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I also agree with Erin S.'s comments earlier on Bock's definitions of women, she looks at them in two separate spheres but the last sentence in her reading stood out the most to me. She is defining women as being in the home by baking the cake and making sure everyone else is satisfied before she even helps herself. Bock does recognize different approaches need to be taken in studying women but do other historians believe women have always acted this way? Or is this the role women were suppose to play as the provider for the family, never putting her needs before anyone elses? - Megan W. | I also agree with Erin S.'s comments earlier on Bock's definitions of women, she looks at them in two separate spheres but the last sentence in her reading stood out the most to me. She is defining women as being in the home by baking the cake and making sure everyone else is satisfied before she even helps herself. Bock does recognize different approaches need to be taken in studying women but do other historians believe women have always acted this way? Or is this the role women were suppose to play as the provider for the family, never putting her needs before anyone elses? - Megan W. | ||
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| + | After reading Leslie Alexander's article on Black women, I believe Black women have definitely earned their own category in the study of history. Their lives cannot be placed into the general women's history category... and I completely agree with Alexander on that point. Black women experienced much more turmoil than the regular resistance white women faced. I do think it is interesting how Black women's history cannot just focus on the women, but instead, the entirety of their lives, including family, home life, and community. I had no idea that women's studies used to promote "homogeneity" within the field. I do not think that is possible, because while each woman struggled, every single diverse group within the category of women's history had a different struggle than another group, so I feel it is almost impossible to create a homogeneous concept within women's studies. --- Alex Mankarios | ||
