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Dirty Politics In 1774

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The British exploit the women as uncaring mothers, who use their
sexuality to influence politics. They had strong views on women's
roles as homemakers and mothers. The British women would
never undermind their husbands by joining politics. The artist
expresses his disgust of the American women in politics. The
cartoon instilled a false image of the behavior of American women.

The patriotic women of Edenton, North Carolina during 1774 were
depicted as alcoholics and bad homemakers. The artist shows a
group of women mingling outside of their social class with men
and slaves. By showing the child under the table, eating off the
floor, it portrays the women as irresponsible. Bad hygiene is
represented by the trash on the floor and the dog urinating inches
away from the child. He portrays the women as unattractive,
manly figures but makes it a point to show cleavage. The women
are shown drinking gin, which during these times was the
cheapest and most addictive type of alcohol. The women were
bringing down politics with their debauchery.

Activism by women was represented negatively in the image and
others. The irresponsibility and alcoholism shown in the cartoon
outlines the belief that women belong with their families and not in
politics. In participating in such activities they neglect their children
leaving their home lives in disarray. This cartoon strengthened the
belief that America needed to be controlled by the British and was
incapable of self rule.

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Proof That Not All People Felt This Way About American Women

Europen Influence On Native American Creation Stories

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Native American creation stories changed a great deal between the times of 1650 and 1910, but in the same aspect they were also very similar. Each story becomes more and more similar to the stories we recognize in the Christianity belief. Changes occurred in the way the human race came about and who the creator was in the story. Similarities occurred a great deal in the way that animals occurred in each story and were an important factor in each creation story. In 1650 the Indians of New Netherlands believed that a lady descended from heaven who was grotesque because she looked as if a pregnant woman would. She brought forth three different types of animals, each animal explains the personalities of the human species and the way they behave. The Ottawa society in 1720 is a little more like the Christianity stories in that there was one creator. This story also brings forth the importance of the animals and how the animals help to explain humans and the reason we act as we do. The last story of the Sioux in 1935 is extremely similar to the story of Noah's Ark. There is only one creator who floods the world because he does not agree with the way humans and animals were acting. He keeps certain animals to help him rebuild his “new” world. Each story changes in the way they view the creators and the way they see people.

The New Netherlands Indians said nothing of race or gender of humans, just simply that there were humans and they came from the animals and live in close relation with the animals. The creation story for them is focused on animal kind and why we as humans act as we do. We each have characteristics of the first three animals that the descended lady had which are, the deer, the wolf and the bear. Origins of the Ottawa Society is slightly different in that they talk about how there was only one creator and he created everything alone. He created animals and the humans came from the dead corpses of the animals and that’s why they live in such good harmony. Towards the end of the story the Ottawas bring up that the first man wanted a companion. The Great Hare, the creator, brought forth a woman for the males to have and the sole purpose of the woman was to tend to the man. The creation stories differs greatly in how they specifically list the purpose of the woman and that there are women. The Sioux story was greatly swayed by white men coming over to the Americas and that is shown in how the story bring up race. The creating power floods everything, just like Noah’s Ark, and only keeps certain animals that he needs to help him rebuild the earth when he feels it is ready and all evil is gone from it. Near the end of the story he takes different color dirt to make each person individually.

Europeans coming over to the Americas influenced Native American culture a great deal and it is portrayed through the different creation stories. Each story was written in a different time period and as time progressed the stories became more and more similar to the Christianity Creation Story and each story touched on an aspect that was not brought up in earlier years. The way the Ottawas viewed the women was swayed by Europeans in that all they were for was to tend to the men and do as the man needed. The Sioux even had race in their story which they knew nothing about without the Europeans coming over and settling. The Europeans almost forced their beliefs among the Native American culture and it is most definitely portrayed in the differences in the creation stories but the similarities in the way they viewed the animals also shows that the Native Americans did not allow the European culture to take over their ways of believing and living.