Did Wowan Have a Say?

Thèmes abordés

Feminism, inequalities, dependance, féminisme, droits des femmes, George Elliott, Little Women, expression écrite

Résumé du document

Cet exercice de synthèse en anglais s'appuie sur 3 documents :
Doc A - "We don't ask a woman who she is; we ask whom she belongs to." Quote by George Elliott
Doc B - Little Women extract
Amy explains why she wants to marry a rich man, and says that women cannot become rich by themselves.
Doc C - A letter to the Queen by Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton, who was a writer, poet and feminist.

Extraits

[...] Did Wowan Have a Say? À l'aide des 3 documents, rédiger une synthèse en anglais entre 200 et 250 mots environ qui répond à la question " did women have a say? " Synthèse After consulting these three documents, we can conclude that women did not have a say because their status as wives prevented them from having rights. Indeed, Caroline Norton wrote a letter to the Queen to explain that a married woman has very few rights: she cannot make a will of her own, and she cannot leave her husband's house. [...]

[...] In the extract from Little Women, Amy explains that as a woman, she cannot win money on her own, so she has to marry a rich man if she wants to have a nice life. She also knows that all her personal money would belong to her husband as soon as she got married. To conclude, these documents show that women suffered from their dependence on their husbands. They did not have a say because they were not considered as individuals. [...]