My Great-Grandmother was not a Person
Date Submitted: 04/26/2002 09:20:48
Category: / Social Sciences / Sociology
Length: 2 pages (641 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Sociology
Length: 2 pages (641 words)
My Great-Grandmother was not a Person My Great-Grandmother was not a person. Neither was yours. Up until about 67 years ago no females were. We were supposed to be pregnant and barefoot in the kitchen. At least that's the perception that the laws enforced. (For ex: The Election Act of the Dominion of Canada and The Common Law of England) As part of the British Commonwealth many of our laws were the same as England's and …
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…perceived as equals. By educating out children and the following generations that gender equality is an important value that society should respect.
The Famous Five fought the legal war that recognizes women as equals. It's time for us to fight society's gender war. We are here as humans, as people, as equals, as persons.
I'll leave you with this closing thought...
'No woman can become or remain degraded without all women suffering.' E. Murphy
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