Equality
THE THEME OF EQUALITY
Equality is every human’s rights recognized no matter what their gender, race, or religion. Equality was a major theme during the revolutionary time period because all the groups of people were fighting for their right as a human being. This theme is present mostly in the readings we have been studying in class and is present in many other sources. This fight for equality was present throughout the time period. People wanted their rights noticed for all kinds of people, and they would settle for nothing less. Thomas Paine had said that “it matters not where you live, or what rank of life you hold, the evil or the blessing will reach you all. The far and the near, the home counties and the back, the rich and the poor will suffer and rejoice alike (Paine).” This quote states that it does not matter who you are, everyone receives blessings and evils in life. Everyone suffers and rejoices in different situations. People needed to realize that these people are people, thoughts and emotions alike. On the gender topic, “Women were generally understood to lack the independence required of republican citizens. Despite the Revolutionary promise of liberty and equality for all, neither was extended to women, although their lives were transformed in myriad other ways (Clarke).” There may have been issues with equality on races and religion, but women’s rights were an even greater deal at the time. A two-year old boy might have had more rights than a woman at times. That is the extremity of this issue in the era. Abigail Adams was a huge women’s rights activist who voiced her opinion to her husband John Adams through letters pushing him to act on a law that legalized woman’s rights saying America would not be where it is now without the support of women behind it. She said to him in one letter written on March 31, 1776 “…I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them then your ancestors. Do not put
Equality is every human’s rights recognized no matter what their gender, race, or religion. Equality was a major theme during the revolutionary time period because all the groups of people were fighting for their right as a human being. This theme is present mostly in the readings we have been studying in class and is present in many other sources. This fight for equality was present throughout the time period. People wanted their rights noticed for all kinds of people, and they would settle for nothing less. Thomas Paine had said that “it matters not where you live, or what rank of life you hold, the evil or the blessing will reach you all. The far and the near, the home counties and the back, the rich and the poor will suffer and rejoice alike (Paine).” This quote states that it does not matter who you are, everyone receives blessings and evils in life. Everyone suffers and rejoices in different situations. People needed to realize that these people are people, thoughts and emotions alike. On the gender topic, “Women were generally understood to lack the independence required of republican citizens. Despite the Revolutionary promise of liberty and equality for all, neither was extended to women, although their lives were transformed in myriad other ways (Clarke).” There may have been issues with equality on races and religion, but women’s rights were an even greater deal at the time. A two-year old boy might have had more rights than a woman at times. That is the extremity of this issue in the era. Abigail Adams was a huge women’s rights activist who voiced her opinion to her husband John Adams through letters pushing him to act on a law that legalized woman’s rights saying America would not be where it is now without the support of women behind it. She said to him in one letter written on March 31, 1776 “…I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them then your ancestors. Do not put