Volume 12 , Issue 16

My Thoughts

If you could use a time machine to go back in time and witness ANY historical event (without being able to change the future), what would it be and why?

I have been racking my brain for the date of historical event to visit in my time machine journey that I could take without being able to change the future. I would like to venture back to witness the landing of the foreigners at Plymouth rock in the 17th century.

Another historical event would be the signing of the declaration of independence and the constitution with the thirteen colonies. I would love to visit the Victorian era to understand better the difficulties that excavated for women as the vision of the so-called "ideal women" was shared by most in the society.

Legal rights of married women were similar to those of children. They could not vote, sue, or own property. Women were seen as pure and clean. Their bodies were supposedly seen as temple that should NOT be adorned with makeup nor used for such pleasurable things as sex. Women were to have children and tend the house. women could not hold a job unless it was that of a teacher. They could not even have their own checking or saving accounts. Women were treated as saints with NO legal rights.

If I could take a trip back to the Victorian era (20 June 1837 thru 22 January 1901) to visit with my grandmother Constance Estella Warwick, I do not believe I could have kept from protesting for women's legal rights. I am glad we have grown beyond that Victorian age of women! We have come along way, women!
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