George Orwell's Balance Of Power

Glorious American Revolution triggered humanity to seek equal rights for all. The song of the liberty tree remains in our hearts till this day around the world. War for fair and equal human rights is not over because people are still mistreated for their gender, sex, race, and class. Global citizens may one day gain equal rights because the quest for liberty since the time of the American Revolution has moved the globe in that direction. However, after the revolutionary war the social order did not change. Reality illustrates George Orwell's metaphor all men and women are equal, but some are more equal than others (Orwell). Wealthy male Caucasians ruled the country before the war and continued to do so after the war ended while poor white men,
Balance of power shifted to the European colonist after they had conquered the Native Americans. European political theories are heavily influenced by Christianity. It is not in favor of women's leadership. The bible tells women to submit themselves to their husbands in the book of First Peter, Ephesians, Colossians, Timothy and Galatians (King James Bible). One of the Ten Commandments from the book of Exodus instructs men not to take their neighbor's wife (King James Bible). The ideology is she is a person owned by her husband. She is owned by man therefore she cannot be a ruler of men. A woman's job is to submit and her gender roles are wrapped around that perception. She cannot be assertive, outspoken, ambitious and worst of all be the boss of men. Coya Knutson was a multiple term member of the house of representative. She is famous for her 1958 reelection campaign, which she lost because her husband publicly asked her to come home. Clearly, this public stunt was designed to attack her from breaking her ideal gender role
Up to earlier periods of the twentieth century, women had the same rights as a minor. She could not own property or her wages once she is married (Foner). This reciprocates a dampened incentive to work outside the home or seek political office. Women could not vote for much of American history so voters were all male. This hurts a woman's chance of becoming a president because men would have a harder time identifying with her. A major obstacle Victoria Woodhull had when she became the first woman to run for president in 1872.