After reading "Conquering Themselves So Beautifully", I felt like Jo in particular was fighting a battle within herself. In terms of being a boy, I think that she just wanted to be different from her sisters because they are too much of the "tradition" types of females. One that cooks, cleans and takes care of the family. These were considered the expectations of a young female during this time and Jo refuses to let her sisters pull her into this stereotype of young females, and this forces her to be want to a boy.
The Sojournor Truth article connects directly to the Alcott reading in a sense that women are doing there best to stand up for what they believe in, even with opposing opinions. Truth agreed more so with the beliefs of white feminist because they believed in women's rights, as oppose to black abolitionist who believed in African-American rights above those of women in particular.
Both readings gave me a separate perspective on women's rights and the roles of young women in society.
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