https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9 Secret Life of Bees en-us 2020-03-04 02:47:00 UTC 2020-03-06 16:12:57 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f41d.png bhatt0247 https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454090824 Abigail Adams writes a letter in March to her husband, John Quincy Adams, urging him to not forget the women in the fight for national independence. #rememberthewomen

]]> 2020-03-04 02:49:32 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454090824 bhatt0247 https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454090842 The US Constitution is formed and ratified, and uses the words person and people, which are gender neutral, allowing the interpretation of all laws applying to both men and women. ]]> 2020-03-04 02:49:37 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454090842 bhatt0247 https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454090985 The first women rights convention took place in Seneca Falls, NY, due to the anger of women being banned from protesting at an antislavery convention. Important figures including Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott led this. 300 people at this convention sign the Declaration of Sentiments, which asks for the removal of sex based discrimination in all spheres of life.  

#declarationofsentiments #senecafalls

]]> 2020-03-04 02:50:05 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454090985 bhatt0247 https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454093849 All 13 of the original states pass a law that removes the voting privilege from women - this primary kickstarts the feminist movement. 
#suffraGETthevote]]> 2020-03-04 02:58:39 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454093849 yangj0124 https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454096080 Landmark court decision in which abortion was legalized. Prior to Roe v. Wade, abortion had been deemed illegal across much of the country.
#prochoice]]> 2020-03-04 03:07:06 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454096080 yangj0124 https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454096140 O'Connor made history as she became the first woman sworn into the Supreme Court by President Ronald Reagan.

#womenareSUPREME]]> 2020-03-04 03:07:22 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454096140 yangj0124 https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454096577 Written by Betty Friedan, "The Feminine Mystique" took the US by storm. The book interviewed average, middle-class housewives, which found many to be dissatisfied. Leading to the undermining of the classical American belief that women found satisfaction from solely being a mother.]]> 2020-03-04 03:08:48 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454096577 bhatt0247 https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454096824 A Missouri court case rules that Celia, a black female slave, is not a person and rather is property, in a dispute over her killing her master in response to him raping her. Missouri's law writes this as a woman's show of self defense, but simultaneously rules that Celia is not a woman. This was a clear showing of the treatment of both women and African Americans in the USA. 
#iguesswomenaren'tpeople]]> 2020-03-04 03:09:39 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454096824 bhatt0247 https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454098282 The 14th amendment, which states that naturalized people are citizens of the United States, but also uses the words male to describe those with the power to vote, purposefully excluding women. 

]]> 2020-03-04 03:14:59 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454098282 bhatt0247 https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454101186 The 14th amendment is essentially fixed, as the 15th amendment states that citizens rights cannot be changed on the basis of race, color, or servitude. The amendment does not formally ban women from having rights, so this is considered a win for women rights. ]]> 2020-03-04 03:24:07 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454101186 bhatt0247 https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454101556 Wyoming becomes the first state to grant suffrage to women in all elections, after previously being the first state to allow general suffrage to women in 1869. 

#wyomingsuffrage]]> 2020-03-04 03:25:27 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454101556 bhatt0247 https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454105652 The Secret Life of Bees novel is centered around Lily, the main character, along with four secondary characters, all of which are female, black, and break boundaries. As opposed to the role conformed to by many women of being subservient, superficial, and weak, Sue Monk Kidd writes all of her female characters as stubborn and stereotype defying. This can be seen on page 32 in chapter one. In this passage, Lily's nanny and housekeeper, a black woman named Rosaleen, faces crude racism from white men in town, and her response, rather than taking their treatment, is strong and defiant. 

          He looked up and saw us,                  Rosaleen fanning and                        shuffling, swaying side 
          to side. "Well, look what we   
          got coming here," he 
          called out. "Where're you       
          going, n*****?" .... Rosaleen
          lifted her snuff jug, which was
          filled with black spit, and 
          calmly poured it across the 
          tops of the men's shoes. 

This passage is one of the numerous times Sue Monk Kidd writes her characters reactions to certain experiences in a strong and honestly inspiring way, rather than letting down the readers with acts of weakness. 

]]> 2020-03-04 03:37:23 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454105652 bhatt0247 https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454105689 While many families and ancient ideas revolve around the idea that the father or patriarchy is the center of the family and any group, the novel emphasizes the importance of the mother in the development of anyone, shown by Lily's continuous thoughts about the loss of her mother at a young age. She spends many times in the novel thinking about how she misses her mother, wishes her mother was with her, and eventually begins to identify other motherly figures in her life. One of Lily's retrospective discussions is seen on page 5, in chapter one.
        
          My first and only memory of              my mother was the day she 
          died. I tried for a long time to            conjure up an image of her 
          before that, just a sliver of 
          something, like her tucking
          me into bed, reading the 
          adventures of Uncle Wiggly, 
          or hanging my underclothes 
          near the space heater on ice-
          cold mornings. ...This is what           I know about myself. She is 
          all I wanted. And I took her 
          away. 

This portion of the story is both touching, and allows the reader to see the significant impact of life without a mother, and therefore the value of having a mother. This feminist idea empowers women as mothers, rather than belittling them as some puny force that has no purpose other than child bearing and caring.   

]]> 2020-03-04 03:37:29 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454105689 bhatt0247 https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454105764 Sue Monk Kidd also connects feminism to her novel by writing characters that break traditional female stereotypes. First of all, none of the four adult characters that are prominent in the book are mothers, and all of them are middle aged and unmarried. The three women who eventually take Lily and Rosaleen in, August, May, and June, all are successful and own a large beekeeping company. They characterize the traits of intelligence and hard work in females, two traits that societally were not always associated with this gender. This idea is represented in the discourse between two characters, June and Neil. 
     
       "I'd like you to tell me why not,"          I heard Neil say one evening. 
        And June, "Because I can't."
        "That's not a reason."
        "Well, it's the only one I've got."
 
This conversation between the two characters is over the topic of marriage, in which June refuses to marry Neil because she does not want to give her life away to a man. This is another display of classic femininity that breaks traditional gender roles that state that women should be ecstatic over the idea of a proposal. 

]]> 2020-03-04 03:37:44 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454105764 yangj0124 https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454413317 Shirley Chisholm had been the first black woman elected to Congress. Such an event proved to be beneficial for all women, both colored and non-colored. ]]> 2020-03-04 15:44:05 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454413317 yangj0124 https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454413625 Passed by Congress in 1972, the Higher Education Act contains Title IX. With this law, discrimination in education based on gender would become prohibited. Once again, providing women with many more opportunities.
#bigbrainedgals]]> 2020-03-04 15:44:26 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454413625 yangj0124 https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454413890 Though seen primarily as an historical event for the Civil Rights Movement, the addition of Title VII benefited the Women Right's Movement. No longer could society discriminate on the basis of sex. #onthebasisofsex #ruthbaderginsburg]]> 2020-03-04 15:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454413890 yangj0124 https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454414006 Passed by Congress in 1963, the disparity between the pay of men and women performing the same job was outlawed. In doing so, women gained a monumental step in the direction of equality. #equality]]> 2020-03-04 15:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454414006 yangj0124 https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454414278 Margaret Sanger, the pioneer of "the pill", encouraged the development and use of a more effective and applicable contraceptive. Following roughly 4 years, the FDA finally approved the pill. Thus, granting women a greater sense of freedom in regards to their sexual lifestyles.]]> 2020-03-04 15:45:12 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454414278 yangj0124 https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454414423 During the period of the 1960's and 70's, the peaceful suburban life in America came to a halt. The Women's Rights Movement picked up as talks of equality and justice for all erupted during the Civil Rights Movement. Discussion over unequal pay, legal inequality, and lack of supportive services for women began to plague legislation. 

#feminism]]> 2020-03-04 15:45:24 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454414423 yangj0124 https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454437239 As society transitions towards a more open environment, the empowerment of women has gained traction once again. The resurfacing of the "Me Too"  Movement has occurred within the early 2000's. The movement stands against sexual abuse and assault aimed towards women.

#MeToo]]> 2020-03-04 16:11:12 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454437239 yangj0124 https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454812934 Throughout the novel, Lily tries to pursue the "ideal" lifestyle as she views those around her. However, she slowly matures and begins to realize the harsh reality in store for her. She yearns for a complete family containing both a loving mother and father. However, the absence of her mother leaves her feeling out of place. Fortunately, as Kidd develops Lily's character, she begins to mature and disregard the "ideal" images forged by society. Such can be seen in the novel when Lily writes, 

    "We have reputations as "n***** 
     lovers," which is how it is put to 
     us and when the ignoramuses 
     ball up their notebook paper and 
     throw it as Zach in the hallway, 
     which seems to be a favorite 
     pastime between classes, 
     Becca and I are just as likely to 
     get popped in the head as he is.
     Zach says we should walk on the
     other side of the hall from him.
     We say, 'Balled-up notebook
     paper -- big deal'" (Kidd 301).

Lily's development truly evokes the freedom and strength shown in the Women's Rights Movement. She breaks through the "ideal" image created by society, and continues to follow her aspirations. In this case, staying loyal to Zach despite him being African American.]]> 2020-03-05 03:15:56 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454812934 yangj0124 https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454812946 Kidd also addresses the topic of abuse aimed towards women. Throughout the novel, a variety of instances occur where Lily or another character is abused. However, the most notable act of abuse occurs between Lily and T. Ray, her father. T. Ray constantly abuses Lily and subjects her to undeserving punishment. This can be seen when T. Ray forces Lily to kneel on grits for an hour. Kidd writes, 

    "He didn't speak till we reached
     the kitchen and he pulled the 
     Martha White grits from the 
     pantry. 'I expect this out of boys, 
     Lily--you can't blame them--but 
     I expect more out of you. You  
     are no better than a s***.' He 
     poured a mound of grits the size 
     of an anthill onto the pine floor. 
    'Get over here and kneel down'" 
    (24).

T. Ray punishes Lily for catching her outside at night. He dismisses Lily's replies and assumes that Lily had been out meeting a boy. This is far from the truth, but T. Ray doesn't care. Lily is subjected to this abuse until she escapes with Rosaleen to Tiburon, South Carolina. Lily's situation is similar to circumstances women face within the real world. Women experience abuse and some do not escape. Kidd's incorporation of such a scenario shines light on a very possible reality that women face.]]> 2020-03-05 03:15:59 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/454812946 bhatt0247 https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/455539760 The strong role women played in World War 1 in factories and military mobilization drives the US to FINALLY give them voting rights, ratifying the amendment. 
#GOTthevote #wecandoit!]]> 2020-03-06 03:41:46 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/455539760 bhatt0247 https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/455539775 FDR appoints the first ever female cabinet member, Frances Perkins, who is the secretary of labor. #PerkinshasPOWER

]]> 2020-03-06 03:41:49 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/455539775 bhatt0247 https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/455539784 Eleanor Roosevelt, a delegate of the United Nations, worked to pass the Status of Women, which was a mandate that set the standard of women's rights and urged countries around to world to adjoin the global norm. ]]> 2020-03-06 03:41:51 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/455539784 yangj0124 https://padlet.com/bhatt0247/lwun0fyy6cz9/wish/455552657 Margaret Sanger, a prominent feminist of the time fights a case in New York, winning the rights to allow doctors to inform patients, even if they are married, about birth control for medical safety purposes. This groundwork eventually gives rise to planned parenthood.  

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