WISE English Final Self-Assessment: A Challenging but Successful Semester
Kendra K. Charles
CENG 106 WISE
May 8, 2012
Professor Peterson
Final-Self Assessment
WISE English Final Self-Assessment: A Challenging but Successful Semester
Beginning the semester with irritation, overwhelmed with the work and trying to manage all A’s in my classes, I anticipated it was not possible for me to achieve an A in WISE English 106. Previously taking Professor Peterson’s class in the fall, I had already experienced the troublesome and challenging work. I came to be accustomed with Professor Peterson’s WISE English classes and all it had to offer. This semester the work challenged my ability to succeed. I understood that in order to become a successful, erudite student I would have to be very assiduous and put forth great effort to meet my academic expectations. WISE English was a challenging course but I am thankful for the opportunity. I have learned so much throughout this semester from forming thesis statements to critical reading.
Completing two semesters of WISE English, you see how much you have grown and you recognize the areas you need improvement on. This semester I saw a lot of areas that needed work, like citations and MLA specificities. I think I have improved rather well with coherence and comma splices. Even though I improved in a few areas, I feel as if I needed to work on a lot more. Working very meticulously I tried my best to revise my papers for the revision grades, some took longer than others. This semester of English was the hardest and required a lot of time and dedication. I did not thrive exactly how I would have liked to this semester, but knowing that I tried my best is a great satisfaction.
WISE English is a technology based class and it has enabled me to complete a lot of assignments with the aid of technology. One of the easiest and erudite assignments was weekly blogs. Writing weekly blogs was a mundane assignment that took place at the beginning of the semester until the end of the semester. I enjoyed writing weekly blogs; I got to talk about things that I wanted to while learning to write and get straight to the point. We also had blog assignments assigned to us pertaining to topics we talked about in WISE English that linked to WISE History. The assigned blogs usually required our peers to comment on at least two. Having to comment on our peers blogs enabled me to communicate with my peers and learn from them through the use of technology. The assigned blog assignments as well as some weekly blog assignments initiated a varied conversation amongst me and my peers. For example, in the Dubois and Washington blog it was important for me and my peers to take a side and explain why it was more significant or notable than the opposing point of view. More precisely, in my Dubois & Washington Speeches blog, I selected to side with W.E.B. Dubois, whom which most of my peers sided with. This particular blog grasped the attention from a few of my classmates, given rise to an educated discussion. I believe that blog assignments without any doubt are an excellent approach to gain even more knowledge from your peers and they enable you to exhibit your own views and opinions. A different blog assignment I completed was a weekly blog titled The Argument: Abortion. This weekly blog permitted me to illustrate my thoughts and opinions on abortion and the different point of views it has. Not as formal as majority of the assignments assigned, I was allowed to voice my opinion and state how I felt and question how my peers felt about the topic. Another blog that I created was based on a trend that started over social websites, The Cinnamon Challenge which a lot of individuals were taking part in. Some individuals seemed to be cynical about the whole challenge not understanding the reason for the silly challenges. Similar to a majority of the weekly blogs I completed, I was able to state my opinion and how I felt about the topic. This certain blog allowed me to illustrate that this particular challenge may not be harmful but some of the challenges that are spreading over the social web are. Even though when writing blogs, I am not writing “academically,” they have still aided me into becoming a more advanced writer.
Writing blogs was not the only tasks we had to complete in WISE English, we also had major assignments. The first major assignment that I completed was the. For me, this assignment was one of the most challenging assignments I think I ever had to complete. This paper required a great deal of thought and it required a lot of time. Even though I tried and put forth effort on this assignment I did not do exceedingly well. I did not do well at all. I thought for sure I was going to receive a B on this paper but I thought wrong. Being told that my paper was not developed fully and not linking my sentence to one another had a lot to do with downfall of my grade on this particular assignment. I declare this paper was annoying and caused a lot of irritation. There was no second chance on the Midterm Slave Narrative, so the first one we wrote would be our initial and final draft. Although I did not thrive on this assignment like I would have liked to I still feel as though it helped me improve as a writer pointing out my weaknesses.
The second major assignment was the Literary Analysis. The literary Analysis also required you to think but it was not as stressful as the Midterm Slave Narrative Research Paper and the prospectus assignment . Literary analysis required you to assay what you were reading and write about it. I did my literary analysis paper on a short story “Two Kinds” written by Amy Tan. We had to do a Literary Analysis First Draft and a Literary Analysis Final Draft . Having the chance to improve my literary analysis paper, I took the chance and ran with it. I made sure everything was linked to each other and connected. I also changed and corrected my thesis statement connecting each point directly back to the thesis statement. I made sure everything was right and made sure I found no errors in my paper. Being that I am not perfect I know I probably did not catch every error but I do know did my best and that is really all that counts and the grade of course. Still not sure about my grade on this specific assignment I believe that the revision was worth the time and will reflect the grade that I will receive. Although I have not received my grade yet this assignment has also helped me to ameliorate my writing and become more prolific as a writer.
Finally, the last major assignment was the Collaborative Research Presentation and the Final History Paper In CMS . I have to see this was by far the easiest and smoothly running assignment that I had to do in WISE English. The two assignments connected with WISE History, using the same topic we chose in History we had to present a presentation in WISE English. I chose the topic, The Feminist Movement and how effected woman today. I never really knew much about the feminist movement but it was a topic that I was interested in learning more about. The power point, The Feminist Movement helped me understand a lot more the reasons for the movement and why it was such significance to history. This assignment was one that I really enjoyed doing because it was something I wanted to know more about and it was interesting. I had an abundant amount of sources to help me to excel with doing this project. I created my power point project with illustrations and videos connecting to the information I was showcasing. The power point I created connecting to The Final History Paper in CMS helped me out a lot when it came time to write the paper. Although, the power point did help me with the paper, like most of my papers I had a rough time figuring out a thesis statement. Trying to come up with a thesis statement remains to be a problem for me but is improving slowly but surely. The paper required six pages in length and it had to be formatted in CMS, which means we had to include footnotes. I thought the challenging part of the paper would be providing six pages of information, but with all the information I had I knew that the page requirement would be the least of my problems. The challenging part of the assignment for me was citing CMS correctly. I knew this was a problem last time in both WISE History and WISE English, so I checked this time and still had problems citing correctly. Even though writing for History and writing for English are different due to the fact they have different writing styles, in some way writing papers for English helped me to write a great paper for history. I say this because I was having problems liking sentences with each other and once that was pointed out to me I made sure not to do it again. I thrived very well on assignments, so kudos to me for doing well and succeeding on both assignments.
The experience I had in WISE English was not always an easy task but it has helped me progress as a writer. I may have not always received an A on all my assignments in WISE English but it is not a bad thing. Because I did not receive a good grade on all my assignments it showed me the problems I had and what needed to be worked. Leaving WISE English I know that I have reached a substantial amount of growth as a writer from when I started out. I have improved a lot from elaborating to coherence. I think that I have improved a lot as a writer, although I am not the greatest writer ever, Professor Peterson’s class has helped me where I will be able to become a great writer. My expectations for this course were met beyond what I expected. I learned a lot, maybe even more than I actually thought I would learn. I am grateful for all the things that Professor Peterson has taught me because it will help me go forth and be a better writer, eliminating the flaws I once had before. Before starting out in Professor Peterson’s class I set a goal for myself. My goal was to earn an A out of the course. Due to the fact that grades are still being entered, I am not sure if I will achieve my goal. I have done an abundant amount of extra credit, commenting on my peer’s blogs, using extra credit words and completing the Post Test Extra Credit Assignment. I pray and hope that I did enough extra credit to help me receive an A out of this course. If I could change anything about my experience in WISE English, I would not change a thing because I have learned from each mistake, some more effective than others but it has all helped me progress and better myself. The collaborative WISE experience has benefited me in many ways. The experience of being a WISE scholar has benefited me in a great way that has aided me in becoming a more successful writer for both English and History. I will never forget the WISE experience I had; I feel as though it was a great success and will assist me in my future endeavors. I am more than grateful for getting the chance to have the WISE experience, even though it was a challenge it was a success as well.
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“Miracle at St. Anna” Film Review Extra Credit
“Miracle at St. Anna” is a good movie. The movie portrays the issue of racism in the military during World War II. The film was created in 2008. “Miracle at St. Anna” shows how the black soldiers and the Italian soldiers come together and form a bond. “Miracle at St. Anna” focuses on significant part in American history that most do not know about or understand.
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WISE History Reflective Essay: Receiving Feedback
Kendra Charles
WISE History 202
Professor Underwood
Reflective Essay
WISE History Reflective Essay: Receiving Feedback
Wise history is a great class. I love Wise history, so I enrolled in Wise History 202. Wise History is different from any other Wise course. We didn’t have boring lectures, the professor was more engaging in the information she was teaching and not just citing History. The professor actually knew what she was talking about which made the lectures entertaining. Writing blog for the lectures we listened to helped you understand more what the professor was talking about. Writing certain assignments and receiving feedback is the most useful of the class. Wise history being connected with technology is great. WISE history helped me to understand how we have progressed from technology
Writing papers was not too difficult. The research paper was a little challenging but I got through it. Putting thing in history context is a little challenging but is very important. Researching certain things about the topic, the feminist movement and the various situations that it dealt with was a process. Even though the research paper was a slight challenge; it helped me change into a better writer for history. Trying to make sentences flow was challenging for the reason that it had to relate to all the points I was trying to make. I could not just place sentences anywhere. It was like a puzzle, it had to fit. Even though the research paper had its complications I still managed to get it done. I made a B on the research paper, but I still had a chance to make an A. My professor gave me great feedback, where I could correct my paper and get an A. I could not just toss a random quotation lacking a meaning. I had to evaluate what was happening. The research paper was wearisome and needed a sufficient amount of time and effort.
The Research paper allowed me to be a more motivated and advance thinker, which is necessary for writing any kind of history paper. After writing the research paper, I saw how I turned out to be more familiar with putting my thoughts and notions together. After writing my research paper and getting the feedback from my professor, I felt like I knew what I needed to do to become a stronger writer in history terms. I was happy about writing the research paper and receiving a B after thinking I could not do it. With the writing of the paper I learned more about the feminist movement and correspondingly learned how to write more effectively. The research paper also aided me in progress by giving me practice in citing CMS. The paper was very effective and helped me grow as a writer.
A weakness that I ensure in WISE history is trying to clarify the historical importance in all of the writing. With the professor giving me feedback on all my papers she helps me to understand how the paper should be or what needs to be change. I do not think that the professor’s feedback was harsh; I believe that it was just what I needed to get the A that I worked for. I believe that I am growing as a writer but the feedback she gives helps me to grow even more. However, sometimes writing history papers is a perplexing assignment and I think that I am doing a bit better at shifting my thoughts historically. Some of the strength that I had in WISE history is essentially getting my points across and the reason for that is because the feedback I was given last semester.
Being in Wise history, you have to write blogs on lectures or certain topics. I exceeded quite well when it came to writing blogs. After writing the blogs, I understood the importance of the blogs and why the class took part in using this type of technology. Blogs helped me to avoid doing a lot of things that I might have done in a paper. Blogs helped me get straight to the point. I did not get too much feedback on my blogs for the reason that there was never anything wrong, but the feedback I did received helped me to revise the blog properly. I appreciate writing the blogs because it taught me how to become a more effective writer and how to write differently
In Wise history, I learned that receiving feedback is not to hurt you or make you upset but to help you progress. I liked Wise history, because as a scholar it helped me to be a better writer and learn more about what has happened in the world over ages of time. Wise history is probably one of the most effective classes I have been in my freshman year. I hope to continue being a WISE scholar and learn new things. Being in this WISE history class has permitted me to mature as a writer and outline my overall writing abilities when it comes to getting straight to the point.
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Bullying !
I was recently changing channels trying to find something and I saw something on television about bullying. I debunk bullying. I hate to hear something about someone being bullied because they look different or they are not like everyone else. I hate hearing about someone being bullied period. There are many different types of bullying. A lot of bullying is seen in school. Bullying can be very dangerous in many different ways. A few reasons are the person your bullying might have a physical disorder, the person being bullied might have a psychological imbalance. Or after being bullied for so long, the person might decide to strike back and attack a school or a public place. For the victims of bullying, they go to school every day facing harassment, taunting, and humiliation. In most situations the bully is very mundane individual, not giving the victim a break. After a while, it is more likely for the person to strike back and it is usually not a very good outcome. Bullying behavior is seen all over the world and almost in all sections of society. It might start at an age as early as preschool and might increase in the transitional teenager years. There can be various reasons behind this kind of aggressive behavior. The bully’s propensity to harass the victim may have something to do with what they are dealing with at home. Often the victim is shy and introvert and weak in built as compared to bully. If individuals or bystanders who see the bullying going one would just say something it might get a little better. It takes a very audacious person to jump in and stop the bully. It is never good for anyone to be bullied and no one should just stand there and watch. Bullying is a serious matter and should be strongly dealt with. What do you think about the issues of bullying?
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Research Proposal REVISED
During the 20th century, feminism had a strong effect on the females’ role in society and in everyday life. After a while women got sick of living the “strict” lifestyle. The females were getting bored with staying in the house and not being able to do what they wanted. Women began to realize that in order to transform society they would need their own organizations to do so. They decide that they had enough and needed to make a change. They wanted equality between men and women and wanted the same opportunities that men received. They campaigned upon a whole range of issues; from guardianship of infants, property rights, divorce, access to higher education and the medical professions, to equal pay and protective legislation for women workers – many of which women are still campaigning for today. Feminism had a huge effect on the everyday role of women. Men were granted with rights; which in essence mean that women had little to none. The women, fighting for what they believed in or sought to happen in the future was in essence the beginning of the Feminist movement. In what ways did the Feminist Movement help mode and shape the lives of women of present times? Due to the uprising of the Feminist Movement, women today have more rights, privileges and are given equal rights to that of a man. The feminist movement has changed women’s status in the history of our society socially, politically, and economically.
The first wave of feminism known as the Suffrage Movement, took place in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, emerging out of an atmosphere of urban industrialism and liberal, socialist, and politics. The goal of the first wave was to open up opportunities for women, with a focus on voting. The wave formally began at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 when 300 men and women rallied to the cause of equality for women. The second wave of feminism known as the Women’s Liberation Movement began in the 1960s and continued into the 90’s. This wave extended in the perspective of the anti-war and civil rights movements and the growing self-consciousness of a variety of minority groups around the world. The voice of the second wave was increasingly drastic. In this phase, sexuality and reproductive rights were leading concerns, and an ample amount of the movement’s energy was concentrated on passing the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution assuring social equality regardless of gender. The final and third wave known as the Third Wave Feminism, it began in the mid-90’s and was informed by post-colonial and post-modern thinking. “Postcolonial feminism” was born out of critique aimed towards western feminism which was seen as articulated from the perspective of white, middle class women, which has also been called “third world feminism” and “global feminism.” Postmodern feminist is highly individual oriented and it relates to specific issues of women in a particular culture and society. An international movement which has its roots in international responses to the UN Decade of Women (1975-1985), “postcolonial feminism” is most well-known for the challenge it has posed to Western feminist politics In this phase many conceptions have been weakened, including the ideas of “universal womanhood,” body, gender, and sexuality. An feature of third phase feminism that puzzles the mothers of the earlier feminist movement is the re-adoption by young feminists of the lip-stick, high-heels, and cleavage conceitedly visible by low cut necklines that the first two phases of the movement identified with male oppression. The third-wave redefined women and girls as assertive, powerful, and in control of their own sexuality
In conclusion, Feminism deals with challenging rather than accommodating to what individuals are told by society is the right or wrong way. It is standing up for yourselves and individuals taking pride in what they do. The women and men seen and understood their relation to the world rather to just go along with what they thought was wrong. Feminism is a movement away from historically conventional norms to a more exposed and equal way of living.
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Final Self-Assesment Draft
In my final draft prospectus
In my weeekly blog, Thinking Tatoos, Freshman Year Coming To an End, and Proccess Analysis blog.
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Blog #1: Significant Developments:1500-Present REVISED
Significant Developments: 1500-Present
Around 1500 C.E. The world changes significantly. The world changed in a lot of ways and with more enormity than any former time in history. A lot of individuals do not look at all of the magnificent developments that come along over time. There were many discoveries coming along during and after the 1500’s. The world has experienced a vast amount of changes from major to minor since the 1500s from the use of anesthesia to the development of the varicella vaccine shot; however some are more significant in the history of the world.
Surgery, I imagine is very painful wide awake and some people had to go through with it years ago. Well, that all changed in 1842. In 1842, Crawford Williamson Long developed anesthesia. Anesthesia is having pain blocked or temporarily taken away. Before there was anesthesia, surgical operations were excruciating. They would use alcohol to numb the patient. The alcohol did not make the procedure less painful, so they would hold the patient down. Anesthesia is significant for the purpose that when individuals have to undergo surgical procedures they will not be awake to sense any pain throughout the surgery. Anesthesia is a very important procedure used in the medical field today. Thinking about surgery and all the procedures, you wonder how they hold the body together afterwards. Well, in 1846, Ambroise Pare invented stitches. Stitches (surgical suture) hold body tissues together after an injury or surgery. Stitches were developed because people were dying frequently from the abundant amount of bleeding. The technique the doctors used to close wounds before the stitches also caused death. Stitches are essential because it closes wounds, injuries, and openings from surgery. Stiches prevent the patients from dying of frequent bleeding. Following all these wonderful inventions, doctors realized they needed to see what was going on with the body internally. How could they do this? The discovery of an x-ray machine could make this happen. In 1895, Wilhelm Rontgen developed the x-ray machine. X-ray is a form of electromagnetic radiation. X-rays penetrate solid objects and have a wide number of uses, particularly in medicine, archeology, and astronomy. X-rays are very significant, without x-rays we would not know about old fractures, arthritis, scoliosis and other information doctors should know. X-rays are significant because they can expose broken bones and detailed pictures of outer space. X-rays are taken for the individuals own safety. X-rays can ensure the best possible results in care. The medical field was progressing well with all the new useful developments. Doctors were practicing their field and individual were starting to need blood for certain procedures. After all the developments that individuals were coming across, no one had an invention for individuals needing blood. In 1940, Charles Richard Drew developed the blood bank. Blood bank is a site or mobile unit for collecting, processing, and storing whole blood, blood plasma, and other blood constituents. Blood banks are very significant because blood collected for medical use is transfuse into patients who need blood because of trauma, for surgery or as therapeutic treatment of diseases. Without blood banks a lot of individuals who need blood would die. Blood banks are one of the most significant developments of all time. Another great invention in the medical field was the varicella vaccine. In 1970, developed in Japan was the varicella vaccine. Varicella known as the chicken pox is caused by varicella-zoster virus. Varicella causes rashes to spread all across the body. Varicella is a mild disease that is exceedingly contagious, severe and fatal. The vaccine is 90% effective for the prevention of varicella. The vaccine is significant because without the vaccine a lot of people would get the disease and could possibly die. Since the vaccine has been developed there are hardly any cases of chicken pox like there where before 1970.
There are still many changes coming along since the 1500’s, after the 1500’s the world started expanding tremendously with all the new inventions and developments being introduced to the world. As shown in the text, the medical field has come along way with the new developments since the 1500’s and new things are coming about every day. The world is still changing dramatically and signifcantly.
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Annotated Bibliography REVISED
The Feminist Movement is a sequence of campaigns for reforms on various issues. The Movement started in the late 18th Century and went through three waves. The 1st wave was focused on/around the station of the middle or upper-class white women and involved suffrage and political equality. The 2nd wave made an effort to advance combat social and cultural inequalities. The 3rd wave dealt with improved campaigning for women’s greater influence in politics. The feminist movement worked against the status quo in American Society. The Feminist Movement continues to support and inspire women to pursue their goals as individuals who deserve equal opportunity.
H, June. Feminism. New York: Pearson, 2007.
This book focuses on the aspect of feminism in all. It stated the good as well as the bad of the topic feminism. The book defined feminism and explained what feminism was. The text also explained feminism and the history behind it. It explained how feminism began and that feminism is still in existence today. The source informed me on a lot about feminism and the history behind feminism. It also explained what the word feminism meant. This source will be of great help for me when I write my paper.
Ruthsdotter, Mary. “Living the Legacy: The Women’s Rights Movement.” Legacy 98. 1997. http://www.legacy98.org/move-hist.html
This website speaks on the Feminist Movement that started July 13, 1848. The source talks about how tea launched the revolution. The source explains the first women’s rights convention and suffrage. The Seneca Falls women hoped for “a series of conventions embracing every part of the country.” The source also talks about how the conventions were held regularly from 1850 until the start of the Civil War and the large crowds of the conventions. The website mentions Sojourner Truth, Lucy Stone and Susan B. Anthony traveling the country lecturing and organizing the movement. Included in the text it explains that the campaign for the woman suffrage met such staunch opposition that it took seventy two years for the women and their male supporters to be successful. This website is very informative and it includes a great amount of information on the Feminist Movement.
Napikoski, Linda. “Goals of Feminist Movement.” About. August 10, 2009. http://womenshistory.about.com/od/feminism/a/feminist_movement_goals_in_the_60s_a nd_70s.htm.
This website explains how feminism changed a lot of women’s lives and created new worlds of possibility for education, empowerment, working men, feminist art and feminist theory. The website explains how the goals of the movement were simple. They wanted to let women have freedom, and have control of their lives. The source also talks about how women went to college and worked professionally in the early 20th Century but the 20th century myth of the middle-class suburban housewife downplayed the importance of women’s education. The website says that the feminist worked for the Equal Rights Amendment, the Equal Pay Act, and the addition of sex discrimination to the Civil Rights Act and other laws that guaranteed equality. The website was very helpful with the amount of information it provided. The information it provided will help me with arguments in my paper.
Dubois, Ellen. Feminism and Suffrage: The Emergence of an Independent Women’s Movement in America, 1848-1869. Ithaca: Cornell University Press
The book gave details about feminism and suffrage as a whole. The source described and explained the three phases of the movement. It explained the equal rights or women as well as numerous of the associations involved in the Feminist Movement. The source provided dates and useful information about the time period as well as the movement itself. The website was useful because of the great amount information and detail the book contained. The information will be of great help in my paper.
Freeman, Jo. “Waves of Feminism.” JFC 120, no.4 (September1996): 112.
This article gave details about the waves of feminism. The article so explains how the real second wave was the Suffrage Movement, which was stimulated by the good government branch of the Progressive Movement. The article described that there was a flurry of suffrage activity during the Populist Movement of the 1890s, the most active years for the Suffrage Movement were in the second decade of the Twentieth Century which had a lot to do with the Feminist Movement. The source also explains that third wave is the only one which can appropriately be called feminist, because the term wasn’t in use until after 1910. The article was very helpful and informative and it provided enough detail explaining the waves of feminism.
Freeman, Jo. “From Suffrage to Women’s Liberation: Feminism in Twentieth Century America.” Women: A Feminist Perspective, no. 5 (1995):509-528.
This article explains suffrage was the consuming passion of the Feminist Movement. The text also gives details about Younger branch feminists were also more concerned with process, espousing principles of inclusion and participation. From the very beginning a “feminist way” of doing things was often more important than feminist goals. That is why the structure and style of the two branches continued to differ even though issues and ideas readily diffused throughout the entire movement. The article has so much information, it will very significant to use for my paper.
Feminism: Issues and Arguments, Oxford University Press 2003
This source talks about the many issues and arguments that feminism had. Feminism had some positive effects but some people thought that feminism had a negative effect also. The text also explains key topics including pornography, abortion, sexual harassment, and the politics of work and family. This source is very helpful in explaining a lot of concerns of feminism and the effects of feminism. The source also explains how feminism began and the different roles feminism played all around the world. This source has an abundant amount of information and will aid me with my research paper.
Add a comment April 24, 2012
Annotated Bibliography: Feminist Movement
Kendra Charles
February 24, 2012
Professor Underwood
CHIS 202 WS
The Feminist Movement
The Feminist Movement also known as the Women’s Movement is a sequence of campaigns for reforms on various issues. The Movement started in the late 18th Century and went through three waves. The 1st wave was focused on/around the station of the middle or upper-class white women and involved suffrage and political equality. The 2nd wave made an effort to advance combat social and cultural inequalities. The 3rd wave dealt with improved campaigning for women’s greater influence in politics. The feminist movement worked against the status quo in American Society. The Feminist Movement continues to support and inspire women to pursue their goals as individuals who deserve equal opportunity.
Hannam, June . Feminism / J. Hannam.. New York: Harlow, England; New York: Pearson, 2007.
This book focuses on the aspect of feminism in all. It stated the good as well as the bad of the topic feminism. The book defined feminism and explained what feminism was. The text also explained feminism and the history behind it. It explained how feminism began and that feminism is still in existence today. The source informed me on a lot about feminism and the history behind feminism. It also explained what the word feminism meant. This source will be of great help for me when I write my paper.
Ruthsdotter, Mary. “Living the Legacy: The Women’s Rights Movement.” Legacy 98. 1997. http://www.legacy98.org/move-hist.html
This website speaks on the Women’s Right Movement that started July 13, 1848. The source talks about how tea launched the revolution. The source explains the first women’s rights convention and suffrage. The Seneca Falls women hoped for “a series of conventions embracing every part of the country.” The source also talks about how the conventions were held regularly from 1850 until the start of the Civil War and the large crowds of the conventions. The website mentions Sojourner Truth, Lucy Stone and Susan B. Anthony traveling the country lecturing and organizing the movement. Included in the text it explains that the campaign for the woman suffrage met such staunch opposition that it took seventy two years for the women and their male supporters to be successful. This website is very informative and it includes a great amount of information on the Women’s Right Movement.
Napikoski, Linda. “Goals of Feminist Movement.” About. August 10, 2009. http://womenshistory.about.com/od/feminism/a/feminist_movement_goals_in_the_60s_a nd_70s.htm.
This website explains how feminism changed a lot of women’s lives and created new worlds of possibility for education, empowerment, working men, feminist art and feminist theory. The website explains how the goals of the movement were simple. They wanted to let women have freedom, and have control of their lives. The source also talks about how women went to college and worked professionally in the early 20th Century but the 20th century myth of the middle-class suburban housewife downplayed the importance of women’s education. The website says that the feminist worked for the Equal Rights Amendment, the Equal Pay Act, and the addition of sex discrimination to the Civil Rights Act and other laws that guaranteed equality. The website was very helpful with the amount of information it provided. The information it provided will help me with arguments in my paper.
Dubois, Ellen. Feminism and Suffrage: The Emergence of an Independent Women’s Movement in America, 1848-1869. Ithaca: Cornell University Press
The book gave details about feminism and suffrage as a whole. The source described and explained the three phases of the movement. It explained the equal rights or women as well as numerous of the associations involved in the Feminist Movement. The source provided dates and useful information about the time period as well as the movement itself. The website was useful because of the great amount information and detail the book contained. The information will be of great help in my paper.
Freeman, Jo. “Waves of Feminism.” JFC 120, no.4 (September1996): 112.
This article gave details about the waves of feminism. The article so explains how the real second wave was the Suffrage Movement, which was stimulated by the good government branch of the Progressive Movement. The article described that there was a flurry of suffrage activity during the Populist Movement of the 1890s, the most active years for the Suffrage Movement were in the second decade of the Twentieth Century which had a lot to do with the Feminist Movement. The source also explains that third wave is the only one which can appropriately be called feminist, because the term wasn’t in use until after 1910. The article was very helpful and informative and it provided enough detail explaining the waves of feminism.
Freeman, Jo. “From Suffrage to Women’s Liberation: Feminism in Twentieth Century America.” Women: A Feminist Perspective, no. 5 (1995):509-528.
This article explains suffrage was the consuming passion of the Woman Movement. The text also gives details about Younger branch feminists were also more concerned with process, espousing principles of inclusion and participation. From the very beginning a “feminist way” of doing things was often more important than feminist goals. That is why the structure and style of the two branches continued to differ even though issues and ideas readily diffused throughout the entire movement. The article has so much information, it will very significant to use for my paper.
Add a comment April 23, 2012
The Feminist Movement Research Paper
Charles, Kendra
Wise History 202
April 6, 2012
Dr. Underwood
Research Paper: The Feminist Movement
The Feminist Movement
During the 19th century, Feminism had a massive effect on the females’ role in society and in everyday life. After a while women got sick of living the “strict” lifestyle.[1] The females were getting bored with staying in the house and not being able to do what they wanted. They decide that they had enough and needed to make a change. They wanted equality between men and women and wanted the same opportunities that men received. Feminism had a huge effect on the everyday role of women. It is a well-known fact that men were granted with rights; which in essence mean that women had little to none. The women, fighting for what they believed in or sought to happen in the future was in essence the beginning of the Feminist movement also known as the Women’s movement. Motivated by the quest for social justice, feminist inquiry provides a wide range of perspectives on social, cultural, economic, and political phenomena. There are typically thought to be three waves of feminism, each of which concerned themselves with particular issues related to women.[2] In what ways did the Feminist Movement help mode and shape the lives of women of present times? Due to the uprising of the Feminist Movement, women today have more rights, privileges and are given equal rights to that of a man.
The Feminist Movement consists of three waves. The first wave of feminism known as the Suffrage Movement, took place in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, emerging out of an atmosphere of urban industrialism and liberal, socialist, and politics. The goal of the first wave was to open up opportunities for women, with a focus on suffrage. The wave formally began at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 when 300 men and women rallied to the cause of equality for women. The Seneca Falls Declaration was outlined by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, requesting the natural equity of women and outlining the political strategy of equal access and opportunity. The first wave of feminism in the United States was linked with other reform movements, such as abolition and temperance, and primarily closely involved women of the working classes. [3]However, it was also supported by black women abolitionists, such as Maria Stewart, Sojourner Truth, and Frances E. W. Harper, who agitated for the rights of women of color. There were many people during this time who were considered to be feminists, Mary Wollstonecraft, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Olympia Brown, and Helen Pitts; there are countless more. The first-wave was said to have end when the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed, granting women the right to vote. This major victory of the movement also included reforms in education, in the workplace and professions, and in healthcare.
The first-wave of feminism was immense to the movement, however, without the ongoing second-wave, there would be no hope for feminism in current times, for each wave is connected and dependent on the other’s history. The second wave of feminism known as the Women’s Liberation Movement began in the 1960s and continued into the 90’s. The Second Wave Feminism was a powerful, political and social movement that bettered the lives of women. This wave prolonged in the perspective of the anti-war and civil rights movements and the growing self-consciousness of a variety of minority groups around the world. Like the anti-slavery movement of the nineteenth century, the modern civil rights movement encouraged activism of all sorts. The rise of feminism in the mid- to late 1960s, especially the locally organized, community-based forms of women’s liberation, was based in part on young women’s recognition of sexism within “the movement,” made up of male-dominated groups like Students for a Democratic Society, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee and others. The voice of the second wave was increasingly drastic. In this phase, sexuality and reproductive rights were leading concerns, and an ample amount of the movement’s energy was concentrated on passing the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution assuring social equality regardless of gender. The 1960’s was a year of change. People became more vocal and strived for equality among all people. The Food and Drug Administration approved the first oral contraceptive for women. They were available to women the following year. This became the first step in the liberation movement. This now allowed women to take a stand on their reproductive rights. This wave encouraged women to understand aspects of their personal lives and deeply politicized, and reflective of a sexists
structure of power. The key word of this wave was education, of women and of men. In 1963, the Federal Government amended the Equal Rights Act. This was to ensure that sex-based wage discrimination between men and women in the same work establishment was prohibited. The following year, President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This was to protect women from being discriminated against in the work environment. In 1965, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commissioners (EEOC) was appointed to enforce the Civil Rights Act. As membership grew, so did the demonstrations, rallies, petitions and such that were designed to facilitate the spread of information on the purpose of the group. They boycotted the 1968 Miss America Beauty Contest in Atlantic City to let it be known that women’s worth wasn’t about their appearance. Second Wave Feminism became a potent political and social force during the 1970s, advocating for the equality of women in all walks of life. There were several major moments during this wave, such as, The Feminine Mystique hitting the shelves, this book explored the dissatisfaction that many upper and middle class women felt at their limited options in life., Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed, Formation of National Organization for Women (NOW), the rise of radical feminism during the 1970’s, Title IX in the Education Amendments of 1972 passed, allowed women equal access to education, especially college and professional schools, the Feminist Sex Wars of the late 1970’s and 1980’s, and the Roe vs. Wade decision decided.[4] Second Wave Feminism has been succeeded by the movement known as Third Wave Feminism; its effects can still be seen in the lives of everyday women. As a result of the political actions Second Wave Feminists, women have begun to attain equality in all aspects of society, including education, employment, health, and many more.
The final and third wave known as the Third Wave Feminism, it began in the mid-90’s and was informed by post-colonial and post-modern thinking. In this phase many conceptions have been weakened, including the ideas of “universal womanhood,” body, gender, and sexuality. Third-wave feminism manifests itself in “grrl” rhetoric, which seeks to overcome the theoretical question of equity or difference and the political question of evolution or revolution, while it challenges the notion of “universal womanhood” and embraces ambiguity, diversity, and multiplicity in transversal theory and politics.[5] An feature of third phase feminism that puzzles the mothers of the earlier feminist movement is the re-adoption by young feminists of the lip-stick, high-heels, and cleavage conceitedly visible by low cut necklines that the first two phases of the movement identified with male oppression. The Third Wave is sustained by the confidence of having more opportunities and less sexism. Third Wave feminism is characterized by an interest in various groups of women, including women of color; lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered women; and low income women. Ultimately, the ongoing analyses and activism of feminist women of color — and lesbian feminists, radical feminists, and young women from all backgrounds raised with expectations of equality — challenged and broadened the contemporary women’s liberation movement, strengthening it as it moved into the 21st century and a new “third wave.” A common American term for third-wave feminism is “grrl feminism.” The third wave feminism challenges previously accepted definitions of beauty and femininity, and continues to fight for equal rights. Through the development of the PC, third wave feminists are more able to keep tabs on important political and social issues debasing their gender worldwide. This particular wave is defined as the feminist activity and study from the 1990s to present times.[6]
Today, the feminist movement continues to grow. Women and men around the world join together for equal rights and fair treatment. Although much has changed, feminists, regardless of which wave they claim to belong to, still fight for the equality of women everywhere. The movement has come a long way since the 18th Century, and it has only to grow. As it is probably clear from our history many of our demands have still not been met. Women and men were never thought of as “equals.” When compared to the strong, dominant male, females were often thought of as inferior and not nearly as important. Even now, as we enter into the twenty-first century, and the thought that Hilary Clinton might become the first woman president. Political parties are beginning to recognize the importance of female voters, more and more and the labor movements are pushing for a minimum wage. When the women’s movements linked up with other groups such as the Trade Union movement and other oppressed groups, we have achieved masses, like winning the vote. It took 70 years for women to get voting rights, some even gave their lives for it and in many countries it is still being fought for. These movements have granted women like you as well as I to be who we are today. The feminist movement brought about many equal rights for women as well as a common bond for the entire female race. They have allowed us to act opening and think broadly. They have given opportunities that were once not there. They have allowed me to voice my opinion and speak how I feel. They have allowed me to issue a ballot in whose going to be the next city official, or, mayor, or even president of the United States. It has allowed me to get a job and work. Take your opportunities to vote. These movements has granted access so that I or any other women who wanted too, to run for president, to be the next mayor , either way I now have bodily integrity and liberation . I can now hold a position in a public office. I can own my own property. I can go to school and receive an education. And last but not least I now have marital, parental and religious rights. So with that being said the Feminist Movement has granted women today more rights, privileges and we also were given equal rights to that of a man.
In conclusion, Feminism deals with challenging rather than accommodating to what individuals are told by society is the right or wrong way. It is standing up for yourselves and individuals taking pride in what they do. The women and men seen and understood their relation to the world rather to just go along with what they thought was wrong. Feminism is a movement away from historically conventional norms to a more exposed and equal way of living. Feminism is a movement which has been incredibly important to the success and failures of the United States and has been a necessary journey for the women in our country to travel upon so that they can discover and create their own unique place in society.
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[1] Hannam, June . Feminism / J. Hannam.. New York: Harlow, England; New York: Pearson, 2007.
[2] Ruthsdotter, Mary. “Living the Legacy: The Women’s Rights Movement.” Legacy 98. 1997. http://www.legacy98.org/move-hist.html
[3] Napikoski, Linda. “Goals of Feminist Movement.” About. August 10, 2009. http://womenshistory.about.com/od/feminism/a/feminist_movement_goals_in_the_60s_a nd_70s.htm.
[4] Dubois, Ellen. Feminism and Suffrage: The Emergence of an Independent Women’s Movement in America, 1848-1869. Ithaca: Cornell University Press
[5] Freeman, Jo. “From Suffrage to Women’s Liberation: Feminism in Twentieth Century America.” Women: A Feminist Perspective, no. 5 (1995):509-528.
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