The Feminist Movement: Their Eyes Were Watching God By Zora Hurston

The feminist movement has exploded over the last century and Zora Hurston’s book entitled Their Eyes Were Watching God has contributed to the cause. Presented during a time where it was believed that women having any power went against the norms of society, the book shines a light on main character Janie Crawford. The complex character’s quest to find her voice and her identity in a period where women’s duties were only in the home because they were valued as less superior to men. The argument was that if women were to receive the same rights and privileges allotted to their male counterparts, chivalry would end forever.