Before the lecture and readings I knew nothing about Margaret (Molly) Brown other then what I had learned when I was 15 and saw the "Unsinkable Molly Brown" and what I had seen in the Titanic Exhibit at the Denver Natural History Museum last year. So for me it came as quite a shock that Margaret was so active in the Women's Suffrage Movement. I have become very interested in the past few days about learning about Margaret Brown, not only because of her work in the Suffrage Movement but also her effect on history as a whole.
It was very interesting to learn that Margaret, though extremely involved in the Suffrage Movement before WWI, had nothing to do with politics when the was was over. One would expect that if someone is passionate about an issue, they would stay passionate about it for their whole life. That was just something that sparked my interest, going from her total political emersion to none at all.
Another fact that I found interesting but not very surprising was how true news paper facts actually are? I know that in todays day and age the papers do not always tell the whole truth. It is interesting that, that is not a new phenomenon, when in fact the papers were saying very different stories, as in what office Margaret was actually running for; some papers said the Senate and others said the House of Reps. A very interesting fact to remember when we as students are doing research.
Overall I loved the presentation from the Molly Brown house. I look forward to the event tomorrow night and visiting the house on Saturday.
2 comments:
It's definitely amazing the way the media manipulates, obscures, interprets, and creates facts to serve their own agenda. I guess it's unsurprising in some ways, as mainstream media seems to often reflect mainstream social norms and institutions. So much has been covered up or glossed over about Sarah Palin. It's funny how the media will drag one person (Hillary Clinton)'s name through the mud and use her gender as a weapon against her, then glorify another person (Sarah Palin) and use her gender as an asset and a shield to protect her against controversy.
You may be on to something, Raishel. Gender still seems to be this slippery category that can be used in so many ways, depending on who's framing the discussion. Both your comments also made me wonder about the accusations that get thrown around about the media--it's either too conservative or too liberal. Who's in control here? How do we learn to read the media more critically and begin to look beyond the assumptions that seem to frame so many of these debates?
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