William and Molly went back home to Carlisle, PA until he died in April 1783. Molly earned forty dollars, including an annual commission of the exact same amount for the rest of her life from the Pennsylvania Legislature for her wartime services. Some say that monies that she received were higher than what most widows got, so she must have gone above and beyond her duties during the war. After her husband’s death, she remarried a war veteran named John McCauley and they stayed married for another 44 years, she worked in the State House in Carlisle.
Soon afterwards, Grandfather passed away. The next morning Matilda looked around town and found their coffeehouse cook, Eliza, her brother, and nephews. Eventually, Eliza’s nephews and a lost homeless girl, Nell, got sick and were taken to the coffeehouse. Once the frost came
and her husband moved to the territory. They traveled on a covered wagon, and encountered many bandits5. She refers to the times that the bandits would try to steal their horses, and after that night they would stay up through the night to keep
Sarah Grimke was a woman who fought for the eqaulity if sexes and whom did not accept the wrongdoings of slavery brought upon them. Grimke then became a leader for women’s rights and abolition to be able to express her strong viewpoint towards the way women were treated. In 1838, Grimke published letters, Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Women, in which revealed her criticisms and possible solutions. Mentioned in Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Women, Grimke indicates the deficiencies of “the butterflies of the fashionable world.” She is referring to the class of women whose main purpose in life is to attract men with their looks in order to get married.
The main character of the book, Allison Mackenzie, came from a middle-class family that owned a home off Chestnut Street. Her mother, Constance, owned a shop in town called the Thrifty Corner Apparel Shoppe. Allison was born out of wedlock and her father was out of the picture. Constance was ashamed of this fact and hide her secret past from society. The situation surrounding Allison was an example of the time period’s denial of family dysfunction.
Essay 1 In “There is No Unmarked Women”, Deborah Tannen explains how women are forcibly “marked” no matter what. During a small work conference, Tannen observes many women’s appearance. She looks at their haircuts, clothing and the makeup they wear. She feels the women are all “Marked”, while men wear nothing to stand out.
For the 19th century America, the two sexes were to be separated into distinct spheres, the man’s public sphere and the woman’s private one. It was most common for the two sexes to spend their time mostly in the company of their own sex, and advices were given to the younger members of the society on the proper way of behaving according to one’s sex. Even though both sexes had to be instructed on how to perform in each other’s company, it was the shaping of a woman that needed to undergo through a series of instructions on the proper way to be a woman. A woman had to follow the rules of the Cult of True Womanhood to be considered proper and wife material. Fanny Fern in her writing appeals on and discusses the attributes of piety, purity, submissiveness,
Mankind has its views on matters that puts us at a crossroad. The crossroad we stand at is whether an event will take us toward the Heaven, Hell or Prevail Scenario. In the short story “No Woman Born” By C.L Moore the main character Deirdre dies in a fiery death and is save and put into a mechanical body. Deirdre embodies the prevail scenario, but her friend and doctor view her in a different light. Her doctor Maltzer sees her as being a step toward the Hell Scenario, while her friend Harris sees her in the opposite end of the spectrum as a step toward the Heaven Scenario.
As the chapter continues she discusses the challenges of her new lifestyle; adapting to the harsh climates, bed bugs, learning english, and overcoming racism. She particularly depicts the hatred Irish immigrants had for hispanics. On one occasion she had to run to avoid being caught (and potentially beat). “He could kill me... Hurry, hurry, run, run...
Apparently, an intruder came to her demanding money, Johanna said that she defended herself with a pipe that she had close to her. Ingrid so frightened, ran to get help and ended up in Mrs. McGovern house. She asked her to call the sheriff and to tell Aunt Klara to come right away. Mrs. Govern never called, the sheriff never came, and there was no investigation. The Eiserloh family were despised that a little girl that was pleading for help in her mother treatment, was ignored.
The dawn by Octavia E.Butler is not just a science fiction but a true depiction of human psychology. It talks about extraterrestrial, spaceship, utopia and genetic modification. As the readers progress, they find themselves relatable; hence, completely indulged in master piece. This book diligently portrays human psychic through the different characters and a reader can easily affiliate the character to the real world.
Although the cousin was prejudiced against the newly liberated Americans, Flora’s cousin does make an accurate observation of Flora Macdonald’s treatment in America. No one should be forced to watch their house, with all their belongs burn and then have no where to go. As the cousin said, however, Flora Macdonald responded to her oppressors in the same manner she responded to all misfortune, bravely and spiritedly. Flora Macdonald by this time, as a grandmother was fifty-seven years old, which in the 1770’s is very
Amanda Gorman is a 26-year-old American poet and activist. Gorman grew up with a speech impediment, influencing her to write poetry as a way to express herself. Rather than seeing her impediment as something slowing her down, she learned to view it as a superpower. Her inauguration poem “The Hill We Climb” speaks on the Black Lives Matter movement, the losses of the COVID-19 pandemic, and equality in the US. She delivers the idea that a country shouldn’t strive for perfection, but rather seek improvement.
When Europeans discovered the new world, the whole world changed. The new world was named the Americas and it changed greatly when the Europeans discovered it. The Natives that inhabited the Americas were not happy with the new foreigners that had settled in their country. In Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford, the Europeans sailed to the new world and brought many new items that the Native Americans had never seen before. In Coming of Age in the Dawnland by Charles C. Mann, in this story, it talks about the differences between the Europeans and Native Americans, and the differences between the multiple Native American tribes.
“Women” by Louise Bogan Louise Bogan married her husband, Curt Alexander in 1916, and had a child a year later. In 1920, Curt Alexander died, causing Bogan to become a widow and left her with no reliable income and an adolescent to care for. After moving to New York City, later on, Bogan met other writers, this sparked her writing career. After writing multiple reviews for periodicals, she later wrote the poem “Women” (Louise Bogan). Throughout the course of this poem, Bogan uses metaphors, imagery, and the setting to show that women are seen as incapable of doing what men do.
