Daisy Bates And Alice Walker Similarities

Daisy Bates and Alice Walker All through history. we always seem to have a common problem, discrimination. Indeed, over the years the problem has somewhat faded. When the court cases and all the fighting for everyone's rights began, and changes started to occur, it was in the time of the early to late 1900’s. And even so today discrimination is still a part of our society. Daisy Bates and Alice Walker were both parts in the making of our future. Without these women the world as we know it today could be completely different. Daisy Bates and Alice Walker’s poem “Women” both have many similarities, and differences. Daisy Bates and Alice Walker were both working for the future. They both wanted to further the rights of the people. On the contrary, they both were not working towards the same goal. Daisy Bates was focused on everyone. As for Alice Walker, she was more focused on the rights for women. This shows what meant more for the two of them.
Another similarity between Daisy and Alice, is that they both passionate.
When Daisy went around inquiring about children that could be part of the Little Rock Nine, the people she visited described her as a passionate woman. And as for Alice Walker’s poem she was describing the women in it by saying, “How they led Armies Headragged Generals, across minefields, booby-trapped ditches.” This shows how the woman were passionate in what they were doing. However, a difference between them is that Daisy Bates was educated and the women in Alice Walker’s poem were uneducated. It may perhaps have been their lack of education that made the women in the poem more dedicated to their
work. When comparing Daisy Bates and the poem “Women” written by Alice Walker a common factor between the two is that they both were strong female figures. Since the women in the poem by Alice Walker were being described as leaders of armies, that would qualify them as strong female figures. The way that Daisy Bates was a strong female figure was people would listen to her. In the ways of contrasting them Daisy Bates was publicized, but as for the women in Alice Walker’s poem, they were unknown. One of the first black students to graduate from Little Rock Nine said that Daisy Bates took too much credit in her role of the students. One other similarity between Alice Walker’s poem “Women” and Daisy Bates is that they both wanted equal education rights. How the women in Alice Walker’s poem wanted equal education rights is that wanted rights for their children. Proof that Daisy Bates wanted equal education rights is that she started the Little Rock Nine, a movement based on equal education rights. However when contrasting the two, Daisy Bates was sophisticated and as for the women in Alice Walker’s poem, they were domestics. One of the contributing factors for why people would listen to Daisy Bates was because she was sophisticated. Daisy Bates and Alice Walker’s poem “Women” both have many similarities, and differences. They both were passionate, both wanted equal education rights, both were working for the future, and both were strong female figures. On the Contrary while Daisy was focused on everyone, Alice was focused more on women. While Daisy was sophisticated, the women in the poem were domestics. Daisy had been educated, but the women were uneducated. Lastly, as for Daisy Bates, she was publicized and the women were unknown. To conclude I would like to state that they both had an effect on the Civil Rights Movement, even if one was lesser known.