Past Struggles Paved the Way for Women Today American History Since 1865 Gretchen Henderson January 22, 201 Since biblical times, women have been subjugated to allowing others to make decisions for them. There has been a series of assumptions and usurpations of power over women. This is because women were falsely deemed as the weaker gender and referred to as the “weaker sex” and not being able to make life’s decisions on their own. However this thought of reasoning limited the power of women. Therefore in the end of the 19 century things were about to change and women begin to fight for more rights.
Do you agree with the view that, in terms of employment opportunities, women did not gain ‘any significant advantage from their wartime experience’? Many women, especially shorthand typists and munitions workers, earned for more than before the war and gained greater economic independence. Many women worked away from home were they experienced a sense of liberation from their restricted home lives. Trade unions initially opposed the dilution of labour but eventually recruited many more women. 350,000 women were in unions in 1914, but 600,000 by 1918.
This very much complicated the assumption that women should marry. A series of female educational pioneers had also emerged and their efforts formed part of a much wider movement of campaigners who sought to bring women equal rights to study, work, own property and vote. This resulted in a great number of changes in the lives of women2. Women had started to gain a voice in politics. This was a big change as, before this period, women hadn’t been able to put forth ideas to even challenge legislation let alone contribute to the making of new laws.
This is partially because women have started to go back to work and the economy in the present day is not very stable so supporting a bigger family is not easily done. Today, 51 percent of all marriages end in divorce and only 38 percent consider themselves happy while being married (Lebey, 2005, 1). However, there are a lot of efforts that show families are more resilient and more “loving today than it was in the past.” (Benokraitis, n.d., 17). The first piece of information that specified that families are stronger
Fewer than 4% of women are still illiterate. Women did not have the right to vote until 1953. From a political point of view, there have been two more women candidates for president since Rosario Ibarra de Piedra. Women do still do most of the housework. This will most likely never change.
What does it mean to be a woman? Where does it all originate? Prior to the 18th century women had no equality they had to combat social and cultural inequalities .Soon after feminism started to take root and in today’s world women see themselves on par with men. However they still identify themselves by the role they fulfil. If you ask a woman the question “who are you?’ immediately the response would be mother, sister, wife, grandmother or they give their professional title.
Krauss focuses on two groups of women: African Americans and Native Americans. These women, who are protesting along with the white, blue-collar women, come from a total different standpoint and background, which makes this group very diverse and relatable. Now, the African American working class women come from a place where they had no initial trust in the government. Krauss explains that these women have been victims of racial policies since the beginning and the individual toxic waste issues are quickly tied and viewed as environmental racism. While, white working women have just recently come out into the public arena to protest their beliefs, African American women have extended their work as mothers into their communities as “protectors of the race” (265).
CHAPLIN TO CHURCHILL INTRODUCTION There was a time when women used to face many problems while living in the society. However, this trend has been changed but women have to follow various tactics in order to maintain harmony in the society and to stay at par with men. It took a lot for them to resolve the struggles of equal rights and to implement the same in real world without giving rise to any controversy. A few years ago women were never seen in influential roles due to many discriminatory factors but now the whole era has been changed and many women can be seen performing really well even better than men. This only has become possible due to the hardships faced by women in old times and how they fought for their rights
She helped to found the American Equal Rights Association. Anthony and a close friend and activist partner, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, founded the National Woman Suffrage Association. It was larger than the American Woman Suffrage Association, which it finally merged with. The two women traveled the United States together, giving speeches and urging equal treatment of women in the law and in society. Susan B. Anthony also opposed abortion, which she saw as another instance of a "double standard" imposed upon women.
Thirty percent of teenage girls who have dropped out of school listed pregnancy or parenthood as the primary reason (“Teen Pregnancy Prevention”, n.d.). That percentage does not seem as high as some people think, but what kind of jobs can these females hold without a diploma or GED? Only 40 percent of teen moms finish high school (“Teen Pregnancy Prevention,” n.d.). It is understandable on why these girls do not finish high school, but it is extremely crucial that they