Lucretia

In the annals of American religious history, spiritualism sits uncomfortably alongside fundamentalism and other conventional forms of religion that command largest portion of scholars’ attention. Ann Braude’s Radical Spirits was one of the first narratives written that documents this important but slighted movement. To the surprise of both nineteenth-century observers and contemporary scholars alike, spiritualists were consumed by the prospect of communication with the dead. Braude provides…

Elizabeth Cady Stanton: The Women’s Right Fighter Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the earliest American women’s rights activists in the 19th century. However, Stanton was also an active abolitionist with her husband and cousin. During her time, Stanton was a well-educated woman, who wanted to attend a college that only admitted males. It was common that colleges would restrict women from attending there. When it came to Stanton, she focused mainly on the issues pertaining to women’s right…

Without the unification of the women’s rights movement and abolitionists movement, the rights and independence that is present in modern day, wouldn’t have existed. Before the abolitionist movement, women had little to no rights; not to mention if you were a women of color you had no rights whatsoever. Each anti-slavery convention and movement was a step closer for women and colored people earning their rights and freedom. The fight for both movements brought unity between women and people of…

Equality In The Workforce: Are Women Really Succeeding? Women have always been in the background of men, starting from the beginning of time, in the caveman days when females were gathers instead of the hunters like the males, or they were not the ones that “bring home the bacon” as people say, there were only certain jobs for women, and certain rights that women received. This has to do with the roles that society puts on genders and how they are not equal to each other. Equality is achieved…

At the beginning of Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, Douglass faces racial segregation, especially in education. Douglass isn't allowed basic information, like who his father could be, because he is born a slave. Observing a lifetime of wrongdoings, Frederick Douglas writes his life story from the perspective of a self-taught slave as an argument to all of those who support slavery, his argument is that slavery is wrong. Frederick Douglass makes his argument…

The immense diversity in race, ethnicity, and gender orientation in the U.S. has led to constant inequality that throughout history has made the country into what it is today. The end of inequality in our Nation was kickstarted with the abolishment of slavery in the 19th century. In 1864, the Republican Party introduced the 13th Amendment to Congress, and ⅔ of the Senate passed the amendment. While the motion would’ve passed right then, the House of Representatives didn’t choose to pass the…

The life of slavery involved a life of nothing but hardship and heartbreak. Within these times, black slaves struggled to survive and find motivation to keep going in such a awful way of life. Both Frederick Douglass’ and Harriet Jacobs’ Narratives depicted the struggles that slaves had to deal with everyday, which would include harsh punishment and cruelty. However, even with the horrendous acts done to them, they still held on. The slaves turned to God in times of trouble, happiness, and chose…

War. The Civil War was a catalyst for women in American society as they developed a new sense of freedom from the new opportunities given to them. Prior to the Civil War, women were somewhat active in their communities. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and the Seneca Falls Convention brought the idea of women’s rights into full effect. Although the idea was not as…

John Ford’s play, ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, deals with matters of adultery, corruption, incest, murder and revenge. Whilst these behaviours make for a sensationalist play, they also make an underlying commentary on the female behaviour, marriage and church law. During the Renaissance, incest or near incest was common among dynastic families to ensure bloodline purity. Widely practised in royal and wealthy circles, the Church did not condone such behaviour and considered it an abomination. Setting…

When examining the African American Civil Rights Movement from a historical perspective, historians and scholars have focused predominantly on the lives and influences of a few, celebrated characters. For example, early abolitionist advocates, such as Sojourner Truth, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglass, and twentieth-century civil rights leaders Ida B. Wells, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King Jr. have received significant attention and justifiably achieved revered status among…