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In my view this woman was saying that men have different roles from the women when it comes to feelings and emotions and she wanted to make sure that people knew there are great women out there. In her view men have fewer emotions than women (when they are at war is an example). ”Our ambition is kindled by the fame of those heroines of antiquity, who have rendered their sex illustrious, and have proved to the universe, that, if the weakness of our Constitution, if opinion and manners did not '''''forbid''''' us to march to glory by the same paths as the Men, we should at least equal, and sometimes surpass them in '''''our love''''' for the public good.” On the same token, she wanted the men to know that, anything a man can do a woman can do too, but women put more emotion and heart into it then a man ever could. That may be our downfall, but it may also be our strength over the male gender.--Pam Petzold | In my view this woman was saying that men have different roles from the women when it comes to feelings and emotions and she wanted to make sure that people knew there are great women out there. In her view men have fewer emotions than women (when they are at war is an example). ”Our ambition is kindled by the fame of those heroines of antiquity, who have rendered their sex illustrious, and have proved to the universe, that, if the weakness of our Constitution, if opinion and manners did not '''''forbid''''' us to march to glory by the same paths as the Men, we should at least equal, and sometimes surpass them in '''''our love''''' for the public good.” On the same token, she wanted the men to know that, anything a man can do a woman can do too, but women put more emotion and heart into it then a man ever could. That may be our downfall, but it may also be our strength over the male gender.--Pam Petzold | ||
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| + | I find it fascinating that only a few years after the Revolution, this anonymous woman is already calling for a return to the empowerment of women as experienced during the revolution, calling, "The time is arrived to display the same sentiments which animated us at the beginning of the Revolution." Although this anonymous feminist takes most of her examples of strong women from antiquity and Biblical lore, in the end her point is that the Revolution was such a step forward for women--and a time when they bucked their gender roles so impressively--that women should continue to take on the roles of those early women, the roles "of Deborah, of Judith, of Esther," and to follow in the footsteps of notable female monarchs and leaders such as Elizabeth (the First, I presume, although it is unclear). Speaking of Elizabeth, I also found it fascinating that one of the notable women this feminist wants women to emulate is Elizabeth, a British monarch, even as she advocates for a return to the empowerment of women while they were breaking from England. -- Nicole | ||
