World War 1 played a significant part in developing women's political rights in both positive and negative ways. World War one may have foiled the drive by women to gain political rights just as much or even more so then it helped. Pre war women did have working opportunities though very little compared to men, as they were seen as weaker and that their place was in the "home". Their employment was limited to the domestic service (cleaning or working as a servant) and secretarial work and not manual labor in factories or working class women often worked in the textiles industry. Women were lower paid and were restricted to do less skilled work, as they were considered incompetent.
As a result, urbanization quickly started going out of control due to lack of communication, too many people being forced into slums, and many other reasons. Without the help of women, urbanized areas could have become horrible places to live and nothing would have gotten done. For example, Jane Adams established the Hull House, a prominent American settlement house. Adams despised both war and poverty. The Hull House offered instruction in English, counseling to help immigrants deal with the American big city life, childcare services for working mothers, and cultural activities for immigrants of neighborhoods.
It was assumed that True Womanhood would be naturally adopted because of women’s deeper religious connections and because of her purity. These were two qualities that men were not assumed to have possessed naturally. Christian Motherhood was a part of the fuel behind the propaganda of True Womanhood. Protestant leaders made women the leaders in cleansing of society from evil. Men were seen deviating from religious values and it was up to the women’s “purifying passionless love”(barbera Welter) to salvage the men’s relationship with God.
The story of Mulan was set in the Han dynasty, which is man-centered society, and female were having a very low social status that they would only focus on marriages and backing up the domestic chores, while male in every family was conscripted, and that’s why mulan was going to the army for her dad. ….. One point to note is that the appearance of woman soldiers could be resulted in death penalty. In general, the whole setting was depicting a society in which female are very powerless. Mulan, was obviously the protagonist of the film. She, unlike those previous female roles in Disney; is quite outspoken, clumsy and independent.
Feminist movements have challenged the traditional stereotype of a woman’s role of being a stay at home mother and caring for her family. Women are less willing to listen and obey their patriarchal husbands, and in a majority of households; there are dual working families. Although radical feminists argue that we have still not achieved equality between men and women; there has been major improvements. The way in which feminists, as well as women in general look at younger girls has also changed. In previous years; advice given by older women to younger girls would be to make sure that they get married and they are not ‘left on the shelf’.
1.05 English 3 Ain’t I a Woman? Being a black or white woman in the 19th century were two very different things because of the way that they were treated. Black women were mostly slaves and didn’t have even close to the rights that white women had, such as the right to go back to school or keep your own children. Black women were basically treated like less than dirt, which was a horrible horrible thing. And this isn’t even just about black women, it’s all women in general and how our rights were taken away.
The fundamental principles that have existed in a western patriarchal society made women second-class citizens in comparison to men. Liberal feminists believe in the principles of all people being equal and deserving equal rights and opportunities. Feminists want to live in a fairer more egalitarian society. Whilst feminism has caused real change in society over the years and has opened the door to far more opportunity for women than ever before, life for women is still far from equal. This essay will cover gender socialisation, conjugal roles, and gender in the labour market.
Hilly treats her mother with no respect and sends her to a nursing home. Although Hilly is very demanding, she is in control and gets what she wants. In Jackson society, there are “rules” of what black woman can or cannot do. It is like they live in a completely different world. Whites and blacks are not supposed to be friends because of a “line” that exists that separate them.
(P Barton) White women were discriminated against a lot because women were not allowed to work and earn money. They were made to stay home and cook clean and take care of the kids and husbands. White people faced dual labor but in a good way. White people got the “primary labor” and other ethnic groups got the “secondary labor” jobs. Primary means the better jobs and secondary means the bad jobs.
The Women’s Right Movement changed the lives of the American Women for the better, due to gaining the right to vote, access to higher education, and the opportunity to enter the workforce. Before the reform movements of Women’s right, the American women were discriminated in society, home life, education, and the workforce. Women in the 1800s could not only vote, but they also were forbidden to speak in public. They were voiceless and had no self-confidence, they dependent men, since they had little to no rights (Bonnie and Ruthsdotter). Before the reform movement, the American Women were voiceless, they had no say in society, however the reform movement will soon change that.