Women In The 1800s And Early 1900s

In the early 1800 's women were expected to stay in the home and care for the children. They were not allowed to vote or own property. The women were also expected to care for their husband’s needs. When a woman entered into marriage she lost her rights to speak for herself and she could not work for wages outside the home. A shift in the societal environment for women started with an idea of equality which led to the beginning of the woman suffrage movement (Donnaway).

In 1920 women gained the right to vote in America which was a big step for Women’s Reform. During WWI women had taken over the jobs in America and even joined the military to help fight

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The new republic of the 1830s-1850s was a society that devalued the role of women. By comparing men and women against each other, giving men a superior status, making their differences more evident, and allowing men to demand more rights, to think and do freely, this society has been created to view women as less than. Women are viewed as the weaker vessel and property to their father, or husband that need to be protected and should be wifely, child bearing, motherly and dedicated to their homes instead of viewing women as their own beings.

They couldn’t have a public voice and once a man married a woman he got all her rights (legal concept of coverture). If a woman wasn’t married most of the time she had to give her earnings and control to legal affairs to male relatives. Woman started becoming abolitionists and even though they were part of the start of the anti-slavery movement, in 1830 the rise of an organized movement to abolish slavery in the United States. Women found they now couldn’t do anything to help. That led abolitionist women to begin to defend their right to speak in public and discuss thoroughly during petition drives. All throughout the 1850’s more and more people joined the women 's rights movement, and it was in the abolition movement that women first learned to organize, to hold public meetings, and to conduct petition campaigns. As time went on state legislatures began to act favorably to woman’s influence and petition efforts for reforms in property law. By 1860 fourteen states passed a form of women’s property laws, for example New York legislatures passed the Married Women’s Property Act. The law gave married New York women all economic rights they demanded, but still refused the women the right to vote. May 1866, the eleventh women’s rights convention was held. At the convention, they decided to create the American Equal Rights

In the mid to late 1700's, the women of the United States of America had practically no rights. When they were married, the men represented the family, and the woman could not do anything without consulting the men. Women were expected to be housewives, to raise their children, and thinking of a job in a factory was a dream that was never thought impossible. But, as years passed, women such as Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone, and Elizabeth Blackwell began to question why they were at home all day raising the children, and why they did not have jobs like the men. This happened between the years of 1776 and 1876, when the lives and status of Northern middle-class woman was changed forever. Women began to

In the early 1800's, many of the women in the United States were coming to realize that they wanted to obtain more rights. The male gender had way more rights than women, and they had run more things than women. Finally, women began to come forward to voice their opinions about how men and women are made to be equal; no less, no more. It was now time for women to go out and pursue whatever they wanted to pursue and not have to worry about the fact that they are females or that they are weaker or have less education than a man. The Seneca Falls Convention would soon be one of the biggest victories for women's rights.

Throughout history, it is seen that women were always treated like they were less than a male. While a great amount of women hid and did what they were told, some women fought for their rights and took a stand. For some women, this included getting a medical degree, or doing public speaking. During the 1800’s, there were multiple women that fought for women's rights by sticking up for themselves and not letting people down grade them for being female.

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.

In the early 1800s, women were second-class citizens. Women were expected to restrict their area of interest to the home and the family. Women were not encouraged to have a real education or pursue a professional career. Also, women were considered unequal to their husbands and all males legally and socially. The day-to day lives of men and women were quite clearly divided during the late 1800s. Woman in the late 1800s were treated inhumane because of society, class, and their rights.

The history in the 1800s was really rough then now days because they had the Nez Perce war going on and at the same time, we had problems with woman not being able to vote, and the Immigrants were all looking for jobs. As I said earlier about women not being able to vote was a big step back for woman, not so much for men as they didn’t want women to vote. As the author said in the 1840s, emerging from the broader movement for women's rights”(w.i.t.p.n.). Woman were treated imperfect towards men all because they were a different gender, which is unacceptable back in the 1840s and would be now if it happened because we should all be treated the the same and have the same rights. As it says in the text “In order to earn revenue from their land

Women were treated unfairly from men just solely based on the fact that they are women because women were thought of as weak at the time . However, women wanted to fight and break the stereotype to show that they can more than what society makes them out to be. Events like the involvement of America during World War 1 and women role during the war is what also pushed women movement in various ways but also showing their importance in the American society. The​ ​fight​ ​and struggle​ ​took​ ​years​ ​but​ ​1900’s​ ​​ ​is​ ​when​ ​the​ ​women​ ​suffrage​ ​movement​ ​really​ ​took​ ​off​ ​for American​ ​women and by the 1920 they white women had the right to vote. The role of women changed drastically in 1920s several

Women reformers adopted the arguments that they could bring moral and maternal instincts to political matters if they were granted the right to vote. This new approach was highly effective in gaining support towards woman suffrage because women showed that they could bring certain things to politics that men could not. Therefore, a well-rounded political system sounded appealing to the public and seized their support. The moral and maternal approach to woman suffrage showed the public why female input in political matters would be advantageous to the overall political system. As a result, different states began to recognize what they were missing out on and eventually approved woman suffrage. While the trend was in motion, women reformers wanted to take the movement a step further. Even though they were participating in political and social matters, they still did not have the right to vote. Therefore, women still did not have the political power that they truly desired. Without the legal right to vote in politics, their power was still very limited. As a result, women reformers campaigned for a national constitutional amendment to gift all women with the official right to vote. Finally, in 1920, Congress approved the 19th amendment and it was ratified by the states. “The Nineteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution declares that ‘The right of

In America during the 1900’s there was a growing number of women who wanted to be more apart of society. Hardships women suffered at the time included being easily cheated, bullied and, the most important and most focused on, they could not vote. In society at the time women were seen as caretakers of the home and that only, but women like Carrie Chapman Catt and Alice Paul created organizations to advocate women’s suffrage. This cartoon looks like it could have been created by a member of either the National American Women’s Suffrage Association or the National Women's party due to the fact is advocates issues these organizations fought against. This artist displays both the current world when only men could vote on one half and the impact women voting would have on the world on the other by illustrating different behaviors, constructions and ultimately showing a complete separation in the types of societies.

In 1869 Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton formed National Woman Suffrage Association, with the focus of achieving the right for women to vote. Soon many women suffrage advocates started focusing specifically on gaining the right to vote. Advocates continued to try to get the right the vote by holding conventions, meetings, handing out pamphlets, and placing