Comments on: Emerson at the Woman’s Rights Convention http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/05/11/emerson-at-the-womans-rights-convention/ the agony and ecstasy of a reading life Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:48:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Sylvia http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/05/11/emerson-at-the-womans-rights-convention/#comment-40395 Sylvia Sat, 17 May 2008 21:55:07 +0000 http://somanybooks.wordpress.com/?p=1690#comment-40395 :D :D

]]> By: Stefanie http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/05/11/emerson-at-the-womans-rights-convention/#comment-40386 Stefanie Sat, 17 May 2008 01:38:17 +0000 http://somanybooks.wordpress.com/?p=1690#comment-40386 Emily, very good idea for a novel. I'd like to read it when you're done :) Sylvia, I always suspected that tough exterior was a ruse ;) Emily, very good idea for a novel. I’d like to read it when you’re done :)

Sylvia, I always suspected that tough exterior was a ruse ;)

]]> By: Sylvia http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/05/11/emerson-at-the-womans-rights-convention/#comment-40361 Sylvia Thu, 15 May 2008 03:57:59 +0000 http://somanybooks.wordpress.com/?p=1690#comment-40361 I just threw up a little bit. I guess that means I'm delicate. ;) I just threw up a little bit. I guess that means I’m delicate. ;)

]]> By: Emily Barton http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/05/11/emerson-at-the-womans-rights-convention/#comment-40348 Emily Barton Tue, 13 May 2008 23:35:07 +0000 http://somanybooks.wordpress.com/?p=1690#comment-40348 Let's take a time machine together, with plenty of 21st-century proof of what women can do, and go back there and argue with him. (Oooh, oooh, great idea for a novel, huh?) Let’s take a time machine together, with plenty of 21st-century proof of what women can do, and go back there and argue with him. (Oooh, oooh, great idea for a novel, huh?)

]]> By: Stefanie http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/05/11/emerson-at-the-womans-rights-convention/#comment-40338 Stefanie Tue, 13 May 2008 13:43:37 +0000 http://somanybooks.wordpress.com/?p=1690#comment-40338 Swirlpool, I can't say I entirely agree with you on stereotypes. While they sometimes may be true, they are also sometimes true because they are made to be due to economic, educational, and social boundaries. I do agree with you though that if women were in power we would misuse it as much as men do. Litlove, I've got to get ahold of that Hardwick essay! I am not surprised that Emerson didn't pay much attention to Fuller's feminist writing. For all his unconventional transcendental thinking Emerson was still a very conventional man. His own wife suffered break downs from the strain of running the household and dealing with all the visitors. When Emerson began to decline in health, Lidian finally blossomed. She also began attending women's rights meetings. He didn't like it much but at that point he wasn't able to stop her. Dark Orpheus, oh for a time machine! :) Melanie, Fuller was frustrated not only by Emerson but by all the men in the Concord circle. They all talked a good game but would never step over the invisible line of convention. J, how true. Those emails make me gag. I think you are right that they don't help get us past the stereotypes. I haven't figured out what to do about them other than press the delete key. Dorothy, thanks. As much as I love Emerson, even he needs to be mocked sometimes :) Verbivore, putting people into to boxes with labels never works. J does make a good point. Women these days have gotten pretty good at pointing a finger at men, but we neglect to pay attention to how we contribute to the problem. Swirlpool, I can’t say I entirely agree with you on stereotypes. While they sometimes may be true, they are also sometimes true because they are made to be due to economic, educational, and social boundaries. I do agree with you though that if women were in power we would misuse it as much as men do.

Litlove, I’ve got to get ahold of that Hardwick essay! I am not surprised that Emerson didn’t pay much attention to Fuller’s feminist writing. For all his unconventional transcendental thinking Emerson was still a very conventional man. His own wife suffered break downs from the strain of running the household and dealing with all the visitors. When Emerson began to decline in health, Lidian finally blossomed. She also began attending women’s rights meetings. He didn’t like it much but at that point he wasn’t able to stop her.

Dark Orpheus, oh for a time machine! :)

Melanie, Fuller was frustrated not only by Emerson but by all the men in the Concord circle. They all talked a good game but would never step over the invisible line of convention.

J, how true. Those emails make me gag. I think you are right that they don’t help get us past the stereotypes. I haven’t figured out what to do about them other than press the delete key.

Dorothy, thanks. As much as I love Emerson, even he needs to be mocked sometimes :)

Verbivore, putting people into to boxes with labels never works. J does make a good point. Women these days have gotten pretty good at pointing a finger at men, but we neglect to pay attention to how we contribute to the problem.

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