Prior to completing this discussion board, please read/view the following:
Eliza Pinckney:
South Carolina women : Their lives and times, volume 2. (2010). University of Georgia Press. Eliza Lucas Pinckney and Harriott Pinckney Horry. A South Carolina Revolutionary-Era Mother and DaughterLinks to an external site.
Eliza Lucas Pinckney: Letters & Memoranda, 1740-1762Links to an external site.
Encyclopedia of Women in American HistoryLinks to an external site.
Sarah Hale:
Sarah Hale: The Mother of Thanksgiving (Part I)Links to an external site.
Encyclopedia of Women in American HistoryLinks to an external site.
Godey’s Lady’s Book: Sarah Josepha HaleLinks to an external site.
Compare/contrast Eliza Pinckney and Sarah Hale
Both Eliza Pinckney and Sarah Hale had a large amount of influence over a large number of people. Pinckney’s influence primarily was due to obligation; she had family and enslaved people that had to listen to her and trust her choices. Hale’s influence, however, had more to do with choice. People could choose to read the magazine she was working on. Both women were innovators — Pinckney with Indigo and Hale with establishing Thanksgiving. Which woman do you consider more powerful, and which woman would have considered herself most powerful?
You will have to do some research with this one: the source can be course readings or another reputable academic source online. No matter what you use, you must cite the source in APA 7th format.
These are the parts your entry should have:
A thesis statement where you set out whom you think the more powerful woman was.
Evidence supporting your statement from both sources.
A concluding statement about how that woman would have regarded herself and why.
