Critical Evaluation Essay

Crystal Eastman, a 1920's feminist, expresses her thoughts on woman's rights and how if woman are given these rights it will change the way women view their position in life. While fighting for the right to vote, woman views were respected by men. Several feminists are socialists or communists, few are active leaders within the feminists movements. Many legal issues were resolved to make it easier for woman to achieve numerous professions, trades or unions that were once just for men. The future must bring in early coaching for each boy and girl. They must learn that it's both manly and feminine to provide for their family in whatever career choice they choose, and to be able to stand on their feet alone. Conjointly children should learn that it's both manly and feminine to be able to know how to cook, clean, sew, take care of themselves and their children. Eastman's article contains ethos, Pathos and Logos while discussing the argument concerning woman’s rights. Woman's rights have invariably been something society has struggled with throughout history. Eastman states in her essay “that the vast majority of women as well as men are without property, and are of necessity bread and butter slaves under a system of society which allows the very sources of life to be privately owned by few, and she counts herself a loyal solider in the working-class army that is marching to overthrow that system.”(Eastman). This statement by Eastman might be viewed as a biased feminist statement. She turns it into one thing with logic behind it, thus men also can perceive the struggle. Eastman takes being a feminist with great passion while fighting for woman's rights. She speaks of freedom and the way women should feel and think. Eastman says “But is there any way of insuring a woman's economic independence while child-raising is her chosen