’t matter what societal role she is destined to play, in this captured moment she isn’t a duchess or a daughter of an important aristocrat; she is the bride.…

In The short story “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston, a women's empowerment and integrity is put to the test. It is summertime in a small town in Florida where a hard working African American woman Delia is pictured washing clothes to get by for her and her husband. As you may not have already picked up Delia is a washerwoman who does everything she can to provide for herself as well as her husband, and is an all around good person. Despite Delia being a good person,wife, and a strong independant…

a very patriarchal society, so boys are the ones that must be born. Boys carry on the name, help in the fields, help the family when they are old and can be successful in their life. Girls on the other hand are looked at as another mouth to feed. Women will never have the life of being successful and becoming more than just a slave. When a girl is born they are lucky to live the first month without being killed, otherwise they are left for dead. Many mothers hope to leave their baby where…

The women close to her did not benefit her in looking past these tragedies, nothing but the escape to writing (Seyersted 21). At an even younger age, Chopin saw the male dominancy in her father when she was sent to boarding school. Her mother Eliza, was known to be a strong woman as Toth mentions, “Her mother might have reminded Eliza that no matter how humiliated or betrayed she might feel, Thomas O’Flaherty was an excellent provider” (8). With O’Flaherty being an effective man to provide the…