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I found the HUAC to be extremely hypocritical. On one hand Ethel Baron Taylor is complaining about how "women are not in positions of power and they have no role in policy-making" (218) , and on the other she chooses to get her point across by portraying her organization in a way that makes them seem submissive and powerless. Even though she is fighting to obtain more power for women through this group, she inadvertently still relies on men. It particularly disturbed me when she waited for a man to help her out of the police van after being arrested; If Taylor can't handle a five foot jump without a man guiding her, how are we supposed to take her cause seriously? --Anna K Holman | I found the HUAC to be extremely hypocritical. On one hand Ethel Baron Taylor is complaining about how "women are not in positions of power and they have no role in policy-making" (218) , and on the other she chooses to get her point across by portraying her organization in a way that makes them seem submissive and powerless. Even though she is fighting to obtain more power for women through this group, she inadvertently still relies on men. It particularly disturbed me when she waited for a man to help her out of the police van after being arrested; If Taylor can't handle a five foot jump without a man guiding her, how are we supposed to take her cause seriously? --Anna K Holman | ||
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| + | All these articles are important in our understanding of the past and how it continues to shape the present. However, I found this article in particular to be especially important because generations later the poverty and degradation of Mexican Americans is still the reality. The Mexican American women from the 1920's to 1950's written about in this article could easily be Mexican American women today. All the issues they faced in the first half of the twentieth century are the same battles they fight today in the beginning of the twenty-first century, with little to no improvement. Perhaps it is because unlike other immigrant groups, the Latina community continues to emigrate and despite having been an essential part of our nation for an extended time, they are perceived to be the “new guys.” -- Kokeefe | ||
