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Echos of the Revolution: Feminist Movements

Dear Reader,

The reading for the end of chapter 16 focused on the abolition of slavery and the feminist movements of Europe and their influence around the world.

I found the reading for the feminist movements more interesting, choosing to focus on that topic in this post. The first group of women to gather and discuss improving their situation as women were formed in Europe. The women were influenced by enlightenment ideas , focusing on getting equality, respect, and freedom of choice.

At this time in history french house wives were beginning to become influenced by European ideals on equality. They also began starting their own conferences of feminist in France to tackle inequality and sexism in their society.
Mainly, the middle class women wanted the right to join the work force and be respected as equals.
While the upper class women went to universities to receive equal educational opportunities.
I wasn't surprised to find out that the most common field of study was professional nursing for women at the time. It showed me that in their way of trying to get equality, in a way they were limited to being respected but only in the field of nursing.

The church argued for their biblical ideals that they always kept by. They argued that women had a holy function of motherhood and the push for equality overstepped the boundaries of the place of women in society. The church basically wanted to limit women to where they were, just to have children for the household.

A feminist document was in the chapter describing the life of Kartini and her feminist ideals as a Muslim french female growing up in a male dominated society. She wanted equality, freedom, and fraternity. Basically she wanted freedom, equality, and the right to choose when and who she had children with. She didn't want to be confined to the restrictions society had placed women in and pushed for a better situation for women. In a way she was a enlightenment leader for her work in feminist literature.

All of these ideas of the revolution focused on enlightenment ideas. I found the reading very interesting because I was able to understand the push for improvement and how that connected to the ideas in society at the time.

Thanks for reading,

Sebastian

Part 5 Introduction, Chapter 16 1/2 review

European Movement in Modern World History-

I found the reading interesting to find out about the Europeans moment in modern world History. The 19th Century was refereed to as the long 19th Century because of the reign of European dominance over the globe.

The idea of modern society emerged  in Europe. Ideas such as equality, liberty, and increased rights were introduced initially in Europe. The ideas of the Europeans to make modern society more equal was well adopted by the rest of the world.

At the time Europe transformed into a global super power. Europe influenced Africa and Asia heavily, the Europeans introduced the ideas of Christianity. Ideas of religion were transformed around what the society in different countries were accustomed to.

Europe at the time was the most powerful, innovative, prosperous, expansive, and most imitated at the time.


Thanks for taking the time to read.

Best,
Sebastian Alcazar

Catholic Social Teachings In Action

Dear Reader,

The reading of Catholic Social Teaching In Action was interesting.
The topics discussed in the nine themes explained different topics in society and how the Catholic church advises people to handle situations in life. The reading focuses on ways to incorporate ancient Catholic virtues into modern day society.

The different sections consisted of dignity of every person and human rights, solidarity, common good,participation, family life, subsidiarity & the proper role of government, property ownership, property responsibilities, the dignity of workers, church support for labor unions, colonialism, economic development of third world countries, peace, disarmament, and options for the poor.

I found the section about the role of families in society very interesting. The catholic church preaches that a healthy family is key to the well being of society. I found that section of the theme very interesting because its very true. The catholic church says society needs healthy families, committed marriages, and responsible parenthood to have a better society.
Unfortunately society is not always like this, life gets in the way of healthy complete families. The biggest issue is that the children are the real victims.

The reading was very informative and I found it somewhat entertaining to read how the past popes are trying to improve human condition actively. The Catholic church advises the public on how to live and involve the churches virtues into their lives.

Thanks for taking time to read my post.

Best,
Sebastian

SND Handout

Reader,

I found this weeks reading about the founding members interesting. The two women Julie and Francoise were two very admirable women. They came from different lives because one was an Aristocratic while the other was a poor disabled general population women.

I related to Francoise life to mine because she had many opportunities to grow and pursue her education. In my life I have many opportunities to grow and go where I want. My family has given me the opportunity and freedom to become what she wanted. I enjoyed reading how Francoise's parents were supportive of her independence. At the time women had little opportunities besides becoming a house wife or a nun.

I found it very interesting how the two women came from very different backgrounds and still were able to find each other and respect each other as equals and create a great duo.

Best,
Sebastian Alcazar