Disobedience was seen as a crime against their religion. Marriages were arranged to suit the family. Elizabethan women were expected to marry to increase the wealth and position of the family and then to produce children - preferably male heirs. There were no careers for women and there were no schools for girls, so the majority were illiterate. If a woman was born from a respected, high-status family, then she may be given the privilege of being able to receive home tutoring.
Women colleges C. Coeducation Conclusion The Fight for Women’s Rights Throughout history women have been hidden behind their husbands. They were not able to have a say in the household, hold a job with reasonable hours, or be able to earn reasonable pay. Many women would not speak up for themselves. Men took pleasure in their control over them. Elizabeth Cady Stanton fought for women to have legal rights, have better jobs, and higher education, even though many men shunned her.
They talked how hard it is to be ambitious woman, who knows what she wants and all the negativities about being powerful woman. It is hard to be a woman in the 21st century and to live with all kind of stereotypes, to fight for equal rights, and to be: a good mother, wife, and woman with career at the same time. Traditionally, the female stereotypic role is to marry, have children and take care for the household and her husband. This is unfair and hard to live it. Not every woman on the planet wants to get married and have children.
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.
Is feminism still relevant in the modern world? In the early 20th century the suffragettes played a huge part in gaining votes for women. World War One also played a large part the feminist movement as women who had previously been deemed incapable of much more than looking after children and husbands were now required to help in other areas such as the work force as part of the war effort. After World War One women were not content to revert back to their pre-war status. World War Two required women in the munitions factories and as land girls which due to the shortage of men gave, women a definite place in the working environment, and the argument of women being incapable was now of no consequence.
These couples choose not to have children because they feel that they are not capble or do not want to take on the responsibilities that come with raising a child. However, “most adults must be prepared to parent” because future generations are going to need a profound and strong structure to look up to as they conquer their ambitions and dreams (353). “The mother-only family” is another type of system that exists today (354). Women most times must take on the responsibility of being the mom and dad of the family, meaning she would have to be the breadwinner for the family and raise her children to the best of her ability. However, most times the men do provide funds “through child support payments or through the taxes they pay that provide ‘Aid to Families with Dependent Children’ (AFDC)” (354).
The book is written for modern Americans, and modern Americans would find it in severe distaste to see a girl being blindly obedient to her father even when what he asks of her goes against her own wishes. Modern Americans want to see a strong female character that fights the norms to do what she wants. This is something that is highly valued in modern American culture. For instance, the suffragettes are highly respected historical figures because although it went against all cultural norms, they fought for what they believed in. Similarly, Birdy fights for what she believes in; the right to pick who she marries: I saw Shaggy Beard’s messengers in the yard, talking solemnly to each other.
In their studies, the women were continually harassed and abused, however they still stuck with their husbands. The question was, why? One of the many reasons they did this was because they depended on the husbands
Women were viewed as men’s property so they had to do whatever the husband wanted them to do. Also they did the entire domestic work and look after the children. These views affected their lives as they couldn’t do many things like sue their husband for adultery, for beating them and if they tried to run away they’d be captured by the police and bought back to the husband. The women had to look after children and the domestic work which people then thought that this was all they were good for so they didn’t give them a good education or a well paying job. Finally the men didn’t think much of women for doing things that they could.
Mrs Linde has had to work hard and was not afforded love and children which she longed to have. She took care of her mother and brother as her own but still desired more. Once her circumstances had changed she set out to acquire that which she had lost. When Mrs Linde is introduced in Act I, we can immediately see she is a woman who has been through a harder time and worked hard to have a meekly accommodating life. She is more insightful of her surrounding than Nora Helmer.