I had learned somewhat in previous classes about the similarities and differences of the Women\u2019s rights movement with the Civil Rights movement, but the videos did a good job harboring home the idea that the Women\u2019s rights movement was a white <\/i>women\u2019s movement. Just like all of the other myths that we have been busting in class, the women\u2019s rights movement is celebrated for its work to make all women equal. In reality, white women gained momentum to rise up because they saw black men doing the same thing, and decided that they could not stand being considered inferior to black men by law.<\/p>\n
It is so absurd that such an important social movement like women\u2019s rights grew out a fear of race, and that we are okay with dismissing that knowledge today in its celebration. Additionally, while the women\u2019s rights movement and civil rights movements were both actively engaged in the same goal, they were so divided. The whole idea that the women\u2019s movement gained the success that it did because the women in lead were white relates to our conversations about how it is really hard to make changes if you do not have certain privileges, which explains why our \u201cgreat leaders\u201d in history tend to be white, and most are male.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I had learned somewhat in previous classes about the similarities and differences of the Women\u2019s rights movement with the Civil Rights movement, but the videos…<\/p>\n