Research Paper On Victoria Cross

Because of the new Puritanical beliefs and practices, women were starting to have more of a role and say in society (one apart from the traditional submissive housewife). Women were just starting to grasp the idea that they were free to express themselves and not conform to the idea of being subject to

(Schaller 592) From the poor work conditions, the immigration levels continued to grow thus feeding the endless cycle. With the new flow of immigrants, meant the rise of a younger generation who would cut ties with the older traditions.  Some young working women turned against parental rules, and control. The gained their independence by keeping money for themselves to spend on clothes and go out and socialize, in ways that previous generations hadn’t. They also rejected the normal things such as arranged marriages, embracing more American ways of love. (Schaller 631) Middle class women began to embrace this style and it became known as the “New Woman.” They slowly began to move away from what was then the ideal woman, and become more athletically involved in things such as: hiking, camping, bicycling, tennis, and many other sports. (Schaller 634) Soon after they broke away from their stereotypical housewife facade, they began to raise their voices on controversial issues other than women’s rights.  Jane Addams was inspired by her stay at Toynbee

During The American Revolution there was showings of how women's roles were at the time.At the time that the soldiers were at Valley Forge there were women nurses. There was not really a lot of things woman could do back then so the start of nursing was a positive thing for them back then.After the American Revolution women were starting to make a little progress with an impact, starting out with Abigail Adams. Abigail Adams,wife of John Adams,was a speaker,and she explains to him along with the public about the importance of women.After she spoke women all around started to make boycotts. At this point women had few rights,and married women had something called the coventure law.This law stated that women were based on their husbands identity,and when women get married they lose any rights to all her property.

The Women’s Movement was not just about women, but society as a whole. As a result, there have been a lot of changes to society as a whole. Women and society were impacted by social roles, the media, and the right of women choice. For starters social roles were impacted. Women were now becoming professional tennis players, as well as the battle of the sexes spilled over into homes. As a result, divorce rates increased, and the structure of marriages were changing. Men now had to learn to compromise if they wanted their marriages to last, this included roles both inside and outside of the home. Some women even wrote marriage agreements. Also, men were now able to explore different roles within society.

As women’s role in society increased throughout history, a feminist movement started to evolve. Some periods in history however, reached little improvement in women’s rights, especially in England. These women pushing for the same rights as their male counterparts believe they should not be treated differently as their male counterparts. Margaret Harrison advocates the feminist movement through her lifetime from her paintings and by forming art organizations.

A number of women in the United States and Europe became frustrated with apparent prejudices against women in the 1830s. The women came together by focusing on a specific goals to help their quality of living. It made it hard for women to establish family and marriage laws because women couldn’t divorce and be included in property laws, which men had complete control over women. Rights/laws for women did not make any progress until the late 1800s and early 1900s. Divorce and property rights were at the surface of the women movement. The first right to be granted to women was nursing. Some middle and upper class women were being hears, as they began to gain access to higher education and some occupations mainly filled by men. Amalie Sieveking

Before the 1920s, it was seen as common knowledge for women to have no job besides a wife and a mother. But when World War II began, women had no choice but to take over the jobs their husbands, brothers, and fathers left behind. This sparked a lot of women to want to work outside of the home, even after the war was over. This led to a domino effect of liberation for women. There was a new attitude coming to be in women in the United States ("The Changing Role of American Women in the 1920s"). They were now brave enough to do things women were never “supposed” to do before. For example, women began smoking and and drinking in public, they began driving by themselves and started wearing different types of clothing. They wore revealing clothes for style, or dressed in men’s clothes simply for comfort. And lastly, most of the “New Women” idea came from flappers, but when other women who were not flappers saw their new freedom, they followed. If it were not for flappers in the 1020’s who would have stepped up and changed the roles of women in America? (“Flappers”) Flappers inspired what we call “The New Woman” which came about in the 1920’s, and is the starting point for the ongoing fight for women’s equality.

With the changing of social conditions for women during the early 1800's, a combination of ideas for equality that led to the birth of the woman suffrage movement. When the men started leaving the farms and ranches in the 1800’s it shaped the break out for them to go into the world of business in shops, offices. With the alternative of constantly being under a man's authority the women now had the days to be in charge of the home, children, hired help and a little personal time. As the century moved on women grew to be lonely at home and realized that they had some impact in church areas and creating new ways for woman to educate

As the century immediately following the American Revolution, the 19th century experienced a rise in feminism as it harbored the first feminist movement in America. Although some women chose to embrace their “roots” by retaining their domestic sphere of influence, many women began to show discontent with the limited number of rights women held. Soon enough, the fight for women’s rights resulted in women gaining more prominence in society.

During the Victorian Era, women struggled to attain gender equality by challenging the traditional roles that defined them. These women no longer wanted to remain passive and obey the demands of their husbands nor be domestic and the caretakers of their children. They strived to attain the role of a 'New Woman', an intelligent, liberated individual who was able to openly express her ideas (Eltis 452). Whereas some women were successful in attaining this new role, others were still dominated by their male counterparts. The men felt threatened by the rising power of women and repressed them by not allowing them to work, giving them unnecessary medications, and diagnosing them with hysteria (Gilman

The new woman was one of the most familiar symbols of the roaring 20’s. Young

The status of women began to change during the Progressive Era, they were being granted with more and more opportunities in America. Women began to graduate from college and enter in the field of law, medicine, science, or journalism. As Americans began to notice a change in the lives of the American women, the term “New Woman” had been coined. This term was “used at the end of the nineteenth century to describe women who were pushing against the limits which society imposed on women” (academic.brooklyn.cuny). The term implies a woman who was young, college educated, athletic, interested in a college career, and wants a marriage based on the equality of genders.

Women were finally aloowed to enter proffesions such as medicine or law. Women were able to expand their knowledge by attending a college or unive4rsity prior to this law women couldn’t be students. Woman are now allowed to participate in the affairs of the church and that gave them a more positive life with that they were able to gain self confidince and self respect and with time realized that they did not need to always depend on a man. All these laws were gained in 1920 and since then men and women have had equal

In 1790, that is when the first schools for women were established. An for educated women they were known as, “Republican Motherhood.” Although the changes for women didn’t come overnight, the American Revolution made changes possible for women. A powerful, outspoken middle class of women was starting to form because of education and respect. The Seneca Falls Declaration on the rights of women changed a little bit of Thomas Jefferson's words in the nineteenth century by saying that "We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men and women are created equal...”

In the 1800’s a women was suppose to have four things Piety, Purity, submissiveness, and domesticity. These principles shaped the “Cult of True Womanhood” an idea that women were to be seen but not heard. Women had no say when it came to politics, they couldn’t own property, they were not allowed to do many jobs, and they couldn’t even speak in front of men. They had the duty to be a mother and raise their children but even thought they had this responsibility it was the husband who had the complete control and guardianship of the children. Because of these ideas it was very difficult for change to happen. When women started to receive more education they began to ask questions about why they were being denied these rights, which began the