You love the balloon sleeves and pigeon silhouette? :-P
Good point about the suffrage movement. I think people connect it with modern feminism, which (sorry to say) would put me off too. But it's a great story that should be told more often. I remember studying it a little, but we didn't go into depth much.
Hee! No, I love the cute little hats. Actually, I'm thinking more 20's and 30'2 than turn of the century, but I still love looking at the pictures.
It's really sad that the crazies have turned people off to hearing about feminism so badly. I can't talk to my father or brother about it at all. They call me a feminist as if it's a bad word.
It's the screaming apples that get all the attention, but the truth is without the Suffrage movement we wouldn't be able to vote much less dictate what medical attentions we receive. Back in those days, the docs asked the husbands or the fathers before doing any surgeries on the wives or daughters. In fact, the male side of the family could institutionalize the females without much trouble. All they had to do was sign papers.
Hey pretty dresses and nice carriages are sweet, but I like the idea of NOT being in a nutfarm a lot more.
I don't know if you had discovered the bitter pill that both Cady Stanton and Anthony had to swallow from Douglass. The women's movement had supported the abolition movement not only because they felt it was the right thing to do, but also because they were supposed to get support on the women suffrage movement. However, when it all came down to it, Douglass stated and I'm paraphrasing here, "Let African-American men get the vote first, ladies." Therefore, women were forced to back away from the importance of their issue, to totally push African-American men suffrage
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Good point about the suffrage movement. I think people connect it with modern feminism, which (sorry to say) would put me off too. But it's a great story that should be told more often. I remember studying it a little, but we didn't go into depth much.
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It's really sad that the crazies have turned people off to hearing about feminism so badly. I can't talk to my father or brother about it at all. They call me a feminist as if it's a bad word.
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Hey pretty dresses and nice carriages are sweet, but I like the idea of NOT being in a nutfarm a lot more.
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Carriages are actually one thing I don't envy. I like being able to go 55 mph and still feel like I'm sitting still.
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