Insights From Reading the New Document

The interview on Gloria Steinem was interesting. Some of the things she said were surprising to me and I was not really expecting them. Most of her statements in this interview were too bold and I could not see Lucretia Mott having statements like hers. She seems to be an outgoing woman. From the interview, it informed me more about Gloria then her actual views on feminism and other issues. Once I do more research on her instead of just having this interview, I think it will help me make a better connection between the two documents I have. Even though it was not the most informative piece of information, I still got a start I needed to compare these two documents.

Gloria Steinem is very outspoken and they way she speaks; you can tell she is set in her ways. She seems to be one of those people who tell the honest truth all the time. There is nothing wrong with that because I think most people want that type of truth. In Lucretia Mott’s document, I imagined her to be soft spoken and well educated to get her points across. Mott had to be conservative and very professional, not saying Gloria isn’t, but if Mott would be this way she would not have been taken seriously. Also, Mott had to make the best of all the times she could speak out about these issues since women had limited rights back then. Another reason these women seem to be different is because of probably being brought up different families with its own challenges and in different time eras.

Issues that were brought up in both documents were voting and elections, they both traveled to speak out about their important issues, and the equality of men and women. The main debate mentioned in Gloria’s interview was the feminist world has divided into “equity” feminism vs. “difference” feminism--about whether women are to treated like men or as different from men. The issues for Mott, which she was most interested in, were the quality of men and women and abolition of slavery.

I am excited to read more about Gloria Steinem. Also, to get started with this paper, and make connections because both of these women are very interesting.