Betty Parris

Alcoholism is an addiction to the consumption of alcoholic liquor or the mental illness and compulsive behavior resulting from alcohol dependency. So, are we wrong to watch someone hurt themselves, but do nothing to help and add to their demise? Or are we right to ridicule them for hurting others to try and help them? Neither one is easy, but deciding which one we should attempt is the difficult choice we must make. We can all admit to doing both, I’m sure. In the past nineteen years, I’ve had a…

A quick glance into Joan Didion’s life would put readers under the assumption that she identifies as a standard second-wave feminist. A prominent female writer in the 1960s, Didion had initially left me drawing connections to the likes of Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem. Even her stern gaze present on book covers and articles seems to give off a sense of feminine mystique. But after careful venture into her work, it is my understanding that while feminism plays a role in what Didion tackles as…

Malcolm had a troubling life that had its struggles and would get better along the way. Malcolm was a hard-working men who wanted to fight for his rights and get what he needed to survive in this world. Although Malcolm was not able to do this on his own if it wasn’t for the women in his life. Women in his life would help in a tremendous way and would also help him stronger mentally as well. Women would in Malcolm’s life would play a major role and have a significant impact on his life. The…

The women’s movement of the 1960s was a movement that should have happened a long time ago. Women have been excluded from the government since the beginning of America even though they were just as important as men were to certain events, like abolition or prohibition. Women are central to society and should have been treated as such from the beginning. The movement took decades to be included in mainstream culture. When it finally was being talked about, the movement accomplished many goals…

The Feminine Mystique is a novel written by Betty Friedan analyzing the sadness and depression many American women felt during the 1950’s. Friedan’s research describes the subservient conditions women experienced and labels their mutual disappointment as “the problem with no name.”1 Friedan defines feminine mystique as women’s limited potential through society’s idealized image of the housewife occupation. Linking the unhappiness and emptiness women felt to both social and internal conflict…

Feminism is a living movement that has changed many times in its practice and perception. These changes depend on many things such as the current issues facing women and how people view those issues. The context of an individual 's life can have an enormous impact on both their awareness to and perception of feminism in its various iterations. My grandmother, my mother, and myself have all come up in varying time periods, economic circumstances, and cultural settings which have created within us…

There are many forms of protest in today’s society; marches, boycotting, striking, artwork, even literature. Regardless of all the different types, there is always one common goal in mind: To bring about change. Literature can be a much more subtle form of protest but has the power to be just as effective. In Divided We Fall by Trent Reedy, the goal is to reform an oppressive government. However, he makes the reader actually figure out what he’s protesting without just telling you. This book is…

jobs, showing how little women were valued in the American workforce. This devaluing, along with their lessened involvement in the workforce, unified women and motivated them to fight back against this consistent discrimination. The publication of Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique in 1963 publicly voiced “…how educated, middle-class women felt isolated and useless in the ‘comfortable concentration camp’ of the suburban house.” Friedan also helped found the National Organization for Women in…

Melanie Paulino Mr. Cordeiro World Civilizations Civilizations 21 December, 2016 Betty Friedan Betty Friedan’s inspiring contributions to feminism are very important to understanding women’s history. Her view of the "The Problem With No Name" is from her book “The Feminine Mystique”. it is when a housewife feels empty, and asks herself “Is this all I have to look forward to?”. Friedan has experienced this herself, too. When she wrote her famous book, she wanted to show her research and…

Betty Friedan can be considered a highly influential figure in the feminist movement during the period of 1950-1970 to a greater extent. This is due to factors such as the impact of her book, “The Feminine Mystique” as well as her hands on approach within the movement. However there were other leaders such as Gloria Steinman who was also influential in the movement as a result of her innovative and creative leadership and the changes she implemented. Feminism is defined as the advocacy of…