Dbq Women's Equality

Also, as men entered the war, women started taking over in the workplace by filling in jobs that were purposely for men. They worked in factories, railroads, conductors, farms etc. Others also worked as doctors and nurses . By their efforts and sacrifices during the war, they convinced president Wilson to support

Women played a major role in the war effort during WWII. Women worked in the munitions factories making the guns, bullets, and vehicles that were paramount to the war effort. They also gave blood and worked hard to get scrap that would be transported to the munitions factories to be melted down and made into guns and bullets. Also women entering into the work force built up the economy and gave it a massive new workforce to replace the men lost in the war.

Many women were involved with supported the war effort by selling war bonds, becoming propaganda images for war, organizing patriotic rallies, working in war production jobs, etc. (Foner 741, Schwartz 2/16/16). The National Women’s Party’s leader, Alice Paul, was a huge influence for women suffrage. Her tactics were extreme, Paul would adopt strategies that included arrests, imprisonments, and bold statements that condemned male-dominated political systems (Foner 741). Paul and her followers would often protest in front of the white house, one of their signs saying “Mr. President how much long must women wait for liberty.” (Schwartz 2/2/16). Women’s patriotic service and the extreme protests organized by Alice Paul and her followers eventually pushed the administration to support women suffrage (Foner 741). On August 1920, the 19th amendment was ratified, stating that “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied…on account of sex,” a solid victory for progressive women throughout the nation (Schwartz

(Background/context) In the year 1850, the United States did not fulfill the ideals of the Declaration of Independence, “all men are created equal” for all people because both women and immigrants had limited, or even non-existent political and social rights in comparison to the rights of native-born, American men. The ideals of the Declaration were not fulfilled for women did not have political or social rights that could equate to a white men’s, such as being allowed to advance in society or voting. ‘The Rights of Women: Laws and Practices’ by Bill Bigelow talks if the many laws and conditions that impact women in the US during the year 1848.

The women’s rights movement became organized and gained numerous rights from 1830 to 1860 but their goals were greater achieved with time. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, and the Nineteenth Amendment achieved during Progressive Era all made significant contributions and progress toward the women’s rights, however these were achieved after the movement itself. Most concrete change occurred after this period, however these

Over the course of history, women have fought and struggled to gain independence and rights for themselves. Starting all the way back at the beginning of time it has seemed to be that men have always been more superior than women. This co-existing issue has made women bundle down to the bottom of the “social ladder” which refrained them from freedom. Beginning back in the early 1800’s before laws and amendments were made women had close to no rights or freedoms. As the 1800’s went on several movements and marches started to happen as change did as well.

The war would not be possible without some of the many volunteer organizations women started during the war. Many women moved away to take advantage of wartime opportunities, but those who did not began setting up volunteer organizations at home to help the war. One example is women raising money for war bonds, so that there could be equipment and enough money for the war (“BBC - History - British History in Depth: Women Under Fire in World War Two”). Women also recruited blood donors. This was very important during the war because blood, especially during the war, was always at a constant need. In order to help in anyway possible, women also tried to become as knowledgeable about the war as they could. Many women took classes on map reading, morse code, and convoy driving (McEuen). Another thing women put together at home was victory gardens. These gardens helped with the lack in food supply during World War II. Women tried their best to plant and grow food so that the shortage of food would not be such a problem to the community. These victory gardens became a very helpful part of the war. In the government, many women worked advertising the war and trying to get people to support their country. To achieve their goal of support, they created propaganda to appeal to everyone. Some of the propaganda included “posters, billboards, films, and radio announcements” (McEuen). Women

For the extensive number of working class women, it was nothing new- these women had unceasingly gone to their jobs. Women in all different standings in society helped the country's case for the war. They did jobs such as heavy coaling, portering or working in fields.

In 1920, a constitutional amendment finally guaranteed women the right to vote. The Women's Rights Movement helped set the stage for more equality in later years. Today, women are much closer to being treated equally with men. As abolitionism and the civil rights movements did, the call for women’s rights ultimately was a call for equal rights for

Looking back into history about the women’s suffrage movement, it has shown that the freedom that women have today would not have been possible without the fight for equal rights during the hardships in the past. The launching of the women’s suffrage movement “began in 1848, when a woman's rights convention

When the men first left for war in 1861, many women took up their place back home. Some women begin working in factories, and some become clerks or school teacher to feed and clothe their families. These new jobs characterized their traditional roles as mothers and house wives. This made them an important part of the war effort. Many women dealt with the war in their own ways. Several women who had a family member in the war had a more particular war effort in the war.

On the surface, both times of increased awareness of women’s rights in the 70s and today seemed to be a fight for equality for just women. In the 1970s, “the fiftieth anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment caused women to go on strike in cities across the United States” (ThoughtCo), the 19th amendment granted women across the United States the right to vote, also known as women’s suffrage. The women’s rights activist group known as NOW organized the strike on August 26, 1970. The reason behind the strike was to call attention the unfinished business of equality, as the promises that were made to create a more equality balance between all humans was not fully met. In comparison to today, recently there was the Women’s March that took place all over the United States to continue to promote the idea of this unfinished business between women’s rights and equality for all.

Another way woman had positively influenced the war was through the assisting in the operation of stores and businesses. Due to all the men enlisted in the war the government came across a job shortage there were not enough men to work in stores. women jumped at the chance to help, and support their family's while they were at it. Although woman could not have jobs that required high responsibility woman could work in jobs such as secretarial positions, as clerks, cleaners, ect. This was a major stepping stone to woman proving their equality with men in society and the workplace.

In the nineteenth century, when the women's rights movement was born, women were essentially treated like dirt, like second-class citizens. They were just beginning to gain admission to colleges. They were prohibited from the medical field and any legal profession, as well as the pulpit of any church. Women who were married had to surrender pretty much all of their rights, including the right to own property, to their husbands. Even some of the nation's founding principles, including the right to representation— in terms of taxation and any other governmental issues— did not apply to women at all, who could not participate in elections. All this slowly started to change in 1848 at the first Women’s Right Movement Convention in Seneca Falls.

Women’s rights have evolved over time; beginning with being homemakers and evolving to obtaining professions, acquiring an education, and gaining the right to vote. The movement that created all these revolutionary changes was called the feminist movement. The feminist movement occurred in the twentieth century. Many people are not aware of the purpose of the feminist movement. The movement was political and social and it sought to set up equality for women. Women’s groups in the United States worked together to win women’s suffrage and later to create and support the Equal Rights Amendment. The economic boom between 1917 and the early 1960s brought many American women into the workplace. As women began to join