The women did not have a voice on anything unless it was pertaining to family needs, and I feel that women should not be treated like someone that cannot express their opinion. In the seventeenth century the women could be married starting at the age of sixteen years old; nevertheless, the woman’s father had to choose whom she marries and she had to listen to her father’s regards about the marriage. Women back then were housewives they could not own property, but they had to make sure the one that their spouses owned were clean. Getting an education in the seventeenth century wasn’t a necessity the men felt as
This would include men spitting, swearing, smoking and drinking alcohol. A women would never been seen doing any of the habits that men had. These were all ‘unwritten rules’. These were rules by unofficial, it was seen to be a society rule and would be frowned upon instead of being illegal/legal. Before 1914 women would dress by covering up all their body to an extent.
However, women’s lives remained tightly bound by a web of legal and cultural restrictions. Small girls watched their mothers defer to their fathers, and as young women they watched court systems prosecute few men and many women for crimes of fornication and adultery, especially those who bore a living shame of an illegitimate child. They soon learned that their marriages would be inferior in portion to their male siblings and that at their marriage they received not precious land buy livestock or household goods. In the south, because of the drive of economic pursuits that focused less on family structure, women
Explain the impact that women made on America and their changing role after the Civil War. If their role did not change would this have changed the future of the nation? Ali Sterner APUSH – Period 4 Shaw January 28, 2011 In American History, women have not exactly had it easy. In colonial times, women were to do strictly house work and take care of the children. This changed after the Civil War, giving women their right to speak up and become more like men.
In 17th-century America, a married woman could not own or control property, even her own wages. She had no right to the custody of her children; nor could she buy or sell anything without her husband's permission, testify in court, sit on a jury, make a will, or sue. Women play many roles in today’s society. Most women are caretakers, mothers, wives, and daughters which in perspective can lead to a stereotypical judgment from a prejudice party. As the nurturer of a family mothers take presence over men in a setting where sensitivity is appropriate.
Neither Blanche nor Stella knows about the code, which reinforces this stereotype. Although Blanche partially goes against this image by having a full education and even a job prior to coming to New Orleans, she is almost broke when she arrives which suggests that women cannot gain financial stability without men. Although perhaps intentional to some extent, Blanche also conforms to this general image of women by not showing any interest to the paperwork of the plantation, referring to them as a “bunch of old papers” and handing them to Stanley to keep in his “big, capable hands” (Williams 141). Stella follows the general stereotype of the period of women
In early colonial times, the women of America lived in an era of gender inequality. They had very limited freedom; from not being able to vote, sue, testify in court, to not being able to be granted legal custody after a divorce, and so forth. Women were the targets of sexual discrimination. Women were highly disregarded in occupations, as well as in education. They weren’t allowed to enter many professions, from law to medical; or study in the prestigious schools of the males.
In order to explore the question further, I have researched the background of slavery and why it began. I looked at How did American slavery begin? By E. Countryman. It explores the origins of slavery and how slaves were treated and viewed by other people in society. I also looked at Arrogance of race: historical perspectives on slavery, racism and social inequality by G.M.
Americans also believed that women did not have rights. They had no voice in politics and that their role was to stay at home, cook for their husbands, and take care of the children. They were not allowed to participate into anything that was related to men, such as school, sports, and work. As
Esteban Trueba states that it wouldn’t be morally or ethically correct for a women to have any other job than a caretaker, especially not something as honorable as a judge or a political profession. From a woman's perspective, Allende explains how most wish they had the freedom of a man, “I would have liked to be born a man, so I could leave too” (45). Ferula envies her brother, Esteban, when she tells him that she