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I am surprised because I have yet to see anyone comment (unless I have not read this page closely enough) on something just casually mentioned in some of the essays that still astounds me. This is one half of the world's population we are talking about here. I know that the two last essays warn us against labeling women as a unified group but I still have trouble wrapping my head around the fact that until the 1960s and later has Women's History come to the forefront.-- Julie Castanien | I am surprised because I have yet to see anyone comment (unless I have not read this page closely enough) on something just casually mentioned in some of the essays that still astounds me. This is one half of the world's population we are talking about here. I know that the two last essays warn us against labeling women as a unified group but I still have trouble wrapping my head around the fact that until the 1960s and later has Women's History come to the forefront.-- Julie Castanien | ||
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| + | >Personally I think, out of all the essays, Kate Haulman’s essay really hits it on the nail. Haulman argues about Worthiness, it seems that worthiness is a measure of scholarly review. She uses the examples of Marie Curie, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Clara Barton. These Individual women were covered based on their individual merit, but do they represent all women in general? The point I’m trying to make is that worthiness is measured in a male dominated world, and it is reflected in history text books. But the error, in my opinion, is that worthiness is inclusive and is not representative of the whole population. Thus are rich white male noble elites that shaped are nation with laws and institutions a fair representation of all white males in general? My answer is no. Therefore, history in general is extremely complex as it has its range of class, race, gender, etc. And the study of women’s history has these complex issues a sort of Pandora’s Box that once open it presents a multitude of problems that Haulman points out in her essay. –John Furner | ||
