Women’s Freedom by Stephanie

Women’s Freedom
Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1830. Her poems were published in 1890. The way in which Dickinson writes is brief, concise in expression, and highly emotional. Dickinson gave her whole soul and intimate ideas in her writing, especially those ideas that were related to women’s role in society. Women like Dickinson fought for their own ideas and rights in a male dominated society. Even though the time has passed, in today’s society some women are still struggling with social pressure.
First of all, women were educated to be raised to only study up until a certain level, and then they had to focus on becoming a “perfect wife” since women were seen as a machine whose only purpose was to take care of their husband, their children, and their home. Dickinson expresses this situation in her poem 194 when she states,
Title Divine, is mine.
The Wife without the Sign –
Acute Degree conferred on me –
Empress of Calvary - (1-4)
Also, the church plays an important role in the life of a woman. When Dickinson wrote her poem, she tries to criticize how the church submits a woman by making her believe that marriage is the only way to obtain God’s grace; that is why she expresses,
In a Day –
Tri Victory –
“My Husband” – Women say
Stroking the Melody-
Is this the way – (11-15)
In the nineteen-century, social expectations of what a woman’s role should be is very important for a society, and society makes many demands on a woman. Therefore, if a woman wants to find her individuality, she will have to fight for the right to choose for herself. But, women have not power at all in the nineteen-century.
Today, for many women, getting an education has been a choice that they have had to make for themselves. Some women have decided to give priority to their families over their education, and there is yet another group of women who have decided to manage both education and family. The work field is a very interesting place to see how women were struggling and, in some cases, still are struggling to obtain a good job position. Not all companies are the same, but many women have struggled to have a job in a male dominant environment. Different women see religion in different ways depending in their unique life experiences. For some women, religion is not an impediment to their success in the field they have chosen, but they still feel that religion has been an obstacle that devalues many women’s ability, and see religion as a tool that will not let women succeed. However, there are many women who believe that religion has given them the respect, the position, and the advantages they need and deserve to succeed as women in everything that they need or decide to do.
If women are or are not still struggling for social pressure, continues to be debatable in many points of view. But the true is that a woman like Dickinson opens the eyes of many women throughout her poems. And the decisions and choices that a women have made in the past, regardless of their backgrounds, are the things that make the women of today more virtuous and powerful.

Work Cited
Dickinson, Emily. “Title Divine.” The Norton Anthology American Literature. Ed. Nina Baym. 7th ed. Vol. B. New York: Norton, 2007. 2561