They do not have to stay in the house all day with the children and obey their husbands. They can go where they want and do what they want(that's within the law). Women are also free to wear pants, short skirts, short and loose hair, and act how they want in public. Though, being from the time period she was, Stanton may not approve of modern fashion trends, but she might be happy knowing that women today have the choice to do so. As long as women have been mistreated, they have fought for the same rights that their male counterparts had.
The first idea to talk about is how the Civil War happened to help the women’s status upon society. When Civil War had taken place, all the men in the households were gone and thus left the women to take control. As women were left home alone with the children, they felt kind of useless due to the fact there is a war going and they thought there was nothing they could do to help. Those women who did try and help on the battlefield were primarily used as nurses. At first, female nurses weren’t used at first since they use male nurses rather than female nurses, who were in fact much cleaner than the males.
The peaceful campaigning of the suffragists’ was a key factor in women receiving the vote. The suffragists’ started the whole route of women gaining the vote; they were the ever moving force behind the movement. However historian Martin Pugh suggests that “Suffragists would probably have done better to have made common cause with all unenfranchised men and women from the start and thereby they might have extended their appeal” because all men had not yet received the vote it was argued that women should not receive the franchise when it was not fully given to all men. However there were other contributing factors leading up to 1918 and women gaining the vote. They include the work of the suffragettes’ who caused chaos and grabbed the spotlight away from the suffragists’ after a group of women decided it was time to make a militant stand.
Testing the limits of moral values and self awareness. Many women had given up all hope in their religious beliefs and had to come to terms that they were alone and had no one to rely on but themselves which led to many women’s hopes and dreams to be a forgotten memory. Others stayed true to their colors and kept fighting and believing that one day they will survive the madness and yet again see light of freedom. Today, women have grown since then to become powerful and independent individuals, not let anything bring them down. Over the years, women played the role as the housewife and most women were never involved with war and political issues.
Assignment 1 Legal rights and privileges of women in Blackstone’s day with those of American women in the mid-twentieth century bear no resemblance. Over the years women have fought long and hard to be able to obtain and maintain legal rights and privileges that the male gender is born into. Females were molded and primed to play the part as an obedient wife and mother with instruction that your thoughts and opinions are kept to yourself. The perseverance of brave women helped today’s generation of women such as myself have the same equal rights as that of men. During the Blackstone era women lost the limited amount of rights they did possess when they got married for example; “that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended
They start to work in factories, become cops, lawyers and CEO’s. Life took a complete change once the 1920’s ended, as women changed a hard life, into a modest and modern life. With a large growth of technology, a variety of jobs has come upon the twenty-first century, giving women a wider opportunity to work. Women in now have tried to develop techniques and plans to become a race like the men. They have asked themselves what could be done to become more like men.
Women could not own Women Past Lived Page 5 Female’sslaves remained slaves forever and never had real security. A woman could be married only if she was a virgin if not she may be sold or never married. Women in this society were more than sheltered for probably their whole lives raising children, taking care of their husband, family, and house hold chores.
Women were not granted many freedoms that men held. Women in the early 1920s had a lack of educational and economic opportunities, such as the right to earn their own wages (The Women’s). Many teachers believed girls did not need to know many things that boys were taught. Women were also denied a voice in political debates (The Women’s). Finally, women were not allowed to divorce from an abusive or destructive marriage (Stanton).
The legal systems have perpetuated the injustices and discrimination against women and other minority groups in the society. The status of a woman in the American legal systems for example has deepened the misconception that women are inferior compared to men. The common law does not give a woman any legal recognition and is not allowed to own property. Historically, the American law has rendered the woman defenseless in the management of family and social affairs. For many years, women in the United States had no voting rights which denied them the opportunity to try their hand in politics.
Women are now accepted into traditionally labeled male occupations, and men are being more accepted in traditional female roles. Although we do strive for equability, males are still expected to be dominate in most social structures, leading to the oppression of women in some ways. A male’s traditional role is to be the strength for him and his family. Females are no longer staying at home mothers but employed mothers, providing for their family with long lasting careers or jobs. Our women have fought for a difference in treatment, which differs from the Amish women who didn't question the role that they played in their