American women

such as African Americans, women, and families on the home front were some of the many groups that were positively and negatively impacted as they lived through America’s bloodiest, the Civil War. thesis African Americans were both…

Imagine you are in a time with dirty water and cold lunches in school. That is what the women in Progressive Era wanted to reform for clean water, trash collections, and hot lunches at schools. The Progressive Era was from the 1890’s to the 1920’s. Women in the Progressive Era faced many challenges so the women in middle class wanted the reform and change the way they were treated. They made a women’s organization and many legislations. To begin, the Progressive Era was in the 1890’s to the…

societies where women are considered lesser beings. Their opinions disregarded, others claim their bodies and voicing their opinions is often considered outrageous. While these injustices seem foreign and unimaginable in the United States, we have our own plethora of issues. Women aren’t treated as a whole human in dozens of countries and America, unfortunately, lines the list. The Gender Pay Gap is an alarming statistic that impacts women across the country. According to the American…

development of identity for African American women. In developing social identity, the identity developed because of membership to a group is crucial in developing identity to one’s self (Thomas, Hacker, and Hoxka 530). As shown in Bany, Robnett, and Feliciano’s article, the stereotypes depict African American women as obese, highly sexual, and highly talkative to name a few stereotypes (Bany, Robnett, and Feliciano 203). By having such stereotypes shows how African American women are forced to…

both black people and women by denying them from the law. African Americans and women; these two groups have traditionally been oppressed in the United States. They were rejected and looked down upon because they weren’t the typical white, wealthy males. However, the constitution now after the civil right movement protects in particular the freedom for these groups to express their selves. In this paper, I argue that freedom of expression for African Americans, and women is better today than…

There have been many influential African American women in the history of theater. Some women are more popular than others, however this one women started it all. Hattie McDaniel was the first African American to win an Oscar in 1940. McDaniel was also one of the first African American Females to be heard on radio, where she performed a song. Hattie McDaniel, an African American Actress, born on June 10th, 1893 in Wichita Kansas. She was the fourteenth child by her parents Henry McDaniel, a…

For many years, Native American women have been taken advantage of and abused just for being who they are. Native American women would go into a health facility for a simple check-up, but when they come out, they no longer have the ability to bear a child. The procedure that doctors gave unwillingly to these women is known as sterilization. Female sterilization is when women can no longer become pregnant and this is possible by “blocking the fallopian tubes, that sperm cannot meet with and…

Black women have always had to wrestle with derogatory assumptions about their character and identity” (2011: 4). These words by African American author Melissa Harris-Perry may sound harsh, but it is still the unpleasant truth African American women today should deal with. Throughout American history, African American women have been discriminated against on a social, political and economic level, and over the last couple of decades their inferior position. (Versluys. 2014 p. 44) For example,…

normal in America has become a hindrance for African American women to express their unique beauty in today’s society. The ideal image that has been pushed through media is the Eurocentric beauty, causing Native American, Hispanics and African Americans to conform to look more American. African Americans have been working hard to mold themselves to what they feel is most acceptable in society for years now. Since post emancipation, the African American culture has two methods to “fix” their…

hear the name, Dorothy Dandridge? Many think of her arguably best film, 1954's Carmen Jones, while others remember the sultry but unconventional femme fatale. Today, Dandridge is hailed as a pioneer for African-American women in film. In fact, Dorothy Dandridge was the first African-American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for best actress. However, her legacy remained unacknowledged by the mainstream entertainment industry until 1999, when Halle Berry played Dandridge in Introducing…