Marie Meurdrac was a French scientist who wrote Chemistry Simplified for Women. In the foreword of this book, she stated that she herself thought that it was not a lady’s job to teach. But instead of remaining silent, she broke through the social barriers and decided that the minds of men and women were equal, and published her book (Doc 2). Another woman who derived from societal norms and continued to study science was Marie Thiroux d’Acronville, a French anatomical illustrator who wrote Thoughts on Literature, Morals, and Physics. She wrote in the preface of her book that women should not study medicine and astronomy.
According to Shirley Chisholm (2005), “Of my two ‘handicaps,’ being female put more obstacles in my path than being black” (p. 929). Mary Jackson faced similar challenges to that of Shirley Chisholm. She was not only a female, but a black female. Mary Jackson was a pioneer, developer, and made a great contribution to science.
Mary opened up her own hospital for African-American in 1911 when one of her students got sick but the doctors rejected her because she was black. It’s called McLeod Hospital and all patients are treated equally. Mary received many honors and awards during her lifetime like the Haitian Medal of Honor and Merit, the highest award of the Haitian government in 1949. People recognized her dedication and compassion.
The so-called “American Dream” to be more individualistic rather than a collectivistic community like the British Empire didn’t follow through with women’s rights. Martha Ballard’s profession is then reduced by William Smellie as “he explained the importance of reassuring both the patient and her “friends”,” (65). This shows that males couldn’t conceive the idea of respecting women’s work and treating them as professionals. However, this also shows the apparent disconnect between male physicians and their patients.
During this time women were viewed as less than men, anything that women would do would be overlooked. Margaret Cavendish wrote, “ For though the muses, graces, and sciences, are all of the female gender, ...they would turn all from females into males, so great is grown the self-conceit of the masculine and the disregard of the female sex.” (Doc 9). Male scientist were considered to be more important and would be considered correct, contrary women who were educated and conducted scientific experiments would be disregarded along with their work. Henry Oldenbury further proves this when he says that, “ Friendship among men is a great aid to the investigation and elucidation of the truth.”(doc
These actions of hers sparked fires across the world speaking to women at each end of the globe to fight for what you want. She was doubted and ridiculed throughout her entire life for believing she could become a doctor. Even so with all the negativity she succeeded by being the first in her class, and becoming a doctor. Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell’s journey to becoming the world’s first medical school student and the United States First Female physician were met due to her courageousness and determination. Her devotion and achievements shined a light on how women were being treated, leading to many great feminist movements.
She died in her sleep on the 29th of November 1872 in Naples. While Mary Somerville was accepted as a crucial member of the scientific community, it is significant to note that the general attitude of the times was still reflected through statements such as ‘it requires a moment's reflection to be aware that one is hearing something very extraordinary from the mouth of a woman’ (James David Forbes, later Principal of the University of St Andrew) and ‘ the sobriquet of the Rose of Jedburgh [as she was known] formed a piquet contrast to her masculine intellect’ (Ellen Mary Clerke). This very attitude may have been the reason she never carried out research of her own Mary Fairfax Somerville herself was against all forms of ‘oppression and tyranny’ and ‘resented the injustice of the world in denying all those privileges of education to [her] sex which were so lavishly bestowed on men’ [2]. She described herself as ‘growing more liberal over time’.
Chapter five until chapter eight of the book “Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in Man-Made World” by Elinor Cleghorn brings to us many qualities, facts, and historical events that every college student should be aware of. Clighorn’s arguments are clear and most of the time easy to understand, she is not persuasive in her statements, but rather informative. For every argument she makes she brings reliable pieces of evidence that come from different activists, testimonies, speeches, and historical events. Hence, making the book even more interesting to read and acquire information. Through these chapters, Cleghorn writes about women’s role in medicine but also the consequences that followed up with the lack of women involved in medicine.
If not for Blackwell perhaps women would have never been allowed to be doctors. This is improbable, what is probable however, is that women would have had to wait a long time before someone with her talent and character showed up again. Blackwell also fought for equality outside of her profession and was involved with women’s rights activism. The impact of her young life on her character, her struggle to become a doctor in the mid 1800’s, the people who inspired and challenged her, and the lasting legacy of her work are all essential to understanding Elizabeth Blackwell as a person, and as a symbol of equality in American
Mary Rowlandson Ashleyann Mabatid Azusa Pacific University College Mary Rowlandson Reading this week’s assigned reading about Mary Rowlandson was interesting. Mary Rowlandson lived a Puritan life and she devoted her life to God. She had strong feelings that her actions and the followers around her did the right thing when they were confronted by the wilderness and people they did not understand. Her faith prevented them from understanding what was happening in the New World. The Puritans were devoted to Christ’s salvation.
This is a powerful statement because it shows how far we have gotten since then. Hopkins 2 Pathos. “Women are also dying from diseases that should have been prevented or treated. They are watching their children succumb to malnutrition caused by poverty and economic deprivation. They are being denied the right to go to school by their own fathers and brothers.
50% of the world’s population include women, however, women continue to be underrepresented as citizens, leaders and elected officials. Despite economic prosperity and political stability as a first world country, Canada’s underrepresentation of women in politics is less than in many underdeveloped countries and thus, brings forth inequality in society as well. Statistics Canada shows that majority of students graduating from post-secondary are women, and this indicates that women should have equal opportunities that men do. Women are accounted for 56.3% of total enrolments in Universities in Canada, which is compared with 43.7% for men. These numbers have remained relatively stable over the past decade with female graduates representing 58% of the total number of graduates in 2012 as well.
Emma Williams Mrs. Rettew English 10 5 May 2023 Abigail: The Victim of Trauma When speaking about trauma, no one says it better than Laurell K. Hamilton in her book Mistral’s Kiss. She states, “There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.” In the drama The Crucible by Aurthur Miller, Abigail Williams is a young woman in Salem who is seemingly the villain of the town. All the accusations of witchcraft and the deaths are all pinned onto Abigail. Many people immediately blame Abigail for the havoc just because she is such an easy target, but is she really to blame?
In 2010, women earned 70% of bachelor’s degrees, 67% of master’s degrees, and 61% of doctorates. These percentages have defiantly gone up. Next is gender, income, and wealth. In
Annotated Bibliography Quast, L. (2015, November 22). The Gender Pay Gap Issue Is Fixable -- But May Require Bolder Actions To Overcome. Retrieved from Forbes.com: http://www.forbes.com/sites/lisaquast/2015/11/22/the-gender-pay-gap-issue-is-fixable-but-may-require-bolder-actions-to-overcome/2/ It is reported by the Economic Policy Institute that although women had made tremendous records entering into workforce and gain great successes in education, but their wage is 83% comparing to men. The world forum also released a report in 2015 that women now make as much as men earned a decade ago.
