The women were treated very badly and were paid very poorly. In the nineteenth-century women’s roles were claimed to be “civilly dead”, however significant leaders like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Catharine Beecher fought for their femininity and gradually won their rights for half the population, showing how important women truly are.
The women who were acting out on being affected by witches was all to get social respect which they did not get because the only respect women in the past got was over the children in her home. People in the society never valued women as much as they did value men. The teenage girls spoke up in church and they criticized the minister. People started thinking that those girls were touched by witches. The minister in the church was scared since the young girls tried to speak and fight for their rights.
Women were expected to marry, have children and financially they were expected to be fully dependent on their husbands. Women rarely had careers and most professions refused entry to women. However, between the years 1850 and 1901 women’s role in society began to be challenged. There were a number of reasons for this,
Of these over 178 citizens three out of four were female, which made this witch hunt a gender issue (Davidson & Lytle 42). It was evident during the Salem Witch Trials that more and more females were being targeted as opposed to males. The female population was being targeted on the grounds that society had deemed them inferior to the male population of colonial Massachusetts and thus they were easy targets for citizens to accuse them of performing witchcraft. In the society of Massachusetts the female was thought of as “partners and helpmates in marriage.” A marred wife was not allowed to buy land, sell land, sue, or make contracts(Davidson & Lytle 43). Rights for widowed females were also horrendous, if they were left a plot of land she was required to “have and enjoy” that plot of land “during term of her natural life (Davidson & Lytle 43).” This also meant that the widow was not allowed to misuse the land because the land would be passed onto future generations.
As you read this essay you’ll find that people gained alot from renaissance than protestant reformation. Renaissance was a time for learning and also many people put their interests in art and literature. Renaissance and protestant reformation was very important part of the western history. Renaissance was really important turning point in western thinking and cultural traditions. Protestant reformation was a spiritual/ religion revelation that aimed to correct the problem of the Catholic Church/ pope.
Role of women until 1500 “Women Past Lived” Erin Snider World Civilization I Martha Stillman September 21, 2009 Women Past Lived Page 2 Women today have status and rights because of the women of yesterday’s many societies breaking through obstacles of extreme measures. Even though culture around the world differed in religion, dress, language and a few daily rituals there were many similarities that connected the way of life. The role of women in every society through early times including Roman, Medieval, India and China mostly ruled there women as inferior to their men and were unable to have many rights. Women were usually uneducated; unable to vote some of the case they hardly left their homes. The
The lack of power that women have in Salem sets the stage for hysteria. The female characters long for a voice in the community, and attempt to gain one by using their court powers to blame those around them and lying to gain attention from the community. Due to the very little power women have in Salem, the women find the need to blame others in order to be heard. While Abigail is being accused of performing witchcraft, she tries to blame Tituba. Abigail states, “Sometimes I wake and find myself standing in the open doorway and not a sitch on my body!
Anthony wrote that "when a woman destroys the life of her unborn child, it is a sign that, by education or circumstances, she has been greatly wronged,” Susan B. Anthony encouraged women to register to vote and then vote, using the Fourteenth Amendment as justification. On November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony and others attempted to vote and some, including Anthony, are arrested. Later, she was tried for "illegally"
Women have always been thought of as the less domineering sex. All through history females have fought the stereotypes of being simple housewives with no greater use then producing babies and maintaining a household. This repression, combined with the social systems of years past has lead woman to feel inferior and naturally acquire an internal dependency toward the males in their lives who are viewed as superior. Many notable characters in literature have carried out the role of this inferior spouse and are no doubt created from the hostility of oppression women have felt for hundreds of years. We see two of these characters in Delia from Zora Neale Hurston’s story “Sweat” and John’s wife in Charlotte Perkins Gillman’s story “The Yellow Wallpaper”.
Day after day she was forced to burden the cruel thoughts of others opinions of being inferior because she was a women and a women with her own thoughts at that. Taking place in 1630, societies thought upon women as the subsidiary sex and not respected in the way modern day women is. The job of a puritan women was limited, care for your house, your husband, and your children. If a women stepped out of those bounds her life became hard and wicked. The only women who were relieved of these bonds were widows who had the privilege of being able to sue or be sued, owning their own home or land and disciplining children and servants.