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Women during the Antebellum Period we held to high expectations of how they were to behave. They had virtues that they adhered to. After the war broke out, the lives of women changed, and the roles they played significantly impacted the way women were viewed following the war. The Civil War was the result of decades worth of tensions amongst the northern and southern states that had ultimately ended with a war. The states had been feuding over many issues including expansion, slavery, and state’s rights (History.com Staff “American Civil War History”). The Civil war broke out in 1861 and continued until 1865. Prior to the war women stayed home and kept up things at the house, but after the war broke out, women felt they needed to help the

Women, like black slaves, were treated unequally from the male before the nineteenth century. The role of the women played the part of their description, physically and emotionally weak, which during this time period all women did was took care of their household and husband, and followed their orders. Women were classified as the “weaker sex” or below the standards of men in the early part of the century. Soon after the decades unfolded, women gradually surfaced to breathe the air of freedom and self determination, when they were given specific freedoms such as the opportunity for an education, their voting rights, ownership of property, and being employed.

The place of women changed drastically during the nineteenth century. Many factors such as the market revolution and the second great awakening impacted the way they were in the family, at work, and society. The role of women changed in a way that they were treated differently not just by society but in the house as well. They were beginning to be noticed and they fought to be independent from men, which took a long time to achieve, but they did it. Women believed they were just as able as men to work and be able to vote which is also one of the big differences during this time.

As the years progressed from the 1700s into the 1800s, women started to see that they were not treated as equal as men even though they could do anything men could. During the late 1800s was when women first started to fight for more rights and equality. They started forming more and more women groups, and even went on labor strikes to protest the diversity. Although it seemed that as hard as they tried to gain this equality, the harder it was for them to obtain it. They were treated horribly and unequally to men. While African American men received the power to vote in 1870, women still did not have a chance at that right. Even though many people disagree that women were treated fairly, the studies show that they were discriminated against. The treatment of women in the late 1800s was discriminatory because they

During the Civil war era women still did not have the same rights as men. Men were known to be the dominant figure in society. Men went to work, men contributed towards the war and men had complete control over anything including the women. All women were allowed to do during this time period is to stay at home and be the “Stay at home mom”. But soon men were tired of war and women knew this is when they could take their chance to be out and about.

The 19th amendment opened up a door of opportunity for women to achieve more rights. Many new laws were created in effect of the

The South in one period in time became a distinct entity away from the North. It became a separate unified entity during the Antebellum Period between 1800’s and 1860’s. This period introduces the idea that men wanted to make a difference in the world. An idea that a male will share is that of absolute authority on his own plantation. One term that can be pinned down on this is that of the yeoman farmer. A Yeomen farmer strived to become successful. Many wanted to own a huge plantation with lots of slaves. Owning a lot slaves meant that many men could relax. The term of Yeomen Farmers is introduced by Thomas Jefferson who sets a milestone for Southerners down the road. Other then Yeomen farmers being part of the Social class is that of women. Women in society are to be subjected to their husband. What the husband says for the to do it goes. Only one exception to this is that if a woman is a Southern Belle. They can be further opinionatedThe South is unified by the idea of a social class, honor, and politics.

In the late 1800's, farmers believed that the railroad companies were strangling away their profits and the government was in favor of big business thus justifying their feelings of discontent.". The farmers had every right to be upset about their situation because the government saw a need for reform which alludes to the fact that problems existed, the railroads had a monopoly on shipping which raised costs and affected profit margins, the value of crops had deflated, and big business was hostile towards farmers.

Passed by Congress on June 4, 1919, the 19th amendment was a milestone for which many had struggled, it had taken years of agitation and protest to finally achieve this milestone. Female supporters of women suffrage organized, petitioned, and picketed to win the right to vote, but it took them decades to accomplish their purpose. By 1920, the American electorate had changed forever, but many argued that giving the right to vote to women wasn’t going to be enough. Women wanted independence, equality, they wanted the right to buy a house, practise blue collar jobs, they wanted to escape their domestic, housewife stereotypes. They proved themselves when the situation called for it; they served as nurses in all the wars, provided food, they served as telephone operators, journalists, and over 25 000 U.S women served in Europe during World War l. Had they not been successful in providing for the war, had they not been supportive and had they chosen to stay at home like they had been taught to do, this amendment would never pass. While both World Wars were and still are a very low point in history, it was nesessary for the enchancement of “equality”.

The nineteenth-century saw great changes within America and from these changes an ideology was created in an effort of understanding and unification among white men. Changes were occurring so rapidly that they could not be digested and readily accepted, therefore opposition to these rose very significantly. The nineteenth century saw for a great number of political changes as the black race began to collect rights, the arrival of immigrants on an unprecedented scale, the colonization of the remaining world, and the change of women’s roles. White women started to become more educated and moved out of the house and into workplace disrupting the domestic order

When bringing up the Civil War, many people connect it to the amount of deaths that had taken place or the idea that this war had put a stop to slavery. During this time in history, however, women played a significant role in the Civil War. Although it may have seemed that way, women in fact did not just sit idly and let the men go through war alone. In reality, women had multiple jobs to perform during this four year conflict. Women were highly influential throughout the war by the different tasks and jobs they would perform in place of or for the men. With all that new gained independence and responsibilities, women also began to realize their worth. At this point in time, it was one step taken towards respecting women at the same level as

The Civil War, fought in 1861, is known for its audacious men and their hard work towards the four-year-long war. Many would have never known that among the soldiers who fought were more than four-hundred women. During the 1800s, men believed that “true women” should not receive equal rights as they do and were expected to do housework and raise a family. When the war broke out, men were sent to fight in the war, leaving a gateway to a new lifestyle for women. The Civil War was an opportunity for women, allowing them to face new duties and responsibilities as a way to change perception between men and women, such as fighting in the war, nursing for the sick and wounded, and providing resources to the soldiers.

Women during the Civil War Women during the Civil War had a lot of different responsibilities. They also played a huge role in the Civil War. Men had to go serve in the war while the women had to take care of the children. While the women were at home they were thinking, “Why can’t we serve in the war.” They thought of themselves as useless people who had to stay home and do nothing.

Though men always had more rights. Women could not even vote until August eighteenth, 1920. Before the war women were treated unjustly, and still were even after. In the nineteenth century women’s place in society was to be ‘the hostage of the home.’ From an early age females learned to cook, sew, clean, and raise children. Women were seen as weak and puny, and men believed they were of higher worth. This is what was always taught. One year after the Civil War, Frank Moore spoke out. He is the author of Women of the War. He noted, “Other wars have furnished here and there a name, which the world delights to repeat in terms a name, which the world delights to repeat in terms of affection or admiration, of some women who has broken through the rigidity of custom…but our war has furnished hundreds.” (http://www.frankmooreco.com/) Many people believed that women should be able to fight for their beliefs. After the war, they had more rights because of the largest women’s rights convention was held in November 1868. Even after that, women could not vote until 1920. Women fought for over two hundred years for more rights. They were accepted more rights, but gradually. In the 1930s, more women were getting more of a higher education. It took time, but eventually, they were granted to nearly as equal as men in today’s time, but still not completely. Women finally had a say in

“The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation, because in the degradation of women, the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source” (Lucretia Mott). Lucretia Mott is one of the most famous women’s rights activist, abolitionist, and social reformer. American women were degraded of their rights until suffragist began to stand up for what they knew was a limitation of their American freedom. Riots and conventions were held by women so they could come together and demand their rights so they could be respected by society. By ratifying the nineteenth amendment, it changed the course of history as we know it today. This addition to the Constitution arguably gave women the ability to compare their rights with men’s. This impacted America tremendously by allowing women to have the power to change the outcome of political elections. The Nineteenth Amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote. With the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment women were given more freedom, because they could now work the same jobs as a man. It took until the 1980s for women to make up half of the workforce, this was a big change in the American economy because this gave women a financial status and freedom.