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Andrew Brock Assignment 1

I find Angela Davis in chapter three on ” Class and race in the Women’s Rights Campaign,” to be attempting to tell the reader of the many hardships of the Women’s rights campaign. While reading this chapter of her book the emotions I mostly felt were anger and disgust, but I also found myself being proud and somewhat amazed.
Most of my anger and disgust comes from, what anyone can find obvious, the hardships these women had to go through described by Davis. At the very beginning there is a common quote used to describe America as the land of the free and the home of the brave. I bring attention to this as it can easily be inferred that Davis means to draw attention to these words and how untruthful they were at the time. Simply by adding quotes to that phrase it can be seen that she wants to exemplify the opposite of those words. Land of the free white man and home of the frightened as an example.
Another thing that greatly caught my attention is when Davis talks about Charles Remond’s involvement. He refused to take his seat in the Seneca Convention due to women being excluded from it. He supported several women’s groups who even paid for his expenses to get to the convention. Davis detailing this event shows the complete disregard for women in that time but also shows how women were not the only ones taking action to get women’s rights. Remond refusing to take his seat can be interpreted as him showing true dedication rather than no longer wanting to be involved. His reasoning of the women he was supporting having the inability to be present for him to support I find only strengthens this claim.
To conclude I would like to mention one thing in Davis’s text that brought up my mood as I was nearing the end. I personally enjoyed Davis’s description of Frances Dana Gage going to speak in the convention. Davis describes her very well as a fearless woman who would not listen to the many that attempted to convince her not to speak. I find Davis to be very good at letting the reader know of the many things women had to go through during the Seneca Convention and she also excels at making the reader not only be interested but sympathize with the women involved.