Women's suffrage in New Zealand

Reading Response: Daystar I find Rita Dove’s poem “Daystar” to be interesting because the author is describing the tranquility and comfort a mother can experience by taking a break from the usual routine that mothers usually face on a daily basis. In line three of the poem, it states, “a doll slumped behind the door”. The author here uses the literary technique of imagery to compare and represent how the mother is being compared to the doll. As seen in line 4 it states, “So she lugged a chair…

Maxine Hong Kingston grew up as a Chinese-American, displaying some of the values of her culture in her works. At the time, it was not unusual to grow up Chinese-American, but they would be the first generation raised with two very different cultures. In China, women often lacked many rights. They were forced into arranged marriages and ended up being housewives for future children. A sense of community was strong in China, and respect for your family was a virtue. In America, women had the…

The Song of Deborah is considered one of the most well preserved and traditional pieces within the Bible. In Judges of the Hewbew Bible, the Song of Deborah accounts tribal conflict and the struggles of society with no king, however most importantly it projects the significant role women have in society. This is reflected through three main individuals: Deborah, Jael, and Sisera’s mother, all of whom can be described as liminal females, as seen through leadership, bravery and maternal roles they…

were the approbation of women’s right to vote known as “women’s suffrage”,…

complicated, multidimensional. In the rise of third-wave feminism, the term has been muddled and misconstrued with negative connotations and standards. Whether you view it as the belief in total equality of the sexes and/or methodical action for women’s rights and interests, feminism is something to be celebrated. Too often have people been called antifeminist for non-radical approaches to equality. “Protofeminism” is a term that refers to the anticipation of modern feminist concepts and is…

Anthony lectured on women’s rights and organized a series of state and national conventions on the issue.” Her most passionate debates were for women’s rights to vote and own property. Controversy in the household between men and women was occurring daily in the 19th century. Susan B. Anthony once said, “An oligarchy of race, where the…

A particular achievement made collectively by Egypt,Palestine, and Mesopotamia was the use of law enforcement. With the use of the Code of Hammurabi, Mesopotamia developed a set of regulations and punishments that were to be followed by the community.Hammurabi generated this collection of laws to promote the welfare of the people and to guide and direct the land. Egypt opted out for a more religious law enforcement, using the idea of afterlife as a bargaining chip. Those who lived a honorable…

Feminism, a concept born from women’s rights advocates, has existed as a term in history. Recently the definition of feminism has become unclear to modern society. According to Mirriam Webster dictionary: “Feminism: the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes,” However; because feminism has become such a negatively associated word, efforts to strengthen the unity and equality between the sexes have been weakened and only expand the gap due to the misconceptions…

Feminism is the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men, and should be supported more these days because men and women have the same rights and are equal. By the early 1980s, the feminist movement had a great success in changing social attitudes with women trying to do the tasks of men, such as professional sports, the military, Ivy League universities, high-earning professions, and the Supreme Court. Although these were a great success, women…

Whale Ride is a significant movie because through Paikea fixing Koro’s motor, winning the speech contest, and helping the beached whale to escape, it helps to show that the old, traditional way of things is not necessarily the right way of things. When Paikea and Koro are on the beach trying to fix the motor of their motorboat, we see Koro try to use a stick to jump start it with a rope. The rope breaks. But then when Paikea tries to start the motor, she takes the broken rope, tries it back…