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I found the quotation of Congressman Bayne very interesting. It did not initially sit well with me. I first felt that his view on women was just as misogynistic-ally characteristic of the time. But after a closer look, I agree with Brown, who says that it is impossible to know Bayne's true meaning/intent when talking about women's "right to stay home". But perhaps he was purposely fighting for a middle ground in order to help out women, and especially black women. By using this terminology, it could have been possible for him to trick or sway some narrow-minded white congressmen into the belief that women also share the inherent right of suffrage. --Jackie Reed | I found the quotation of Congressman Bayne very interesting. It did not initially sit well with me. I first felt that his view on women was just as misogynistic-ally characteristic of the time. But after a closer look, I agree with Brown, who says that it is impossible to know Bayne's true meaning/intent when talking about women's "right to stay home". But perhaps he was purposely fighting for a middle ground in order to help out women, and especially black women. By using this terminology, it could have been possible for him to trick or sway some narrow-minded white congressmen into the belief that women also share the inherent right of suffrage. --Jackie Reed | ||
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| + | I liked how at the beginning of her essay, Brown described the Arfican American community as having a mutual responsibility to look out for one another, and this idea extended past just blood relatives. Everyone in the black community considered themselves brothers and sisters, and they knew that in order to overcome the many challenges they faced during and after Reconstruction, they must do so as a united community and not as individuals. -Marilyn | ||
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| + | Before reading Brown's essay, I didn't realize that African American women were as involved in politics as they were. Brown talks about the "internal political arena" that black women participated in by attending public forums, parades, rallies, and conventions. Brown states that, "African American women and men understood the vote to be a collective possession, not an individual one, and furthermore that African American women...viewed African American men's vote as equally theirs." (135) Like others have already said, it surprises me that African American men considered their wives' opinions concerning politics and voting. -Marilyn | ||
