Women’s rights were a big thing back in the late nineteenth century to early twentieth century. Virginia Woolf and Alice Walker are two women who look at this situation with a goal of finding a way to use the limited resources that they have for the good of others. They particularly use black women as the major example in this case. But it all comes down to this. What Woolf says about women’s abilities and resources of material are limited may be true, Walker points out with her mother’s garden that women find other ways to use the resources they have in a way that doesn’t limit what they can do with it. Within this paper, we will see what women were expected to do and what has become of that today and see what Woolf and Walker have to say.
Women in those days had it rough. A quote from Alice Walker, from “In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens,” states that her mother worked basically all day long, from morning all the way to darkness, working alongside with her husband in the masters’ fields, making sure that they all had clothes and what not, and working on her pretty garden when she had time to spare. There was never a moment …show more content…
As we have seen throughout, they agree that the resources that were given to women during this time period was very limited to them. With that said, this is why gender equality is important to both of them. Women should have equal opportunity as men do. But is there a line that should be drawn for what women can and can’t do? Unfortunately, there is still a problem with this topic around the world. But through significant events that took place in history, some countries have given rights to women that men have rights to as well. But the inequality of gender equality will likely be a problem until the end of