Oppression Of Women In The 1900's

“During the war about half of American women worked outside of their homes,”( Hughes 2). The number of working women rose from fourteen point six million in nineteen forty one to nineteen point four million in nineteen forty four. “Women were not just motivated by wages or patriotism; but buy the feeling of independence that they gained from the work,” (Hughes 2). Without women laborers the US economy would have never been able to produce military hardware to be successful in the war. Even though women played a huge role in the work force during the World War II, they also played an even bigger role in the war itself. Women played several different roles in the actual war. “A few of women’s roles in the actual war of World War II would be army nurses, spies, pilots and entertainers,” (Scott3). Women served as army nurses during World War 11, there were than seven thousand active nurses on duty when the United States entered the war. “Women also served as pilots, on September tenth nineteen forty two, Nancy Harkness Love, with the support of th U.S. Air Transport Command, organized twenty five women pilots into the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (W.A.F.S),” (Scott3). Women pilots were used to serve non- combat flights, to free the men for combat flights. “Women spies of the World WarII , they were often successful and unsuspected since people suspected women that women’s properly roles were solely domestic,” (Scott3). Lastly

From the 1900s until present day many opportunities and movements have opened up to women. Women continuously strived to have equality among men. Now that we have the equality, roles of women and men have changed. One thing that has struck me odd are how women actually choose to go to work than stay home with their children. I would love to say home with them and do a “woman’s job”, but now I can even say that because it could offend someone. Things have changed for the good and some for the bad.

As it turns out history really does repeat itself. As today we fight and most recently accomplished equal rights in the church. In the 1800’s we were fighting an equally important battle, equality for women. It is well known that women were second class citizen well beyond what anyone remembers. The movement to become equal citizens pressed through the 1800’s up until the Equal Rights Amendment for Woman was passed by congress on March 22, 1972 along with the Woman’s suffrage movement ratified on August 18, 1920. Up until these proud moments for America, it was up to brave individuals to make a stand for what they believed in and what they felt was right. Once word got out that woman were making a stand, women liberation movements began. Per

At the time of World War one, the Young Women Christian Association (YWCA), Patriotic League, and the Red Cross organizations were made to help the war efforts. The Red Cross for example, allowed women to work and help the war effort as nurses. As women were not seen to work in higher praised jobs that only men could do, they proved themselves to be as skilled if not more during World War one. Women worked in industries and their development was drastically spoken about in newspapers and articles. There successes and skilled efforts was commended and was beginning to change the minds of men who thought women were incapable. Women, during World War one, replaced men in skillful jobs such as railroad workers, and other machine operators. During the beginning of World War one, women were seen as incapable of holding professional jobs that men took. However, demonstrating their efforts in factories and helping the war effort showed the capability of women to work in any job that was traditionally for women. Throughout World War one, women gained the positions of being doctors, lawyers, and bankers. These job opportunities during World War one gave women a chance to show the male-dominated society that they were proficient and were able to more than staying at home and raising their children. Throughout World War one, women had played a vital role in helping the war and its soldiers. Women also played a key role in helping the

Remember your Ladies” (Revolutionary Changes and Limitations) is what Abigale Adams told to her husband John Adams when he was signing a new federal document. She was one of the earliest woman suffrage activists and her words towards her husband would eventually snowball into one of the most remembered suffrage movements in the history of the United States (Revolutionary Changes and Limitations). The women’s suffrage movement picked up speed in the 1840-1920 when women such as Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman Catt, and Alice Paul came into the spot light. These women spearheaded the women suffrage movement by forming parties, parading, debating, and protesting. The most renowned women suffrage parties that were created during the 1840-1920 was the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA), the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), and the National Woman’s Party (NWP). The parties not only had similar names but similar goals: women will one day receive the right to vote. Each party had its own unique agenda of how women will receive the right to vote, the NWSA had Susan B. Anthony’s dedication, the NAWSA had Catt’s “Winning Plan” (Carrie Chapman Catt) and the NWP had Alice Paul’s perseverance to go to extremes by captivating people’s attention. Eventually the goal of the parties was reached when the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified. The Amendment granted women the right to vote, granting them all the same rights that were held by men. Women would have never

The Progressive Era began in the year 1890 through 1920; During this time many things in the country were evolving such as Social Justice, Government Efficiency, Suffrage Movements, Prohibition, and the list continues. Jane Adams being a fighter and standing up for what she believed in was described as being “bold as a lion” (20 yr) growing up and, through her adult years when initiating change in the way the government and society assist with the impoverished. Adams established the Hull House with Ellen Gates Star “on the 18th of September, 1889”(20 yr.). This started the movement that is know as the Settlement House Movement. “The purpose of the Hull House as stated in its character was “to provide a center for a higher civic and social life; to institute and maintain educational and philanthropic enterprises, and to investigate and improve the conditions in the industrial districts of Chicago”(Addams, 1910, p. 89)”(Jane addams and social reform a role model for the 1990s). Although Jane Adams was mainly known for her work in the Hull House and being the 'mother of social work ', she also caused many reforms that affected the entity of the way the United States went about reforming.

On November 2, 1920, all American women utilized their right to vote for the very first time in American history. Previously during the 1820s the majority of states extended the right to vote to all white men (History.com Staff). Several women’s reform groups were beginning to spreading across the United States such as temperance and antislavery organizations. Many American women were beginning

World War One was a time of death, destruction and was in general a conflict of monumental proportions. However, as the cliché goes, there is a silver lining to every storm cloud. In the case of the Great War, the silver lining refers to the great leaps forward made in women's empowerment and involvement in society because of the advent of the war, which forced them into positions previously never considered by either gender. World War One provided women with the perfect opportunity to demonstrate to a male-dominated society that females were there for more than simply domestic chores, and this proved to be beneficial for both women and men alike. Women became involved in the army on the frontlines, were nurses and medical aids, played

The Hull House was founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Star after Addams was inspired by Toynbee Hall during a trip to London. Both women were interested in social welfare and reform and decided to start a similar endeavor after the opportunity presented itself when Addams received a free 25 year lease on a mansion from Helen Culver. Culver had been gifted this mansion by her uncle, Charles Hull, due to the the deteriorating neighborhood which is why it was called the Hull House. The location was perfect for the social experiment Addams and Star had envisioned. It began as a small project to improve lives of local working-class people through educational and social opportunities. It quickly grew into something much larger and left a

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 terms of having rights in the 20th century, women were very limited. They were mostly considered as housekeepers, mothers, spouses, and could not be equal to men. The main goal of this segment is to illustrate women Abolitionism. After many researches into their background, women in the early 1900 where useless in the society and to gain their equality, they went into a serious battlefield which caused a civil right movement just to meet their goals.

During World War One Women joined the military and took the role as nurses. Women started to work as accountants, telephone operators, and steel mill workers.

The majority of Americans did not believe women should hold a job if her husband had one. However, that didn’t stop single women from holding wage jobs. Even though nearly all married women remained housewives, 25 percent of women began to work. Since numerous

Meanwhile, women started to replace men. At the beginning of 1915, women were hired by some companies such as banks, administration and commercial firms. “The post offices recruited 11,000 (to replace their 18,000 mobilized men), the education sector hired 12,000, amounting to half the mobilized teachers (30,000) and the Parisian tramways hired 5,000” (Bette). It seems that women can work in difference workplaces. Society is not only focusing on men, but also it gives opportunity to women. In addition, some military institutions recruit women. In 1916, the army employed women to participate administrative departments like taking dictation and answering phones. The jobs are more extended wide for women. They can enjoy the equal pay and equal

The oppression of women was immensely noticeable in the 19th century. The oppression these women suffered wast not only present in their duties at home, but made its way into womens health that caused horrific medical issues to go untreated. In that century, women was constantly misdiagnosed. They suffered from postpartum depression, and postpartum, like any other woman's disease, was treated as “illness of the womb”. Gilmar's story reaffirms the unfair medical treatment these women received, which in the end, costed her sanity and resulted in the protagonist going mad. By the end of the story the narrator was very mentally ill. She stripped off all the wallpaper in the room, “set the women free”, and started creeping around.“I've got out at