Republican
Motherhood to the
Ya-Ya Sisterhood
How representations of
women are altered by the
different cultural lenses of
different eras
The Sedgeford Portrait, c. early 17th Century
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“Pocahontas,” Thomas Sully (1852)
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Abigail Adams
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Abigail Adams to John Adams
(March 31, 1776)
“Remember the Ladies …”
Dolley Madison
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Blonde Bombshells of the Silver Screen
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Audrey Hepburn
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“ . . .We have not reached a time where there are movies
made with female presidents, but that time will come. In
literature, Hepburn contrasts so many women. For
example, the woman in “The Yellow Wallpaper”, who
remains nameless throughout the story is not taken
seriously and is encouraged to stay in her house or on the
property to rest. Hepburn was able to achieve what these
women could not; she broke the confinements of society
and let no man control her. Or for instance some of the
poems of Emily Dickinson are in complete contrast to
Hepburn. Dickinson speaks of a cage that confines her as
a friend, of course take into account that Dickinson lived in
the 1860s. . . ”
“. . . However this only shows how the ideology of
submissive women has been prevalent in society
for a while. The role of women during this time was
repressive and constrictive in many ways. Society
placed high importance and many expectations on
behavior at home as well as in public. Women
were supposed to fulfill certain roles, such as a
caring mother, a diligent homemaker, and an
obedient wife. Hepburn expanded a woman’s
capability to aspects outside the arena of domestic
work, she refused to play the role of submissive,
and she was admired for her distinctiveness. Often
replicated but never duplicated, Audrey Hepburn
left an impression on American culture and will
forever be labeled as the closest thing Americans
had to royalty.”
-Chloe Johnson
American Studies Institute
The Lovett School
Atlanta, GA
June 10-11
http://www.lovett.org/academics/america
n-studies-institute/index.aspx
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