Alice would sometimes go with her mother when she was a young girl to attend suffrage meetings. ... This is where Alice realized her true calling. ... Alice wanted to put a ton of pressure on Wilson. ... He was originally going to vote "no" when a telegram arrived the second it was his turn to cast his vote out loud. The telegram was from his mother who was asking him to support women's suffrage. ...
I asked her to read the Friedan essay and let me know if she felt as moved as I was, and to share with me her experiences of sexism. ... Alice Brooks experienced inequality on the basis of her race and her sex. ... He refused and told me that I was only going to get married and have babies. ... Not only was I not going to get any help, I was also tagged as selfish because I wanted to go to college. ... Alice Brooks is a very courageous woman; seemingly able to overcome any oppression she may encounter. ...
Alice Walker takes on a feminist tone in The Color Purple, a novel about the struggles between salvation and independence in which she discusses the oppression of black women. ... Harpo, her husband, often goes to his father and asks him how to make Sofia listen to him. ... ___'s house, she goes to Africa with a family of Christian missionaries. ... She finds strength in Shug, which keeps her from going back to Mr. ___ as his wife, but instead returns as his equal friend. ... Alice Walker contrasts the ugliness of men with the healthy bondage of women to discuss the frustration of bla...
Stevens says that she witnessed the same scene over and over - some upset or even distraught non-believer would bend Alice's ear for an hour or so to explain why women should not have equal rights. Never blinking and never interrupting, Alice would listen and then ask if the person had 30 minutes to listen to her. ... It became a regular sight to see women and men stopping and asking questions or offering encouragement to the women on the picket line. ... C. asked "What is our real crime? ...
In 1916, during a trial where prostitutes were being tried, two women were asked to leave the court room because the men said that the testimony was "not fit for the ears of ladies-. ... Similar cases happened in Alice Jamieson's, also a magistrate, court and thus began the "Persons Case-. ... Leaders who are not afraid to be called names and who are willing to go out and fight. ... In 1919 she became the president of the Federates Women's Institutes of Canada and their first request was to ask Prime Minister Borden to allow for women to be appointed for Senate. ... Their petition...
