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From a young age I understood the difference between boys and girls and how the world viewed us. I understood how boys were supposed to like blue as girls liked pink. I understood that my dad was supposed to work and my mom was to stay at home. I was lucky enough to have parents who did not agree with these standards and taught me speak up for what I believe is right. A part of me always knew that I did not want to stay at home while my future husband was at work; I had dreamed of traveling and seeing everything and everyone. I wanted more. Many women, like me, yearn to see and do more.
Being a women’s activist in the United States could have a different experience than an activist from another country. Edna Adan Ismail was the first women in Somalia to become a nurse and midwife, to obtain a driver’s license and to gain a leadership position in the health system. Because Gender inequality is deeply rooted in the Horn of Africa this makes all that Edna did that much more important to women. While Edna was breaking women’s stereotypes in Somalia a women named Tanzila Khan published her book in Pakistan. Tanzila Khan wrote The Perfect Situation: Sweet Sixteen in 2013. She gained a lot of attention from her story as being a disabled young women who believed in herself. While many people applaud her for attempting to write about a young girl who reaches for her dreams, others wish she had a more consistent writing style with less grammatical errors. From Somalia all the way to Pakistan women’s activists have helped women’s community to break stereotypes and inspire others to do the same.
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In January of 2017 (21-22) The Women’s March on Washington started off the year while many other marches were happening worldwide. The Women’s March on Washington is considered to be one of the largest marches to have occured. It was to protest the inauguration of Donald Trump because many people saw him as anti-women and took his words to be offensive. According to https://www.britannica.com/event/Womens-March-2017, there was an estimation between 3.3 and 4.6 million people who had participated in marches during 2017 in the United States alone. Trump’s comments about groping women caused pink knitted hats, also known as “pussyhats”, to be the official statement worn by both genders during the marches. Many women find social media to be the largest platform for finding information about marches, mainly on Facebook.
From a very young age many girls become activists by being raised by their parents in a political environment. For example six year old immigrant Sophie Cruz was taught by her parents that all people are equal no matter how they look which lead her to write a letter to the pope which says, “My friends and I love each other no matter our skin color.” Because of the environment that Sophie grew up in she became a important activist at the age of six. Another example of young activists growing up in a political environment is Blair Imani who got pulled into the political side of activism when she got arrested in July 2016 for protesting the killing of Alton Sterling. Blair Imani grew up being a part of the activist community which furthermore lead her to become a founder of a organization called Equality for Her which works to generate awareness about global issues involving women. Although many parents find it to be irrational to raise their children in a political environment, others can see that it improves their child's perspective on not only themselves but others around them.
Before writing this paper I thought that I had a good enough understanding of what it meant to be a woman and how to represent our community. I now see that being a woman is much more than going to a march or seeing a post on social media. From diversity with skin to where someone is from, we are all women.
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