Founding Mothers gave me information relating directly to my project. It was useful, very helpful, and my main resource. Westward Movement Secondary Sources: Lunardini, Christine.What Every American Should Know About Women's History.Holbrook, Massachusetts. Christine Lunardin Inc. 1994 This book showed me all the important events that happened in women history. It helped because it gave me the impression that women 's history was more than just a fight to vote.
This was actually a very important step towards women’s enfranchisement because during the war, women served the nation; doing factory work and men’s work in general. The fact that they were doing something useful to society served as proof that, contrary to the belief that women were “silly” and could not think for themselves, they could be a beneficial force in society. “The war emphasised the participation of women in the everyday life of the nation. It was obvious to all that women were driving vehicles, acting as bus conductors and filling many posts customarily held by men. As we might say today, women’s ‘public image’ changed and improved,” says Constance Rover, a historian.
Women Page 1 " " " " " Equality for Women " Trista Crawford " SOC 120 Ethics and Social Responsibility Risa Garelick " 09/08/2014 " " " Women Page 2 " " Women rights have come along way since going into effect on August 26th of 1920 with allowing women to be able to vote. With allowing women to vote it opened up many doors for women. It allowed them to be able to get a job, an education, allowed them to climb the success ladder at work, gave women a voice and to be able to stand of themselves and other women when needed, and also how women's rights started happening overseas as well. The beginning was a very exciting time for women. “The 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote.
Immigration trends in Canada had grew considerably in the twentieth century, including British Columbia. Women relocating into Canada had to find work, as their husbands and households needed support. In this case women had become more independent and were relied on weather it was for self-employment or in wage earning jobs. In terms of history, the book The business of women expresses the defiance of women in the field of business through their intersections of marriage, class, gender and self employment. We can look at the improvements in technology as a factor resulting into the increase of women in the labor force.
Through economic expansion, and the rise in woman’s suffrage, business opportunities, evangelism and schools many families relocated to cities . Living standards had begun to improve , and a new type of family giving emphasis on the home was emerging. Throughout the 19th Century, women played extremely important roles in society. The Cult of Domesticity identified
Lucy’s idea of beauty is external, her mothers internal. This contrast leads to a lack of communication about Lucy’s changing physique and leaves Lucy on her own to form an opinion of what a woman is, what she should look like, and how she finds love. Lucy’s mother never discusses the disease with her, or what changes she will see in her body. Lucy is not comfortable asking her mother for help because she knows that her mother “never recognized that her anger scared all of us into retreat. By churning problems through her own personal mill, she kept us from ever discussing a problem outright,
New forms of public life created by women - such as having an education, to fight for their equality of opportunity to get a career, fighting for their rights and changing their role from domesticity to public suffragists- reinforced their place in society. Women had many dramatic changes throughout the years dealing with their view as a woman, politics, labor force and popular culture. In the present, American women continued live in regard to work, family, sexuality, and political changes. A. Sara M. Evans is a distinguished scholar and Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Minnesota where she taught women's history since 1976. She studied women and gender studies as it can be seen by reading her book because of the knowledge she transmits about women’s history and all the stages women went through decades ago.
Bonnie Smith Yackel's mother is deemed to be an unemployed person according to the government. However, not everyone in the social security office uses correct terminology. The person answering her in the SS office was rude enough to plainly state how her mother, Martha Smith never has worked. If I was the daughter I would be extremely offended at the statement that person just made. And she was and she goes on to explain her mother's life to the reader so she can prove this person wrong and justify her mother's long hardworking career on the farm.
5 Paragraph Character Essay "Everyday Use," by Alice Walker is a short story about an unlucky family who struggles to make it. Maggie and Dee's mother goes out of her way to give them the life they deserve. In Alice Walker's short story "Everyday Use," Dee is an unlikable person because she is arrogant, selfish, and ungrateful. Dee is a very arrogant person. Dee is under the impression that she appreciates her heritage more than Maggie ever could.
“Given Circumstances” By: Shawna Betancourt Most parents at some point wish that they could have done some things differently and wonder what would have happened if they did. A single parent, bearing the burden of trying to raise their children, and maintain their household, face this to a greater degree. In the story “I Stand Here Ironing” written by Tillie Olsen, one mother’s struggle to raise her daughter the best she can is brought to life. She fought to stay afloat financially while trying to maintain raising her daughter to the best of her abilities. During this process her daughter’s destiny goes astray from what she had envisioned for her and blamed herself for the outcome.