Foundations of American Government unit project which analyzes women's experiences in American history. Student..

1. Chapter 6: THE
INTIMATELY OPPRESSED
Government
Student X

2. • Titles/question will be in bold, down by the red line at the
bottom of the slide.
• Examples from the chapter will be in quotes and have a
shaded effect, like “this.”
• Throughout the slides I have explained some points the
text has made.
• I have provided my own opinion near the end of the
presentation.
• The comparison between history school books and this
chapter can also be found at the end.
• Pictures are displayed throughout the slides.
Notes 

3. Throughout history,
women have been
overlooked and
disregarded. Many
women were looked at
and treated as private
property, meant to
follow strict rules on
how to behave and act.
What’s the main idea?

4. Society was generally
ran by men, claiming
that all women were
just meant for child
bearing, and nothing
more. But despite the
absence of any further
“purposes”, women
were treated with
respect.
Examples please?
“It would be an exaggeration to say
that women were treated equally with
men; but they were treated with
respect, and the communal nature of
the society gave them a more
important place.”
What do you mean?

5. For women slaves it
was all but worse. Seen
as sexual playthings and
maids, women in
slavery were
discriminated even
more so than other
women. Beaten and
looked down upon by
all men.
What about women
slavery?

6. Women were held to
certain standards on how
to contribute to society.
Things like educating
children, cooking,
cleaning, and displaying
extreme patriotism were
all desired and somewhat
required traits for women.
What were women meant
to do?

7. Starting from
Colonization, women
were viewed as
important members of
society, but were mainly
sexual companions.
Did the expectations of women
change throughout time?

8. When America started
up and the Revolution
began, women became
total housewives.
Cooking, cleaning, and
taking care of the
children were the only
tasks for women. Only
upper-class women
could give opinions.
Did the expectations of women
change throughout time?

9. During the Industrial
period, women were
confined to factory
work or house wife
duties, all depending on
the class system.
Did the expectations of women
change throughout time?

10. During the Industrial period,
women began protesting their
mistreatment.
Example Please?
“Middle-class women, barred from higher
education, began to monopolize the profession
of primary-school teaching. As teachers, they
read more, communicated more, and education
itself became subversive of old ways of
thinking. They began to write for magazines and
newspapers, and started some ladies'
publications. Literacy among women doubled
between 1780 and 1840. Women became health
reformers. They formed movements against
double standards in sexual behavior and the
victimization of prostitutes. They joined in
religious organizations. Some of the most
powerful of them joined the antislavery
movement. So, by the time a clear feminist
movement emerged in the 1840s, women had
become practiced organizers, agitators,
speakers.”
When did women revolt?

11. Feminism began around
the 1800’s when women
became more and more
empowered with
education. Teaching
was a common
profession amongst
women, and it’s what
propelled them to the
Feminist Movement.
Feminism?

12. Although it took society by
surprise, and even some
men agreed and fought for
women’s rights, it was still
an uphill battle.
Example please?
“Lucy Stone began lecturing on
women's rights in 1847 in a
church in Gardner,
Massachusetts, where her brother
was a minister. She was tiny,
weighed about 100 pounds, was a
marvelous speaker. As lecturer for
the American Anti-Slavery
Society, she was, at various times,
deluged with cold water, sent
reeling by a thrown book, and
attacked by mobs.”
Did protesting work?

13. There were plenty of rules still
stuck on women. They
couldn’t even wear pants
without people deeming their
apparel, “socially
inappropriate.” But still
women fought, not to be more
important than men, but to be
equal.
"I ask no favors for my sex. I
surrender not our claim to
equality. All I ask of our brethren
is that they will take their feet
from off our necks, and permit us
to stand upright on the ground
which God has designed us to
occupy. ... To me it is perfectly
clear that whatsoever it is morally
right for a man to do, it is morally
right for a woman to do.“
-Sarah Grimke
Did protesting work?

14. Throughout the 1830’s,
women’s protest were
spread like wildfire.
Several movements
spawned at once. For
prisoners, slaves,
housewives, and black
women as well.
When did women get
their rights?

15. In 1851, an elder black
women spoke at a
convention on the rights
of women. She had
been born a slave in
New York, she spoke up
and said a few words
that proved women
were equal with men,
and even more so
women of her color.
“That man over there says that
woman needs to be helped into
carriages and lifted over ditches. .. .
Nobody ever helps me into carriages,
or over mud-puddles or gives me any
best place. And a'nt I a woman?
Look at my arm! I have ploughed,
and planted, and gathered into barns,
and no man could head me! And a'nt
I a woman?
I would work as much and eat as
much as a man, when I could get it,
and bear the lash as well. And a'nt I a
woman?
I have borne thirteen children and
seen em most all sold off to slavery,
and when I cried out with my
mother's grief, none but Jesus heard
me! And a'nt I a woman?”
Women slave rights?

16. I congratulate women for
standing up for themselves
and proving that they are just
as important as men. I don’t
believe women are superior
to men, nor do I think the
opposite.
I don’t want to sound like a
stereotypical crazy woman
but, frankly, I believe in
Feminism, because I think my
menstrual cycle shouldn’t
invalidate my opinions.
What do you think?

17. Well, wow, is what I can
say. I almost feel guilty
that I didn’t know about
all this considering I’m a
girl and all. I knew
women were looked
down upon for awhile,
but not to the extent to
which I’ve learned today.
History books really don’t
tell you everything.
Compared to school?

18. The End