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I don't feel that Amelia really looked upon herself as irrational or incapable, I think she was just pointing fingers at those who challenged the "sphere". ''' However, I wonder if she even took into consideration if she was ever in a position where she needed to work, would she? Or would she just be a helpless woman looked down upon for losing her status. I found myself laughing when she mentioned being "left adrift in the world without helpers and protectors." (369) I envisioned her lying in the street trying to keep herself from fainting...poor dear.''' I thought men weren't much "help" during this time! Kidding, that last part was a joke :) --Remy B. | I don't feel that Amelia really looked upon herself as irrational or incapable, I think she was just pointing fingers at those who challenged the "sphere". ''' However, I wonder if she even took into consideration if she was ever in a position where she needed to work, would she? Or would she just be a helpless woman looked down upon for losing her status. I found myself laughing when she mentioned being "left adrift in the world without helpers and protectors." (369) I envisioned her lying in the street trying to keep herself from fainting...poor dear.''' I thought men weren't much "help" during this time! Kidding, that last part was a joke :) --Remy B. | ||
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| + | The impression I took from this piece is that Amelia Barr said what she said purely out of her own fear of the change that potentially could be brought out of women's suffrage. She seems to fear the most the idea of the role of women vanishing as they will take on a more masculine one through their newly acquired political power stating,"women will cease to be women." Its odd to me that a woman so outspoken and passionate about something would willingly support a way of life that hindered that ability. I wonder how she was viewed by society and if her message could be trusted as it was slightly hypocritical. --Rachel T. | ||
== Anna Garlin Spencer, 1898, response to anti-suffrage attacks == | == Anna Garlin Spencer, 1898, response to anti-suffrage attacks == | ||
