Difference between revisions of "328 2010--Week 1 Questions/Comments"
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Leslie M. Alexander raised a lot of great points as well. I agree with Mmackey's statement that grouping all women together as a whole without the emphasis on the black woman (race, more broadly. In my opinion, ignoring Alexander's intricate tie to the community would hurt the writing of women's history, especially in terms of race and class. A challenge, I believe, that comes into play when writing Black women's history is the lack of sources available to accurately depict a Black women's lives (more specifically and broadly, women classified as other than 'white') throughout the late nineteenth and twentieth century. A question I have is what sources are currently available and in what quantity? How hard is it to accurately write a history of black women versus white women when a limited number of sources are available and, are scholars able to work through this lack of material? -abratchi | Leslie M. Alexander raised a lot of great points as well. I agree with Mmackey's statement that grouping all women together as a whole without the emphasis on the black woman (race, more broadly. In my opinion, ignoring Alexander's intricate tie to the community would hurt the writing of women's history, especially in terms of race and class. A challenge, I believe, that comes into play when writing Black women's history is the lack of sources available to accurately depict a Black women's lives (more specifically and broadly, women classified as other than 'white') throughout the late nineteenth and twentieth century. A question I have is what sources are currently available and in what quantity? How hard is it to accurately write a history of black women versus white women when a limited number of sources are available and, are scholars able to work through this lack of material? -abratchi | ||
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| + | In regards to Kate Haulman's reading I found her comments regarding woman's work versus mans work on page 5, "knitting as woman's work versus carpentry as man's" interesting. She attempts to redefine gender roles and challenge how we view women and men in society. I agree with efritz's comment the roles should not be stereotyped by gender males and females can perform the same duty and have a common goal of providing for themselves/family. -Megan W. | ||
