Blog # 2

The woman I chose to interview was my Grandma. She was born in 1942, and she is currently retired and living in Cordell, Oklahoma. She is by far the most amazing woman I have ever known.
As I asked her these questions, she had trouble finding answers because she felt that feminism wasn't really an issue in her life. She was born in a very small town, and grew up on a farm. Most families wanted to have boys because it was more of a boys job to keep up things around the farm. Instead God blessed her mother with three beautiful daughters! Therefore, all three girls learned everything that their father did to keep the farm up and going. They could drive a tractor, plow, and take care of the livestock. She said she could remember being made fun of because they did things that "boys" were supposed to do. Her family was the talk of the town for making their daughters work outside on the farm instead of hiring other men to do it.


She said when she got married things really didnt change. She told me that they started out poor, so she was just glad to have a job. Her and her husband both worked very hard, and being a woman wasn't really an issue. There was one time in her life when being a woman did matter. The place she had been working, had lost their boss. My grandma was amazing at her job, so they gave her the bosses job. She told me that what she got paid was nowhere near how much they would have paid a man.

Feminism is a plan for attaining women’s equality. It’s the fight for women to be allowed to be as successful and prosperous as they want to be.

In chapter 3 on page 40, I really like the quote by Rowe when she’s talking about females and their sexuality. It says, “Hey this female sexiness is mine, defined and controlled by me, not men”. I think that women are empowered in their sexuality by controlling it. Now days women can choose what they want t o do and when they do it. Men should not be in control of our choices and decisions. It is completely up to us.