Hague Conventions

Under symbols like ‘Rosie the Riveter’ the 20th Century was monumental in the movement toward a society with civil liberties. It is because of this past that we can ask, is a lack of civil liberties an issue today? The simple answer to that question is no- the Civil liberty issues of the American past have been resolved because we have achieved racial equality, women’s suffrage, and we’ve already gone through the worst we will go through in a long time. First, American civil liberties are no…

This photo was taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston as a Full Self-Portrait, “New Woman”, in 1896. She received her first camera from George Eastman, the inventor of the Eastman Kodak and a family friend. She became a noted advocate for women’s photography as well as a documenter of key historic events. When she opened her own studio in New York in 1894, She was the only woman photographer in the city. Johnston also photographed many famous photographs in Paris, but perhaps her most famous work,…

In what is known as the first world or the civilized world, women have been making large strides in their fight for equality. Women have been protesting and standing up for equal rights. They are no longer accepting the old ways of life and women are now pushing for equal wages, equal professional opportunities such as the ability to become a high standing member of a corporation or actively participate in politics and much more. It is slowly becoming more accepted that women can experiment with…

development of the movement, much attention and high level of recognition is devoted to the Seneca Falls Convention that was held in 1848. At the modern time, this convention is referred to as the most prominent event in the history of women's rights movement designating the beginning of the worldwide campaign for the recognition of the equality of men's and women's rights. While the Seneca Falls Convention actually was the first public attempt to draw the attention of the publicity to the issue…

Fanny Wright's Impact on the Women's Movement "I have wedded the cause of human improvement, staked on it my fortune, my reputation and my life.” (Fanny Wright). Fanny Wright was a lecturer, writer, freethinker, feminist, abolitionist, and social reformer. She was married to her cause and used her whole life pushing what she believed in. While this list if long it just barely grazes all of the things she was. She was a first. She was the first women to speak to a large audience of men and women…

Feminism is the advocacy of women's rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes. While the feminist movement is important in the present day, the play written in 1947 by Tennessee Williams became known for its portrayal of the dynamics between men and women. In the play, A Streetcar Named Desire, feminism plays the main role. Taking place after the second world war, the men of this play assume that they have more power than women. While, in reality, the women have the same or greater…

Hemingway and Gilman’s Depiction of Women: Unnecessary The famous women's rights and suffrage movement activist, Susan B Anthony said, “Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.” Her ambitious agenda for women’s rights was met with fierce resistance and ingrained social norms. The proper role of women and their appropriate duties was a controversial issue in the early 20th century. Many firmly believed a woman’s role should be confined to the domestic…

Freedom of thought hasn't always been accessible for women. In the 19th century women were belittled and restricted from expressing their thoughts and feelings. And when a woman did express any form of emotion other than obedience, she was labeled as insane. Ernest Hemingway gave a reporter a perfect response of sexism over a friend's breakup, ¨But why couldn’t he have told her to go to hell? Because she was sick. It’s being sick makes them act so bloody awful usually and it’s because they’re…

In the nineteenth century the establishment of gender roles was prevalent. The man was the head of the household and the woman was his follower. However, F. Heppenheimers, 1855 satirical illustration “The Discord” was one of the many pieces that began to raise question of this power dynamic. The piece was a satirical perspective of the relationship of men and women in society and the underlying feelings women felt around this time. The image depicts a man and a woman both pulling on a pair of…

Ideologies Womanism has various definitions and interpretations. At its broadest definition, it is a universalist ideology for all women, regardless of color. A womanist is committed to "the survival and wholeness of an entire people, male and female". Walker's much cited phrase, "womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender" suggests that Walker considers feminism as a component of the wider ideological umbrella of womanism. It focuses on the unique experiences, struggles, needs,…