Difference between revisions of "Week 5 Questions/Comments-327 11"
From McClurken Wiki
(→Benjamin Rush, “Thoughts upon female education,” 1787 (Philadelphia)) |
(→Esther DeBerdt Reed, “Sentiments of an American Woman,” 1780) |
||
| Line 92: | Line 92: | ||
== Esther DeBerdt Reed, “Sentiments of an American Woman,” 1780 == | == Esther DeBerdt Reed, “Sentiments of an American Woman,” 1780 == | ||
The Esther piece is special simply because it is written about women in the Revolution by a woman in the Revolution. | The Esther piece is special simply because it is written about women in the Revolution by a woman in the Revolution. | ||
| − | Esther mentions that a woman’s patriotism is pure. As mothers and wives they surpass a man in their love for the public good. | + | '''Esther mentions that a woman’s patriotism is pure. As mothers and wives they surpass a man in their love for the public good.''' |
My favorite line in the piece is, “But it has been said, that they may apprehend, that, in the course of a long war, the view of their distresses may be lost, and their services be forgotten” (p. 116). With the minimal works we still have, how much have we lost?--Kris | My favorite line in the piece is, “But it has been said, that they may apprehend, that, in the course of a long war, the view of their distresses may be lost, and their services be forgotten” (p. 116). With the minimal works we still have, how much have we lost?--Kris | ||
| − | I agree with Kris, this is indeed a special piece. Esther is expressing her love for her country and her appreciation of the patriotic things women in history have done. She asks women to support the soldiers and proclaims that they are equally as patriotic as those soldiers fighting in the war. My favorite quote is in connection to the one Kris quoted on page 116, "Forgotten! never; I can answer in the name of all my sex. Brave Americans, your disinterestedness, your courage, and you constancy will always be dear to America, as long as she shall preserve her virtue." -- Ashley V. | + | I agree with Kris, this is indeed a special piece. Esther is expressing her love for her country and her appreciation of the patriotic things women in history have done. She asks women to support the soldiers and proclaims that they are equally as patriotic as those soldiers fighting in the war. My favorite quote is in connection to the one Kris quoted on page 116, '''"Forgotten! never; I can answer in the name of all my sex. Brave Americans, your disinterestedness, your courage, and you constancy will always be dear to America, as long as she shall preserve her virtue."''' -- Ashley V. |
== Thomas Jefferson’s Slaves Join the British, 1781 == | == Thomas Jefferson’s Slaves Join the British, 1781 == | ||
