Women and Education

This past week in class, we read works from Anna Cooper, Maria Stewart, and Sojourner Truth’s arguments all was similar. Sojourner Truth mostly talked about her being black and a woman, and the sexism that was brought about during slavery. They basically were promoting education and positive things to be put out for all black men and women of all color and race. Whether white, blue, green, or orange, if we are well-educated we can do anything in life. At one point only men were being educated while the women were where they were assumed to be, which was in the house taking care of the young. Women wanted to be educated as well. Then, once they started to being taught, they were mostly being taught what they already know, sweeping, cleaning, cooking, and taking care of the house. Women’s territory was the home. They needed to be Christians and moral, and they were to instill morality into society, but they wanted to be taught like the men. Today, men and women of every race and color are being educated, not based upon their race and gender.