In an excerpt (“Dating”) from the book titled “From Front Porch to Back Seat: Courtship in Twentieth-century America” (1998), Beth L. Bailey examines courtship at the beginning of the twentieth century and how courtship evolved into a new system of dating. She explained some rituals in the courtship system and what social rules were followed before changes in societal views on dating. The setting of urban life itself forced changes on the “old-fashioned” way of getting to know someone who you may want to enter in a relationship. The added freedom of dating in public spaces was explored and with this freedom, money, and power became topics.
Picture it: New York, 1920, automobiles filled with flappers and Jazz music flooding the streets, a new age is here. Now this setting did not always occur in the country. The women would wear modest clothing, every daily task was done by hand, social standards were set no matter your race, and drinking became a serious problem despite your age or gender. However this all came to an end during the American’s Golden Age. The 1920s was a time in the country’s history where gender was defined, industries boomed, and political problems arose.
The presence of love in the 1920s’ was somewhat similar to how love is seen today because of the things that drive one to another person. Love, or marriage, in the early 1900s’ was more of a necessity than it is today. Once one moved out of their parent’s home at 18, they were expected to find a partner. Often, people get married very early compared to people today. Early marriages were not great decisions for young people because they may not know what true love actually is at that age.
Naden khaled Ms. Amanda 11C 22/2/2017 Women’s Education and Jobs in The Antebellum Era Although women in the antebellum era were far from seen as equal american citizens, many changes happened that affected the way that the community looks at women. From nothing to schools that helped them learn and help them get a bigger opportunity. Despite how great women are now, long ago they didn’t have the right to work or even to go to schools. Women were expected to sit at home take care of the kids and maybe take care of a farm if she had one. Before the civil war women had somewhat of an education.
So I watch this video on you tube that raises the question what is education. It raises another question what is higher education, and went on to talk about the changes in college education from 1920 to current day. College then was four year course and classes where worth 3 credits. The courses were not vocational unlike now. In 1920 only 2 percent were able to attend college if they choose to.
This social ritual first began among the upper class and was common in the middle class as well. The United States was going through a period of industrialization, where the border of social class began to disappear. However, the lower class had a difficult time participating in this courtship. “Calling” required either a front porch or a room for couples to relax and interact. For example, “factory girls usually lived in one room in a boarding house or apartment and certainly had no space for a gentleman caller.”
One of the first major seminary for women was created in 1823 by Catherine Beecher. Soonafter, the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary was founded in 1837 by Mary Lyon. This was the first institution for higher education for women only (American Vision, p.239). Along with these important woman there were also many other women who changed the course of women’s
Life for women changed drastically over time throughout the years of 1880 to 1920. Some of these changes included inequality in education and job rights, certain rights after marriage, the inability to vote. The women of the 19th and 20th century believed they could be more than just a housewife for men, but rather gain better rights as a women. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton worked as a team to promote equal women’s rights during 1880-1920. They both created and published a woman's newspaper called the “Revolution” from 1868-1870.
The Antebellum period was a time of growing opportunities in education for women. However, women’s roles in society remained plagued with the ideology of domesticity (Katz, 389). Domesticity centered around the idea that a woman was required to be submissive in society, and does not need education, because her role in the world was defined by her domestic life. These theories contributed to the schooling of women and how education was structured. Dame schools, inexpensive, informal schools were educational systems that women could attend during this time.
The theme of “Dating” was that in the mid 1920’s dating was a new idea, and before dating people used “courtship” which was an event that involved family and was more used with more intent of marriage. In “Boys Here, Girls There: Sure, if Equality’s the Goal” is based on gender roles, and mentions the advantages and disadvantages of single sex schools. “Fighting Bullying with Babies” is about bullying and the negative effects, also how watching babies and their mothers can be therapeutic. The essay that best fits the quote is “Dating” by Beth Bailey because the essay possesses the best theme, writing style, diction, and symbolism. Hemmingway’s quote struck me as difficult to understand.
The women’s suffrage movement of the 1920s worked to grant women the right to vote nationally , thereby allowing women more political equality. Wanting to ensure the standards and profound quality of the “home”, many women were involved in social advocacy with the end goal to help amend the inadequacies in the changing nineteenth century. Women strived to “improve… the conditions of child workers, the mentally ill, those imprisoned, and the slaves… it was the result of women’s participation
American Women in the Late 1800’s Were married American women in the late 1800’s expected to restrict their sphere of interest to the home and the family? In the late 1800’s women were second-class citizens. Women were expected to limit their interest to the home and family. Women were not encouraged to obtain a real education or pursue a professional career. After marriage, women did not have the right to own their own property, keep their own wages, or sign a contract.
There was also an increase of educational opportunities for women at the time. At that time women were not allowed to attend universities or colleges nor were they allowed to vote because it was believed that women were only meant to be good nannies, housewives and house keeper(Barkhorn). Women's colleges sprouted up all over the country, enrolling young, mainly white middle-class women. Around the time of the 1870’s there were thousands of female students at these institutions of higher education. A decade later, that amount tripled(Staff, H).
Back in the days it can be determined that these laws back then and now have not really changed but have changed somewhat. So back in the 1930s
The Responsibility That Come Along Creatures and inventers always bring no harm and advance the world like the making of automatic weapons and bombs that have killed thousands millions of people or the capacity there only made for good and can’t do bad right?In the informative essay “De-Extinction”, “we have no idea what havoc we might cause in doing so. Many extinct creatures were fearsome killers that would be very dangerous to humans” and in the Greek Mythology “Prometheus the Friend of Man”, “But Prometheus did not utter a groan in spite of all his sufferings. Year after year he lay in agony, and yet he would not complain, beg for mercy or repent of what he had done”. Both “De-Extinction” and “Prometheus, the Friend of Man”, takes the
