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.
Of those few, many of the mothers died in the process. Settlers originally began dieing of diseases such as malaria, dysentery, and typhoid. This stunted population growth and set a short life expectancy of about 40 to 50 years old. The unbalanced sex ratio of this region caused men to fight over the few women in order to expand their families. This also caused an increase of power and control for the women in the Chesapeake region.
Many middle class women were unhappy about this, and after the freedoms and empowerment of women during Weimar they did not like the new constrictions – it seemed almost like a step back for them. However, financial incentives were given to women to stay home and have children, and awards were granted depending on how many children a woman had – the more children, the higher ranking the award. They were told that it was their responsibility to provide soldiers for the future. As a result of this, many more women became mothers than might have down normally. Married couples were encouraged to divorce if their partner was infertile and many women joined Nazi women’s organisations.
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.
Between the period 1865 to 1950 woman’s rights were developing, it was not very consistent which denies continuity in the extension of women rights and it was mostly change for woman but without consistency. Women were viewed as inferior to men which were seen as it changed over the years but there was still signs of Women were still seen as inferior and society favoring men. Politically women were successful in campaigning but It the successes were prolonged and woman has been campaigning since 1848, Seneca Falls and socially women were progressing. Economically women had to adapt to changes and struggled more than men. Socially Women had many issues such as immigrants, contraception and changing of attitude.
Jordan Rumfelt Dr. Judson Women In the City 09-26-14 Essay 4 The effects of the Civil War—on individuals—was almost impossible to predict considering how unstable the environment was. It was evident that African-Americans would gain more freedom and that men would come home to their families, in which women had taken numerous jobs. When people think of oppression they always think of African-Americans, but women in general never gain the observance that is deserved. Since the beginning of time, women have been oppressed and thought to be less worthy than that of a male. The late 19th century and early 20th century was a time period in which both African-Americans and women in general were experiencing opportunities for advancement and change within society.
In the sixteenth century in England, prostitution went through years of different rules and regulations, and even complete upheaval, brought on by the rulers of the country. Southwark was considered the main brothel district in London because it was outside the jurisdiction of the Lord Mayor. The brothels were closely watched and well kept. The wages and hours were controlled by the government, and prostitutes were given frequent health checks due to a prominent fear of syphilis. Health checks were not always helpful though; if a woman was found to have a disease, she would be evicted from the brothel and sent out in to the streets, where she would often still work as a prostitute, despite her condition.
Though the Flapper lifestyle clearly did not last forever, the changes in women’s attitudes, ideals, and actions (as they contradicted the morals of previous generations), left a profound impact on women to be independent and un-submissive to men. The Flapper generated both a new emotional culture for women of vast ages and races, as well as a new youth identity for her and her beau The 1920s were filled with shock, excitement, social and relationship changes, but by 1929 the Flapper was fading out of existence. When the stock market crashed and the prices of goods shot up, middle and working class women found it much more difficult to afford the Flapper fashion. It became more convenient to be partially dependent on a partner, especially
Issues of Women’s Liberation from the Oppression Found in Society and Marriages Sherry Heide ENG 125 Introduction to Literature Instructor: Louise Becker 09 January 2012 Issues of Women’s Liberation from the Oppression Found in Society and Marriages What is said of women suffrage is not always true today in America or other countries, what is the truth, is that it is based largely on the perception of the woman experiencing the suffering. Women throughout time have suffered from oppression in society and in their own marriages. Gender roles are not something we are but instead something we do. It is completely unnatural for women of today to be the money makers, everything to the children (taxi, disciplinarian, etc..),take out etc cook, housekeeper and so on yet still their husbands will is forced upon the entire family instead of taking his place with his wife as partners. Did the verse found in Genesis chapter 3 vs. 16 cause centuries of women's suffrage?