Thursday, November 15, 2007

Women's Role and Women in Society


Accoring to the link below, how have historians traditionally treated women throughout American history? What insight does the author provide about the period from 1790-1830? Be specific.

href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gentutor/women.html">http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gentutor/women.html

Soujourner Truth link
How are slaves and women alike according to Truth? Do you think it is valid to compare the two? What was the relationship between abolitionism and women's rights?

Zinn Reading: Take good notes on thsi so that you can include relevant information in your outline.

Using the answer to thes questions above, and the sources that we have studied, form an outline which would answer the following prompt. This should be as comprehensive an outline as you could possibly create. Use relevant information and lots of it.

Analyze the changing ideals of American womanhood from the colonial era to the 1850. What factors fostered the emergence of 'republican motherhood' and the 'cult of domesticity'? Assess the extent to which these ideals influenced the lives of women during this time period. Be sure to consider issues of race and class as well.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

is the second link assignment kind of similar to the one we did about tracing womens roles?

Anonymous said...

do we have a test tomorrow?

Anonymous said...

is there a link to the 3rd question or does it go to the one under friday's homework? and is that question due tomorrow or friday? grr...

Anonymous said...

should we print out the articles/documents in the links?

Unknown said...

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your link does not WOORRRKKKKK. the first one!!!!!

Anonymous said...

do you want us to take notes ON the links or would you rather us print them out?

Anonymous said...

MR J, is the assignment in bold an essay question?

Anonymous said...

do we have to read the whole Sojourner Truth link or just the importants parts to answer the question?

Anonymous said...

What period are we suppose to include for the women's outline? from the beginning of time to whenever?

Can we used our old outline as a basis and just add on other information?

Anonymous said...

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J said...

You must read the first 4 pages of the soujourner truth link. The directions clearly state the time frame. This is an outline, not an essay.

Anonymous said...

Sorry, I accidentally overlooked it.