Catherine the Great
Hist 030 | Catherine the Great | Women Empowerment | | Jose Fletes | 3/11/2013 |
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Today, women have come a long way in society. Comparing different times, female gender had little or no participation in the economic, social or political, rather merely beget and raise children. Anyway its role was secondary, dependent on the actions of men.
In Russia, after the death of Peter "The Great", was a period of weak leadership from the tsars, until a woman named Catherine, whose predominant characteristics as being determined, ambitious and intelligent, lead an entire nation, proving that unlike a male ruler (like Peter III), she was able to perform commander’s duties and be fair to society at the same time. In The Memoirs of Catherine the Great, translated by Mark Cruse, Catherine wrote around two years before her death, her life starting from her parents sending her to Russia to marry Peter, to her succession to the throne. I believe she wrote this memoir to inspire women from the next generation to overcome every obstacle social and politics will create. To prove that just because there might be a lot of negativity around you, doesn’t mean you should let it keep you from rising.
As a teenager, Catherine showed determination and ambition from the start. It is important to understand that it was for political reasons that Catherine’s parents sent her to Russia at the age of fourteen to marry the future Tsar, Peter III; hence the first obstacle. Although her marriage was not a happy one, her first obstacle was religion. The fact that as soon as she arrived to Russia, to be the future wife of Peter III, she had to convert to the Russian Orthodox Church and stop practicing the Lutheran religion was the first sign that
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Today, women have come a long way in society. Comparing different times, female gender had little or no participation in the economic, social or political, rather merely beget and raise children. Anyway its role was secondary, dependent on the actions of men.
In Russia, after the death of Peter "The Great", was a period of weak leadership from the tsars, until a woman named Catherine, whose predominant characteristics as being determined, ambitious and intelligent, lead an entire nation, proving that unlike a male ruler (like Peter III), she was able to perform commander’s duties and be fair to society at the same time. In The Memoirs of Catherine the Great, translated by Mark Cruse, Catherine wrote around two years before her death, her life starting from her parents sending her to Russia to marry Peter, to her succession to the throne. I believe she wrote this memoir to inspire women from the next generation to overcome every obstacle social and politics will create. To prove that just because there might be a lot of negativity around you, doesn’t mean you should let it keep you from rising.
As a teenager, Catherine showed determination and ambition from the start. It is important to understand that it was for political reasons that Catherine’s parents sent her to Russia at the age of fourteen to marry the future Tsar, Peter III; hence the first obstacle. Although her marriage was not a happy one, her first obstacle was religion. The fact that as soon as she arrived to Russia, to be the future wife of Peter III, she had to convert to the Russian Orthodox Church and stop practicing the Lutheran religion was the first sign that
Bibliography: Cruse, Mark. The Memoirs of Catherine the Great. Random House Digital, Inc., 2007. Translation of Catherine 's Memoir. Madariaga, Isabel De. Catherine the Great: A Short History. Yale Nota Bene, 2002. Second Edition Book.