“Why?” by Elsa Sanchez Tags: child labor dreams future poverty farming love immigrant Hispanic children hardship father education Summary: “Why?” by Elsa Sanchez discusses the reality of poverty. She keeps asking why her father hadn’t let his children get an education rather than making them work at a farm. Education would benefit them more and help … More Herstory Part 2
Tags: #home #studentloans #debt #economic #gap #Hempstead #Hofstra #dreams #subsistence #hardship #rich #poor Summary: “You Can’t See the Stars in Hempstead” by Emily Porter is about a college student who has her dreams struck down by student loans and her attachment to her home. She always ends up going back to her unfinished, broken home … More Herstory Class Assignment 1
ROLL UP Tags: prison teenager drugs young pregnant self-defense manslaughter women abuse domestic violence family Summary: “Roll Up” by Melody Sims discusses the unjust system of imprisonment for women who defend themselves against abuse. Sims meets a seventeen-year old girl in prison who says that she’s in for murdering her husband. At first, it sounds like … More Herstory Part 1
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