Women In The 1830s-1930's

They were considered to be inferior to men and their lives were not much different to those of slaves. As such, women were completely controlled by the men in their lives. First, by their male relatives and then by their husbands. According to Stefoff, Rebecca and Howard Zinn, “Women were brought in to be wives, childbearers, and companions”(90), this shows how they were not thought of to be independent and people did not have high expectations for them. Thus, women had few opportunities, especially few to their opportunities to earn money. However, since there were now textile mills in the Unites States, women were hired because it was difficult to recruit young men. Based on the text, “The New England mills employed many young women who had few alternative opportunities to earn money”(Schug et al. 142-145), showing how the mills were a new option for young

Women were now able to work in industries and government jobs; positions which before were held only by men. Being able to do a man job and receive a man pay felt like freedom for some women. For the first time, the number of working married women in their thirties was higher than the number of single working women. Working women started fighting for their

Women were unable to own land property. They were only allowed to own small personal possessions. Women were not allowed to voice their opinions about public issues. Men were the only ones who could participate in political events. Women were only permitted to participate in festivals, religious events, weddings, and funerals. Women were given free time in which they were permitted to go visit a female friend only for a short period of time. All females were also not permitted to watch the Olympic Games because the contestants did not wear cloths. Chariot Racing was the only event that women were allowed to compete in. However, this was very rare because they had to own a horse. The only way women were able to attain any sort of power is when they became the wife of a prominent man. Women were socially inferior to men.

Women were considered to be the “weaker vessels ,” not as strong physically or mentally as men and less emotionally stable. Legally they could neither vote, hold public office, nor participate in legal matters on their own behalf, and opportunities for them outside the home were frequently limited .

Most of the women who did have jobs were in working in factories or other low paying jobs. They also had to get a full education just to be equal with a man who only graduated from elementary school. Women could do the same job as a man and work just as hard but would still only get about half as much of a pay as a male. Even though women could be just as good at there job or sometimes even better at their job they would never be payed the same amount. Women and men were not treated equally in the workplace.

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.

inequality of power to reside with the male. Married women did not have the right to own their own property, manage their own wages or sign a contract.

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.

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.

This was the beginning of the industrial age and a new age of women working for themselves. Women having jobs in this era gave them a sense of independence and freedom to get out of the house to perform labor in exchange for money.

During the 1800s and 1900s many key events are going on both foreign and domestic. Both WWI and WWII will include many of the world's most powerful nations in all out war with the allies and axis powers. Also, America is dealing with large racial tensions at home. The Civil Rights Movement was a key event in America’s history that fought for both racial rights and women’s rights. Another event that was the Women’s Rights Movement that both men and women participated in to advocate for women's voting rights, the right for women to work the same jobs as men, and many other things.

Woman in the 1830’s during the Early Industrial Revolution, were offered jobs in factories that proposed many new opportunities.  Compared to living on the farm where they would have been stuck in past, at the factories, the women were ushered into the future with currency (money) and more opportunities for women to speak up and make decisions for themselves.

Many women took jobs that men did not want such as cooking, cleaning and running the household. Women also got jobs in textile mills, working machinery that made clothing. Many women were talented at making clothes for the family. This kept up with the latest style and was much less expensive. With the WPA, Works Progress Administration, nearly 300,000 women were working with approximately 9,000 different sewing units. Women were sometimes left alone to run the household when the father left for his own reasons. It’s been said that “Women got all her life in her arms. Man got it all in his head.” meaning that women

In comparison with men, women didn’t have a lot of rights and freedom. Some argued that men and women were different species and that men were similar to gods and women were similar to animals. Men could vote but women couldn’t,

Two years after the Seneca Falls convention, the very first National Women’s Rights Convention was called to order in Brinley Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts, on October 23–24, 1850. Many famous women rights advocates attended the convention including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Lucretia Mott. Over a thousand people attended the convention making Brinley Hall overflow with people. The speakers addressed many issues on women’s equality such as higher education, the right to own property, and to vote. Many newspapers wrote reviews about the conventions some positive and some negative, but no matter what side they were committed to they helped shine a light on the issues of women’s equality and gained many supporters (“mass movements”).