The feminists of

today

Profesor coordonator: Haralambie Monica-Iuliana

Autor-Bălan Ramona-Elena
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Argument
Feminists were born
from the ashes of the
past
You have opinions!? Then
you must be a witch!

Conclusion
Once again, America
mirrors Great Britain…
 Argument
My reasoning for choosing this specific topic is that I am
very passionate about the fight for equality and Its history
and that includes, of course, the witch hunts and the
consequences that followed them. Through this document, I
hope to make the stories of innocent women burnt at stake
and hanged known, as well as to motivate you, and as many
people as possible, to join the feminist movement.
You have opinions?! Then you
must be a witch!
I. 1 the difference between ‘witches’ and actual witches

‘Witches’ were mostly Actual witches were

healers, women who used simply people who
to practice medicine In the followed pagan
medieval times. They were traditions, which were
also outspoken women,
poor women, old women,
quite common before
young women and, most the rise of the
importantly, they were Catholic Church
women who represented somewhere in the 16th
an inconvenience to men. century.
 I.2 How the world did a 180 on its
healers
Due to built up panic after the Great Famine and the
Black Death, people were looking for someone to
blame for their misfortunes and the Church, who
has gained popularity after the crusades, gave them
one in the form of witches.

In England, some of the most popular trials were

those lead by Puritan Matthew Hopkins, the Pendle
witches and the Newcastle trials.
 I. 3 Some witches and their trials
Alice Nutter
She was accused of witchcraft
by a nine year old and,
although, she protested her
innocence, she was found
guilty and later hanged in
Gallows Hills.
Margaret Read
Margaret was burnt at stake in
King Lynn’s market in 1590.
Her heart is thought to have
leaped out of her chest after
she died.
Marry Sutton
She was the first person who
went through the floating test.
She and her mother were both
executed at Bedford Assisez, on
March 31.
Jane and Margaret Martin
Sisters who were wrongfully
accused of the murder of a child,
Jane was hanged during the
Newcastle trials and Margaret is
thought to have died in prison.
Marry
Sutton

Not a
witch

Chaotic
WitchAunt
a real life,
modern
day witch
One again, America Mirror’s
great Britain…
II. 1 When having a mole was forbidden in the land of the
free

The division between rich

Samuel brought with him
and poor in The Salem
two slaves, one of which
Village played a big part in
was accused of bewitching
the witch trials, as it pushed
his daughter and her
people to pick a side mush
friends into having fits.
easier when Samuel Parris,
This later lead to a frenzy
the new pastor, and his
of accusations, most of
preachings, came into
which came from the rich.
town.
 II. 2 Why the madness eventually stopped
The wife of Governor Phips of
Salem, Massachusetts, had been
accused of witchcraft. The husband
immediately stopped the trial and
pardoned his wife, as well as all the
women that were accused following
this event, since he had to pretend to
have had an awakening of some sort
so as to not be condemned of
favoritism.
Although the Salem Witch
Trials only lasted about a
year, dozens of people
were accused of making
deals with the devil,
including a couple of dogs.
In the end, about 25 people
were executed.
 II. 3 The victims of Salem
Bridget Bishop
Bridget was the first woman that was
executed in Salem. She was
convicted and later hanged on the
tenth of June, 1692. Her last words
were ‘ I am innocent, I know
nothing of it, I have done no
witchcraft .... I am as innocent as
the child unborn. ....’
Giles Corey
Giles Corey was a man accused to be a
wizard on the eighteenth of April,
along with his wife. As he refused
to plead guilty or not, it was
decided that he was to be pressed by
rocks until he confessed. He died
after three days, on the nineteenth
of September, 1692
 The death of
Corey Giles and
Bridget Bishop

Samuel Parris
and the Salem
Village
Feminists were born from the
ashes of the past
 Wild embers
We are the descendants
of the wild women you forgot.
We are the stories you thought
Would never be taught.
They should have checked the ashes
of the women they burned alive.
Because it takes a single wild ember
To bring a whole wildfire to life.
(Nikita Grill)
 III. 1 What it means to be
a feminist
Quite simply, feminism is about all genders having
equal rights and opportunities. It's about
respecting diverse women’s experiences,
identities, knowledge and strengths, and striving
to empower all women to realize their full
rights. (IWDA organization)
 III. 2 The feminist movement
The feminist movement is thought to have come in
waves and in the United States of America some of
them were the Suffragette Movement of 1848 and
the Women’s liberation movement. At first, only
white, rich women fought for their rights but as
time went on, feminists started fighting for equality
in general, no matter one’s background. They had
realized that this fight was an everybody’s fight.
 Today‘s icons of Equal rights
Malala Yousafzai
She is a Pakistani female
education activist and the
world’s youngest Noble
Peace Prize laureate.
Malala, although she was
one step away from death
when a man shot her,
continues to fight for
women to be heard.
Emma Watson
She became a U.N. Goodwill
Ambassador in 2014 and she
has championed the U.N.
Women’s HeforShecampaign.
During this campaign, she
encouraged everyone, whether
male or female, to take part in
the movement for equal rights.
 The Suffragette
Movement of 1848
Women’s liberation
movement
 Conclusion
I believe that, even though women have been mistreated since the
beginning of times, the Witch Hunts had been the event that had made
females realize that where they had been standing didn’t have to be where
they should continue to stand. The executions made them realize, in time,
that they had been wronged and that they deserved fair trials and fair rights,
just like everybody else.

The descendants of witches realized that if they wanted their voices to be

heard, they had to fight tooth and nail for it, and they had to do it together.
They were aware that they might never see the day that what they were
fighting for will be achieved. And yet they still fought and would continue
to do so for how long it will take to undo hundreds of years of unfair
treatment.
 Bibliography
Kramer, Heinrich, Malleus Maleficarum – Hammer of Witches, 1486
Mather, Cotton – Wonders of the Invisible World, 1693
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_and_state_in_medieval_Europe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_movement
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch-hunt
https://paulbuddehistory.com/europe/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-catholic-
church-1000-1550/
https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/folklore/history-of-witches
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