Betty Parris

local citizens being accused of witchcraft (Worthen 1 of 3). The Trials came to an end in 1693 when the governor of the colony heard that his own wife was being accused of witchcraft (Kiger 3 of 3). In February of 1692, Betty Parris, the eleven year old daughter of minister Samuel Parris, and her cousin Abigail Williams began…

imprisonment, and executions. By the time the trials came to a halt, an astonishing 20 people were executed, while an additional 162 were accused of practicing witchcraft. All of this erupted on January 20, 1692, when the reverend Samuel Paris’ daughter, Betty, and niece Abigail Williams were labeled oddities. Some historians, such as Dr. Alan Woolf, a professor of pediatrics at Harvard…

The Image of a Housewife The summarization of “The Problem That Has No Name,” a chapter from the book The Feminine Mystique written by Betty Friedan. The common themes throughout Friedan’s writing are about the concerns, expectations, and fears of the housewives of the middle twentieth century. Friedan’s writing could provoke thought about how the expectations of housewives in the past have shaped the present and how it will impact future. While the housewives of the middle twentieth century…

Pitman-Hughes would not have recognized first-wave feminism as feminism at all. Sure, they were winning the vote, but it was such a predominately ethnocentric movement, that is barely fits today’s definition of feminism, let alone the second-wave. Betty Friedan, a feminist…

“Flash upon my inward eye”: The Role of Reflection and Tranquility in William Wordsworth’s “Daffodils” In his preface to Lyrical Ballads, William Wordsworth famously writes that “all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth, Wu 509). However, it is important to note that he modifies this statement by adding that “though this be true, Poems to which any value can be attached were never produced on any variety of subjects but by a man who, being possessed of…

waves during the sixties by publishing her book: The Feminine Mystique. In the paper, I would like to discuss the life of Betty Friedan. Who she was and what she contributed to the feminist movement as well as what led her to write The Feminine Mystique and why this book is so important to the movement and it’s target audience: women . Women’s Rights leader and Activist, Betty Friedan was born in 1921 to two Russian immigrants in Peoria, Illinois. Her Father worked at a jewelry store while her…

Elizabeth Ann Bloom, known as Betty Ford (1918-2011), was married to America's thirty-eighth and only non-elected President, Gerald R. Ford (1913-2006, Pres. 1974-1977). In the role of First Lady, Mrs. Ford was preceded by Pat Nixon (1912-1993) and succeeded by Rosalynn Carter (1927-). Though an accomplished dancer and independent woman in her own right, Betty dedicated herself to the advancement of her husband's political career, fulfilled the role of Republican Congressional Spouse…

Tap tap tap. I rolled over and glanced at the alarm clock. Its bold digital face read… 4:36. I had been tossing and turning all night, I guess it was my own fault for reading horror stories before bed. I flipped the pillow over and tried to go back to sleep. Tap tap tap. It sounded like someone knocking at the door. “Who the hell is out at 4:36 on a Tuesday morning?” I thought to myself as I blindly felt around the nightstand for my glasses. I looked over at Michael, envious that my…

What is the "problem with no name" as described by Betty Friedan? How did people in the 50s and 60s try to downplay or trivialize this problem? How does this relate to the cult of domesticity? "The problem with no name" referes to a widescale mental health crisis in the United States in the 1950s and 60s. Many women had chosen to get married and start a family at a very young age, as early as 17 years old. These women had become the perfect models for feminine domesticity. Staying at home and…

Crucible. The crucible takes place in a small town in Massachusetts named Salem. At the beginning of the play two girls who turned out to be Abigail williams, Betty Parris, other girls, including slave Tituba were caught dancing naked in the forest. Soon after rumors of witchcraft started to spread throughout the town, which made Parris really nervous about his reputation since…