HIS FPX 1150 Assessment 2 Historical Analysis Worksheet

Historical Analysis Worksheet

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Capella University

HIS-FPX1150

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Utilize this paper to conduct a deeper analysis of the materials you have gathered to support your topic (the economy with impending change or civil rights involvement). Critically think through your findings and develop an explanation/argument regarding your chosen topic by answering each of the highlighted questions below, to assist you in writing your complete response to each question. After you answer all questions, provide a list of references with a citation for each source.

Step 1 KNOWLEDGE: 

Identify your main problem and/or the argument that needs to be solved and ask questions to help you understand the problem deeply.

1. My presentation will be built on the following question:

What is/was Women’s Inequality and Women’s Activism have on the outcome of the Civil Rights Movement and the general

attainment of equal rights in the USA?

2. On-Point Questions to help further develop understanding of the above:

Why were Women’s roles in the Civil Rights Movement downplayed, even ignored, even though they contributed significantly to its success?

What impact did discrepancies between the rights of women within the Civil Rights Movement have on future Women’s rights; Feminist Movements?

Step 2 COMPREHENSION: 

Review the situation or problem and the facts that pertain to it, based on the materials you have researched and the information sources you have collected from your course readings. If necessary, you may also search for other literature that relates to your topic.

What is your current knowledge about this topic in relation to America?

Women today continue to experience significant differences in representation, earnings, leadership positions, and social equality (Galsanjigmed & Sekiguchi, 2023). In spite of these advances, there are still examples of gender inequality particularly among women who are members of ethnic/racial minorities. Some of today’s issues related to women’s rights such as reproductive rights, equal pay for equal work, and protection against gender-based violence are directly related to the fight for both civil and social equality that occurred earlier in history.

What is your current knowledge regarding your historical knowledge and situation?

Historically, women played a key role behind the scenes, yet did not receive any credit or recognition for their contributions to the civil rights movement. Women were responsible for organizing grassroots activism, planning large demonstrations, and coordinating resources for the movement; however, they too experienced sexism within their movements. The discrimination and disenfranchisement experienced by African American women during this time period can be seen as a direct result of the racial discrimination faced by women, which they were also fighting against during that period (Lwamba et al., 2022). The years of civil rights activism laid the groundwork for many of the women’s rights movements of the 1970s, creating a clear link between the racial justice movement and the women’s rights movement.

The oral histories highlighting women activists like Diane Nash and Gwendolyn Simmons reveal how racial oppression and gender discrimination have limited the experiences of these women activists.

The literature that has been produced thus far, concerning women’s experiences, indicates that violence, oppression and gendered stereotypes have been common (Tran & Ksenija Hanaček, 2023).

What additional evidence is needed, and where can it be found?

Additionally, additional more personal accounts of this from less well known female activists in the local community would add strength to the story (Barnes, 2021). These accounts could be found in:

Oral history archives

University civil rights archives

Feminist museums or websites that provide information on women’s history

Library of Congress collections.

Step 3 APPLICATION: 

References and allusions to other sources: Women were fundamental to social movements, but were often left out, according to all sources. The sources focus on institutional discrimination, whether it is legal, social, or cultural, that conditioned the suffrage movement as well as the civil rights movement.

Activism is depicted as both grassroots and highly individual, where women apply lived experience to widen the change (Barton & Hart, 2023).

Discrepancies:

1) Primary source material (e.g., cartoons) exhibits negative bias of the period and the negative aspects of each period from which the source comes. Modern commentaries on the types of biases found in different eras of history (secondary sources) are less reliable.

2) Textbooks typically provide the subject matter in an academic or structural manner (as opposed to an illustrative manner), while an exhibit that presents historical information will tend to create an account for each topic presented (either academically or narratively).

Step 4 ANALYZE: 

Some solid evidence:

Political cartoons showed women for the first time, in which they were represented and stereotyped. The Library of Congress has curated collections of verified primary records documenting the civil rights movement.

Interviews of women activists form an original understanding of activism and gender equality (Soltys, n.d.).

A scholarly study correlates civil rights and feminist movements (Stewart, n.d.).

Some weak evidence:

Oral histories are influenced by time and the recollections of people.

Political cartoons exhibit attitudes but do not fully recount them or provide context for them. Some secondary sources focus more on Social Justice Advocacy than providing purely descriptive historical accounts.

Difficulties encountered when using evidence:

Locating the middle ground between using primary evidence and secondary evidence without elevating all of the subject;

Connecting subjective, emotional narratives to historical facts;

Demonstrating the continuity of women’s roles in civil rights with other movements without forming too general of conclusions.

Step 5 SYNTHESIS: 

To sum up your argument:

The contributions made by women in this movement should not have been overlooked due to gender discrimination and inequality, and their efforts were not fully recognized until recently. Women’s efforts in fighting for civil rights in America were equally important to those made by men, and many factors contributed to women’s lack of recognition regarding their contributions during the civil rights movement, including the many different types of discrimination Representative 31st Sheryl Davis experienced when she entered the civil rights activist world. Women played an important role in every area of the civil rights activist world and were often at the forefront of protests and campaigns against civil rights. Because of their numerous accomplishments for civil rights in the 1960s, women created the foundation on which subsequent generations of women could continue to build.

The history of women in relation to the fight for civil rights should be thoroughly researched and documented in order to gain an understanding of how the experiences and struggles they faced in the civil rights movement relate to the current fight against social inequalities in America, as well as how they contributed greatly to subsequent generations of feminist movements. In their recognition, we can have a broader and more accurate understanding of the civil rights movement and the continuing fight to achieve equality in the United States.

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