Early American History, Women's Rights by Ruby Weston https://padlet.com/rubyweston261/wjfqxrvqth0vowr8 Before the colonization of the Americas, women were not treated equally to men, but once colonization started occurring, the situation worsened as women of color started losing rights due to enslavement for the sake of the European's need for laborers and the economy in the New World. en-us 2021-11-23 00:09:33 UTC 2022-04-21 18:43:57 UTC hello@padlet.com Pre 1492 C.E. (European contact), Native American women held an equal social status to men. rubyweston261 https://padlet.com/rubyweston261/wjfqxrvqth0vowr8/wish/1907184843 Native American women would show their craftsmanship through the making of clothes, and be able to keep and own any profit made from the clothes. Since clothing was such an important part of the economy, and could allow women to gain status independently, women were seen as equal to men pre 1492, when colonization started and disrupted this harmony. Women suddenly had less control over clothing production, and their power, statues, and control as well as economic standings diminished. However, the Europeans had subpar shoes, and moccasins commonly made by Native American Women were a better suited, impermanently increasing some women’s power, which lead to a social imbalance in Native American societies to this day. All of this information shows how Native American women had rights based on status and economic standing that was altered due to colonization. (Dearborn).

]]> 2021-11-23 00:15:32 UTC https://padlet.com/rubyweston261/wjfqxrvqth0vowr8/wish/1907184843 Pre 1600 C.E., women in Native American cultures were often used in rituals, voluntarily, and involuntarily. rubyweston261 https://padlet.com/rubyweston261/wjfqxrvqth0vowr8/wish/1907188450 Native American women did not have many rights around ceremonies. They could be used as sacrifice without consent, in blood taking ceremonies, as well as life taking ceremonies, however, there were women who could also volunteer as sacrifices. In some regions, women were banned from touching weapons and food during menstruation and sometimes even banished temporarily. These sacrifices were often for prosperity, welfare, and fertility in the community and economy, (Anton). Forcefully placing women in a ceremony of taking, and taking away freedom when menstruating, leads it to be inferred that even though the women were viewed as equals, they were not. These are things are not experiences women can control, and the actions of the tribes shows a violation to women's freedoms. 

]]> 2021-11-23 00:18:27 UTC https://padlet.com/rubyweston261/wjfqxrvqth0vowr8/wish/1907188450 Pre 1600 C.E. Native American Women mostly worked with household jobs. rubyweston261 https://padlet.com/rubyweston261/wjfqxrvqth0vowr8/wish/1907216352 Native American women would work in the pueblos often doing jobs such as baking, and doing poetry, as well as other household tasks. This was the system in order to divide and concur in the community to form a balanced and efficient economy (Cadwell & Gash). Women had limited opportunity, but so did men, and they had these limits in order to have a stable economy and community, even if the limits meant less freedom and rights.  

]]> 2021-11-23 00:38:44 UTC https://padlet.com/rubyweston261/wjfqxrvqth0vowr8/wish/1907216352 Works Cited rubyweston261 https://padlet.com/rubyweston261/wjfqxrvqth0vowr8/wish/1907218268 Anton, Beata. "Women in Native American Ceremonies." The American Mosaic: The American Indian Experience, ABC-CLIO, 2021, americanindian.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/2236696. Accessed 18 Nov. 2021.

Cadwell, Jean, and David Gash. “American Indians as Economic Decision Makers.” American Indians as Economic Decision Makers, 1994, https://www.socialstudies.org/sites/default/files/publications/se/5801/580105.html.

Dearborn, Keri F. "Native American Women's Clothing." The American Mosaic: The American Indian Experience, ABC-CLIO, 2021, americanindian.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/2142274. Accessed 22 Nov. 2021.

Mustakeem, Sowande. "Slave Women and the Middle Passage." American History, ABC-CLIO, 2021, americanhistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/2124816. Accessed 8 Dec. 2021.

"Pocahontas." Encyclopedia Britannica, 2019. eLibrary, https://explore.proquest.com/elibrary/document/2326328294?accountid=147717.]]> 2021-11-23 00:40:05 UTC https://padlet.com/rubyweston261/wjfqxrvqth0vowr8/wish/1907218268 1613 C.E., Pocahontas was traded to Captain Argall rubyweston261 https://padlet.com/rubyweston261/wjfqxrvqth0vowr8/wish/1907218672 Pocahontas was an incredibly important figure in understanding the relationships between Native American women and settlers as well as the rights of Native American women within their pueblos. Pocahontas was traded to Captain Argall in 1613, and held hostage, in hopes to negotiate with the Native People. She was treated as an object and traded like a material by both parties involved. Although Pocahontas was treated kindly by the settlers, she was also converted to christianity, and renamed Rebbeca, and therefore deprived of her basic rights of freedom. ("Pocahontas"). ]]> 2021-11-23 00:40:22 UTC https://padlet.com/rubyweston261/wjfqxrvqth0vowr8/wish/1907218672 1400s- 1850s, Middle Passage rubyweston261 https://padlet.com/rubyweston261/wjfqxrvqth0vowr8/wish/1938807218 African women and other women of color were severely objectified and treated as property, capital, and investments during slave trade of the Middle Passage. Women and other enslaved people were brought from the interiors of Africa to the coast of West Africa. The enslaved people were put up for sale by their captors and presented to merchants as well as ship masters. There were many economic motives for reasons to buy as well as sell enslave people. Money was made by both the merchant and the production costs for farmers were almost eliminated with slave labor. Also, due to economic distress in the Americas from lack of laborers. Females and males were separated into gender specific holdings, and once interest was shown in a person, physical and mental assessments were taken to measure an enslaved person's wealth. Both men and women were put under degrading sexual acts to asses the labor they could generate. However, women were assessed based on physical labor capabilities in fields and homes, as well as ability to bear children. Once purchased, women and men became human cargo to be stored with other goods (Mustakeem). These atrocious acts objectified women and men through captivity, sexual assault and more that violated basic human and women's rights, all due to economic motivations. 

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