Judith Sargent Murray

By the 1780s, the government was fragile and not secured. Therefore, it was the first priority to gain people’s trust and created a stable government. George Washington, gained huge good reputation throughout the Americans by leading them won the war. He was hailed as the hero of the revolution. Washington was elected to be the America president by unanimous vote in 1789. Although all the people respected him as a hero, he still remained humble. The president Washington created an image, which…

The Revolutionary War has affected women as much as any other war in history. As many men were departed off into war, the women were then held responsible for the men’s jobs, such as farms and businesses. However, because of the increase price on goods led to many women under impoverishment. In addition, many women were unexperienced and could not keep up with production as the men who worked before. Along the same lines, some women were also involved in the war as well. Without the contribution…

memory and judgement” (174), just like men yet they are constantly reminded of men’s superiority. Murray shows that from a young age girls was taught to focus on their perfection of their physical appearance while boys are “led by the hand, through all the flowery paths of science,” Murray clearly reveals that inequality and favoritism of the sexes by society. The most important historical fact that Murray comments on this how men are allowed to expand their knowledge and encourage to educate…

between genders developed into a serious and controversial issue. Although the authors of this age generally wrote to persuade their audience to view women and their role in the world in a new light, no one had managed to influence me as much as Judith Sargent Murray in her essay titled “On the Equality of the Sexes.” For the most part, the author attempts to communicate that women are not intellectually inferior to men by nature, but are instead given disadvantages that drastically limit their…

The newly created United States government upholded the Revolutionary principles from 1776 to 1800 by creating the basic law and order of our government in current time. The United States government in the period 1776-1800 relied on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Adams, and George Washington to produce the foundation of the new American government. Successfully, the five writers developed important reference documents that Americans still use today for freedoms and rights. In document…

first steps that were taken by women and slaves in the late 18th century. One of the earliest advocates that pushed for gender equality in America was Judith Sargent Murray with her essay, “On the Equality of the Sexes”, which was published in 1779. Within her essay, Murray brings the issues of intellectual and spiritual…

wrote to express their challenges to the patriarchal society and spread more progressive ideals. Judith Sargent Murray and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were two such authors. Murray’s work “On the Equality of Sexes” and Stanton’s works Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences, and the “Declaration of Sentiments” fought for women’s education and against preconceived notions about their place in society. Murray counters stereotypes of women's intellect using four categories and demands educational…

Revolution, women started to speak out against inequality; one of these women was Eliza Wilkinson. Eliza Wilkinson of South Carolina started to publicly speak out against inequality of the sexes to start the push of change. 4This eventually led to Judith Sargent Murray writing one of them most organized expression of a feminist position in 1779. Her essay was titled, “On the Equality of the Sexes.” She argued that whatever differences existed between men and women’s intelligence was a result of…

rights. But, this petition did not obtain the best results because Adams and his contemporaries failed to make a section pertaining women’s rights as a priority. Besides, many other women among the colonies shared the same idea one of them was Judith Sargent Murray. She as the author of an essay titled “On the Equality of the Sexes” strongly emphasized why women should be treated equally, arguing women have the ability to perform the same tasks as men and are not domestic employs. “On the…

mother and caretakers while the husband’s job was to bring money home. Women were seen as property people did not see you as an individual but just a man’s wife. Women were not allowed to work and college was not possible. In Voices of Freedom, Judith Sargent Murray has an article called On the Equality of the Sexes, an article she wrote for a college she could not attend because of her sex. Although amendments were made to the constitution, freedom was not given to all and it is still apparent…