"Ways of the World"
Chapter Sixteen: Atlantic Revolutions, Global Echoes &
Part Five: The European Moment in World History
1750-1914
In this portion of the chapter the main thing I focused on was the section on Feminist Beginnings. I hate to bring this back down to race but I find it interesting and a little hypocritical that while all these women were fighting for equal rights it seemed as though the discrimination of colored people was irrelevant or non-existent.It wasn't mentioned once. Everyone wants equality but only if its in their favor. I actually find it kind of annoying. Moving on, the most engaging thing I read in this section was about the violence that some of these feminist groups had. The "campaign of violence that included blowing up rail stations, slashing works of art, and smashing department store windows." happened through this thought to be peaceful enlightenment for women's rights. Blowing up railroads? I think I that point women's rights should have been handed out on silver platters.
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