- Use the materials found in the Lecture 7 Videos and the Unit 7 PSDs.
- Choose one of the options in the directions and answer the questions in the prompt.
Choose one of the options below for this assignment:
Option A:
- Class material questions: What was the "Modern Girl?" How did she develop and spread globally? Be sure to cite the class materials you used to find the information in your answer, and use the criteria and format in the Citations Quiz introduction in Unit 0.
- Personal connection question: Discuss a situation you entered and succeeded. Describe a global trend that you participated in? What attracted you to this trend? This question does not require a citation.
Option B:
- Class material questions: How did the Nazi and Soviet policies toward women fit into their totalitarian goals? Was either government successful in utilizing women to meet their goals? Be sure to cite the class materials you used to find the information in your answer, and use the criteria and format in the Citations Quiz introduction in Unit 0.
- Personal connection question: Describe a goal you have had and put all your resources toward gaining. This question does not require a citation.
Option C:
- Class material questions: How were the different ways the Great Depression impacted women around the world? Be sure to cite the class materials you used to find the information in your answer, and use the criteria and format in the Citations Quiz introduction in Unit 0.
- Personal connection question: How is the current economy impacting your life today? This question does not require a citation.
Introduction:
In 1911, Hiratsuka Raichō, along with some other women, started the literary magazine Bluestocking (Seito), which focused on works that challenged women’s roles as only wife and mother. Due to increasing pressure from conservative elements in society and censorship, the magazine closed in 1916. The first poem was from the first issue of Bluestocking.
Bluestocking:
In the beginning, woman was the sun. an authentic person. Today, she is the moon. Living through others. Reflecting the brilliance of others. . . . And now, Bluestocking, a journal created for the first time with the brains and hands of today’s Japanese women, raises its voice.
New Woman:
The new woman; I am a new woman. I seek, I strive each day to be that truly new woman I want to be. In truth, that eternally new being is the sun. I am the sun. I seek; I strive each day to be the sun I want to be. * * * * * The new woman curses yesterday. . . . The new woman is not satisfied with the life of the kind of woman who is made ignorant, made a slave, made a piece of meat by male selfishness. The new woman seeks to destroy the old morality and laws created for male advantage. . . . The new woman does not merely destroy the old morality and laws constructed out of male selfishness, but day by day attempts to create a new kingdom, where a new religion, a new morality, and new laws are carried out, based on the spiritual values and surpassing brilliance of the sun. Truly, the creation of this new kingdom is the mission of women. . . . The new woman is not simply covetous of power for its own sake. She seeks power to complete her mission, to be able to endure the exertion and agony of learning about and cultivating issues now unknown to her. . . . The new woman today seeks neither beauty nor virtue. She is simply crying out for strength, the strength to create this still unknown kingdom, the strength to fulfill her own hallowed mission.
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