Daisy Bates And Alice Walker Similarities

Daisy Bates and Alice Walker All through history. we always seem to have a common problem, discrimination. Indeed, over the years the problem has somewhat faded. When the court cases and all the fighting for everyone's rights began, and changes started to occur, it was in the time of the early to late 1900’s. And even so today discrimination is still a part of our society. Daisy Bates and Alice Walker were both parts in the making of our future. Without these women the world as we know it today could be completely different. Daisy Bates and Alice Walker’s poem “Women” both have many similarities, and differences. Daisy Bates and Alice Walker were both working for the future. They both wanted to further the rights of the people. On the contrary, they both were not working towards the same goal. Daisy Bates was focused on everyone. As for Alice Walker, she was more focused on the rights for women. This shows what meant more for the two of them.
When Daisy went around inquiring about children that could be part of the Little Rock Nine, the people she visited described her as a passionate woman. And as for Alice Walker’s poem she was describing the women in it by saying, “How they led Armies Headragged Generals, across minefields, booby-trapped ditches.” This shows how the woman were passionate in what they were doing. However, a difference between them is that Daisy Bates was educated and the women in Alice Walker’s poem were uneducated. It may perhaps have been their lack of education that made the women in the poem more dedicated to their