This is my conclusion post for this project. In my previous
posts we have looked at Emily Tubman’s life through feminist lenses and
examined how her life coincided or fulfilled the feminist terms we learned in
Module 1 of this course: social construction of gender, privilege,
heteronormativity, intersectionality, patriarchy, refusing to take the path of
least resistance, and sexism. Emily Tubman worked within the patriarchal system
(the founders of NOW would be proud) to enrich the lives of her fellow Augustans.
She also worked against the patriarchal, legal and social systems of the early
to mid-nineteenth century, when she fulfilled the mission of the colonization
movement and freed all 144 of her slaves, granting them freedom in Africa or
freedom in Georgia (the Redstockings and women of color groups would be proud
of her). Emily Tubman was alive during the suffragist movement’s days of
infancy. As an educated woman, she was probably aware of Stanton’s “Declaration
of the Sentiments” and the Seneca Falls Convention through newspaper accounts.
When Augustans learn about Emily Tubman, they probably don’t associate her with
feminism, but her actions point towards the root cause of feminism: equality
for all.
Emily's tree, located in the courtyard of the First Christian Church, Augusta, Georgia.
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