https://padlet.com/maleahgilliam446/t9so833m8apxyrx7 Journal for week 1 PLS324 en-us 2022-06-13 01:21:50 UTC 2022-06-13 04:58:22 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4da.png maleahgilliam446 https://padlet.com/maleahgilliam446/t9so833m8apxyrx7/wish/2218906455 "Never was justice so perfect, never was civilization higher" From Matilda Joslyn Gage]]> 2022-06-13 01:35:30 UTC https://padlet.com/maleahgilliam446/t9so833m8apxyrx7/wish/2218906455 maleahgilliam446 https://padlet.com/maleahgilliam446/t9so833m8apxyrx7/wish/2218923952 To the Europeans, the Native women were seen as slaves. However, to the Native American women, their roles were seen as a reflection of their reciprocity, balance, and autonomy. In filling their roles, they prepared the land, planted, and mowed while the men went to hunt and sometimes to war. However, many of the tribes were different but it was quite common for most tribes to promote gender equality. Women owned the housing and goods, took care of the children and if the parents decided to separate, the children stayed with the mother. They also had final say in land transfers or engaging in war.  

When I was younger, my mother told me that we had a small amount of Native ancestry and had taught me about how the roles were more balanced within the tribes.]]> 2022-06-13 01:52:35 UTC https://padlet.com/maleahgilliam446/t9so833m8apxyrx7/wish/2218923952 maleahgilliam446 https://padlet.com/maleahgilliam446/t9so833m8apxyrx7/wish/2218933706 While on the other side of the coin, for Euroamerican women were practically invisible in the law. They had no property rights, their husbands could legally rape or assault their wives as long as no permanent injury was inflicted. Children belonged to their father who would will them away to someone other than the mother after their death. ]]> 2022-06-13 02:02:50 UTC https://padlet.com/maleahgilliam446/t9so833m8apxyrx7/wish/2218933706 maleahgilliam446 https://padlet.com/maleahgilliam446/t9so833m8apxyrx7/wish/2218943779 Single or married white women and ALL enslaved women had no say in familial or governmental decisions. The white, Euroamerican Women's Rights leaders looked to the Native American for a vision of a world of equality and modeled many of their initiatives after the values they had on reciprocity, balance, and autonomy. ]]> 2022-06-13 02:11:57 UTC https://padlet.com/maleahgilliam446/t9so833m8apxyrx7/wish/2218943779 maleahgilliam446 https://padlet.com/maleahgilliam446/t9so833m8apxyrx7/wish/2219021220 I do agree with this statement, mainly for the women;s rights movements that were happening during the 18th century, while all women were oppressed during this time, the women of color were often oppressed for being of a different race and for being a woman. For example, in 1844, Maine allowed women to hold trade license and gives right to their own income while in 1855 a Black woman is declared to be property without a right to defend herself against their master's act of rape. While there were several laws being enacted to fight the discrimination women were going through, there were a few laws putting them 2 or 3 steps back. After reading the timeline of laws affecting women after 1900, I didn't find any laws supporting women of color until 1963 with the Equal Pay Act. 

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony wrote the History of Woman Suffrage in 1880s, they featured white suffragists while largely ignoring the contributions of African American suffragists. ]]> 2022-06-13 03:33:26 UTC https://padlet.com/maleahgilliam446/t9so833m8apxyrx7/wish/2219021220 maleahgilliam446 https://padlet.com/maleahgilliam446/t9so833m8apxyrx7/wish/2219081514 According to this article, Black women played an active role in the struggle for universal suffrage. Including participating in political meetings and organized political societies. However, the black women were often excluded from the civil rights agendas planned by the black men and white women. For example, the National American Woman Suffrage Association prevented Black women from attending their conventions and had to march separately from the white women in the suffrage parades.

Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin and Charlotte Forten Grimke founded the National Association of Colored Women NACW) in 1896. In 1913, Ida B. Wells founded the Alpha Suffrage Club of Chicago which was the nation's first Black women's club focused specifically on suffrage. ]]> 2022-06-13 04:52:28 UTC https://padlet.com/maleahgilliam446/t9so833m8apxyrx7/wish/2219081514