A raisin in the sun-Beneatha represents a modern day women

To what extent does Beneatha represent the modern day or twenty first century woman?
In the twenty first century one can always imagine how a woman should be or what she should consist of, times have changed and so have traditions, we now live in a time where women are given free reign and opportunity to express themselves in any way. Beneatha represents the modern day woman to fullest extent by showing how she can fight against the norm too accomplish as she chooses, to strive for the stars with no one holding her back. Beneatha faces every obstacle head first ready for battle to win the right to be who she wants to be.
An example of how Beneatha represents a twenty first century woman would be in her chosen career choice. Beneatha wants to be a doctor which in its self is a taboo and unheard of feat for a woman period, not including the fact the Beaneatha is a black woman. Modern day woman hold the same jobs as men and deserve the same respect, in the time frame that we are looking at that was not the case. We can see that Beneatha shows great thinking and perseverance skills to be able to accomplish the feat of wanting to become a doctor during that time, therefore making her a great representations of a modern day or twenty first century woman,
As Beneatha herself said “I am not interested in being someone’s little episode in America...Or one of them” Beneatha has no interest in just simply being a wife, staying home taking care of the children and maintaining the house. Beneatha has dreams of being successful and because of that she refuses to bow down to men. As represented with George her suitor for a while who just wanted to show her off and have her on his arm. Instead of listening to what she had to say and wanting to have constructive conversations with her. Beneatha soon reached her end with this and left him for someone more down t earth Asagai. This shows how she represents a modern day woman because in the twenty first century women are shown to be more than just house wives Beneatha their husbands, they are now shown as counterparts tot here significant other working together gaining the same respect as men.