Journal Entry #10

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• Birth control was lehalized to married couples in 1965.
• Madonna was one of the first female rockstars!
• It's unveliableable how in 1977 after the women had some rights even the right to vote, Iris Rivera got fired because she didn't want to make coffe. Being a house wife was not her job!
• Childbirth was so dangerous that it was referred to as going down to the death's door.
• In 1900s, one out of every seventeen men had a mother or sister that died while giving birth.

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• How would society look today if birth control pills were only given to married couples?
• What would I be doing if women didn't have any rights?
• Would I still have the same family I still have today without some of the rights women fough for?
• Isn't it unveliavable how us, women, went from nothing to where we are today?
• What did people think about adoption?

3

• Contraception (189): birth control (used for prevention)
• Obscene (191): offensive to morality or decency
• Hysteria (212): an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear

2

• "Only women who wanted to prevent pregnancies were prostitutes" (190). Women vs. Society.
• "Language validates experience, that is, gives us power to touch each other from the inside out, and share our inner world" (208). Personification.

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• I'm glad today women have freedom! "We'll change the world!" (208).

Journal Entry #9

5

• Women started moving north because it was where they would have the most opportunities since they knew that there were many free slaves there.
• Wyoming was the first state that let women vote.
• Belva Ann Lockwood (1830-1917) ran twice for president!
• Women supported each other and were the ones who organized their own meetings and moved forth to seek change.
• Women's health didn't matter so much.

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• Did men think women were foolish for wanting what they did?
• What criticisms did Lockwood receive for wanting to become a president?
• If a women told their husband that they felt sick what would they do about it?
• Was there a women who supported men?

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• Lobbying (169): try to influence the votes of members
• Picketing (172): a group of people infront of a building ready to protest
• Anecdotes (178): a short account of an incident

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• "For working at least twelve hours a day, six days a week, she earned about $3-less if she damaged a collar" (171). Person vs. Person and Person vs. Society.
• "She went to push the tribe toward self-sufficiency" (175). Person vs. Society

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• There are many women to acknowledge for their bravery and their risky actions.

Journal Entry #8

5

• Advocating for education took place during 1790 by Judith Sargent Steve.
  
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton supported the women rights movement and even published a book which criticized the role defined for women.
  
• Even in 2000, the Second Feminist Expo was held in Baltimore, Maryland.
  
• There are many different types of feminism such "Cultural Feminist" who celebrate women differences from men.
  
• Men can too be feminists!
  

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• What makes a person become a feminist?
  
• How were feminists treated before women had rights?
  
• What happened if a women married a women?
  
• If a women becomes a feminist, how do they know what type of feminist they are?
  

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• Exploitation (164): use for profit
  
• Patriarchy (168): a society, community based on social organization
  
• Pragmatic (168): treating historical people with special reference to their causes
  

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• "Feminists come in all shapes and sizes, all races, creeds, and colors" (161). Personification.
  
• "Opportunities that are the result of the efforts of women and men who have lived before them" (166). Person vs. Society.
• "Women are still the most universal and direct victims of our patriarchy" (167). Women vs. Society.
  

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• Even though women fought to own their rights and freedom from men there were some men that helped them move on, too.
  

Journal Entry #7

5

• There was a girls group that formed called Mean Girls and they were the "rock-music heroines" (131).
• Besides all of the nice songs, the girls offered sisterhood.
• There were many critics about girls because they formed a girls group and they didn't write their own lyrics.
• There's atleast some realisation toda. "But feminism has taught us to appreciate everyday magic" (133).
• Women even had limitations when it came to playing sports. There was really no freedom for them to do anything. These women would envy us today because of all the priviledges we have and we all don't take advantage of the opportunities put in our paths.
• Some women that played sports and tryed any extend was Billie Jean King (tennis player).
• A strong women that we should all be proud of today is Jeannette Rankin who fought for women's rights and peace. And this is only one of the women that tried to change/make life better for women.
• "Women weren't always in the books" (146).

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• Did police officers favor men more than women?
• How would Ms. Jean King feel about sports today?
• Why don't we talk so much about women today in classes?
• Was there a certain group of women that got more attentions than others for a long period of time or were they all always ignored?

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• Smackeroo (131): a hard slap
• Svengali (132): a person who completely dominates another (selfish)
• Expenditure (136): the act of expending something

2

• "Yet they wore leather pants, Beatle boots, and giant hairdos" (131). Imagery.
• "Discounted the value of girl gropus because most didn't write their owm music, and it was just bubble gum for the kids anyway" (133). Metaphor.

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• Women wanted to do everthing, but had limits to everything! Today we need to appreciate everything because people fought for us to have all the goods we have in our lives. We need to see the "perfect" side of life.