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| + | I really liked this article because it reflects upon the push made by female activists towards the real freedoms they desired. Emma Goldman criticizes the "superficial goals of the modern woman's movement," and expresses that "True emancipation begins neither at the polls nor in the courts...it begins in woman's soul" (MAW 89). She also expresses that women do have the ability to shape or direct their own destiny. After reading a quote from page 90 where she said, "how much independence is gained if the narrowness and lack of freedom of the home is exchanged for the narrowness and lack of freedom of the factory, sweat-shop, department store, or office?" it reminded me of when slaves first got their freedom. They were free but not at all equal in social or economic status. With women gaining suffrage they gained the opportunities men held but they were still limited by sexual discrimination. -David Fitch | ||
