In the early phase of the feminist movement, as Adrienne Rich states in her 1929 essay, “Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with your hard work .” (Rich). As I dissect this statement, I come to the conclusion that in 1929 men were thought to control women, thinking for and talking for women, meaning they neither had a say, nor were able to think for themselves. Women like Rich were very important to the movement, and I feel it was very appropriate for the time. As for recent times, as Kantor states in her article, “Despite decades of efforts, and some visible exceptions, the number of top women leaders in many fields remains stubbornly low: for example,
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