WOMEN AND POLITICAL RIGHTS

Lakyn Young Mrs.Martinez English IV, 1st hour April 24, 2016 Women’s Suffrage Movement In the late 1800’s through the early 1900’s, women were not given the rights they have today and were being mistreated, but because of a few brave women who gave up their lives to fight for what they knew was right, this all changed. Many of these women were educated and brave, but were still denied their rights. Women have suffered through this long battle to get what they knew they deserved and took time out of their lives to fight for what they believed in, which was to have a voice. Women wanted to get the same respect that men were given. The women’s suffrage movement was not only in the United States, but it was all over the world. It took the women’s suffrage movement many years to work and come through, but women were finally able to vote and have the same rights as men. Through their work in the suffrage movement, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony and many more changed the role of women in society.

When the Great Depression started coming to an end everything started getting better for women, they could start doing things normally again. It turned out that women were a really good help during the Great Depression. After the Depression there was more than two million jobs opened. The number of married women doubled during the years. Women started making the same amount of pay as men. Roosevelt came up the New Deal to try and make things better for people. When the Great Depression was coming to a new things started getting better for both men and women they both had equal rights again and women were allowed to do what they wanted again and women were allowed to work with men again and not

Annotated Bibliography: Women's Rights Loveday, Veronica. "Feminism & the Women's Rights Movement." Feminism & the Women's Rights Movement, 8/1/2017, p. 1. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=prh&AN=17989370&site=ehost-live. In her report, Veronica Loveday writes about Women’s Rights Movement, during World War two, and many restrictions women faced. Women’s rights movement in the U.S. begun in the 1960s as a reaction to the decades of unfair social and civil inequities faced by women. Over the next thirty years, feminists campaigned for equality, such as equal pay, equal work , and abortion rights. Women finally gained the right to vote with the passage of the 19th amendment to the constitution in 1920.

Women’s rights in America in late 1800’s women’s right to vote women in medicine and the equal rights for women are the 3 main points that were big in the 1800’s.

Women’s Suffrage For the longest time, women’s role in society was very narrow and set in stone. Women weren’t given the chance to decide life for their own, and there was a very sharp distinction of gender roles. Women were viewed as inferior, weak, and dependant. They were expected to be responsible for the family and maintainance of the house. But as the 19th century began, so did a drastic change in society. Women started voicing their opinions and seeking change. Trying to break away from this ideology called “cult of domesticity” was a lengthy, burdensome, and demanding struggle.

Lakyn Young Mrs.Martinez English IV, 1st hour April 24, 2016 Women’s Suffrage Movement In the late 1800’s through the early 1900’s, women were not given the rights they have today and were being mistreated, but because of a few brave women who gave up their lives to fight for what they knew was right, this all changed. Many of these women were educated and brave, but were still denied their rights. Women have suffered through this long battle to get what they knew they deserved and took time out of their lives to fight for what they believed in, which was to have a voice. Women wanted to get the same respect that men were given. The women’s suffrage movement was not only in the United States, but it was all over the world. It took the women’s suffrage movement many years to work and come through, but women were finally able to vote and have the same rights as men. Through their work in the suffrage movement, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony and many more changed the role of women in society.

The ideas of the New Deal were generally opposed by conservatives at the time and were generally accepted by liberals. Before the war most women took the role of the stereotypical female job such as tending to the duties at home, raising a family, or small “women’s work” jobs. But with so many working men off fighting in the wars women were forced to take over for many stereotypical men’s jobs ranging from rural and farm work to urban office jobs. Although most women excelled at their jobs during this time and essentially saved our country in their own way because without them while the men were gone our country would have failed, most lost their jobs at the end of the war when the men returned. Though many women did take over the jobs on the homefront while men were fighting many also were working in war industries, especially in munitions plants. Also during World War II approximately 400,000 U.S. women served in support positions with the armed forces. During the war over 2.5 million African- Americans served in the war even though they faced discrimination and segregation they persevered and offered much needed support and force in our military. Back home African- Americans still faced segregation

To fix the umemployements, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration provided money to give to states for relief programs such as the public works administration did by creating construction projects. The Civil Works Administration gave jobs to Americans during the winter of 1933-1934 by using construction projects. The Civilian Conservation corps gave jobs in outdoor works, planting trees, etc. The Federal Housing Administration helped regulate interest rates for mortgages. So, people wouldn’t lose their homes. After the first New Deal that focused on the economy, here was a second New Deal that focused on social justice and safety. Therefore, the Wagner Act and Social Security Act was passed. The Wagner Act focused on workers having the right to join unions without consequences and the Social Security Act to give pensions to retired workers and compensation to unemployed and disabled workers. The impacts of the New deal was that there was a more organized labor that had increased and organized workers in industries. Women in the New Deal still had to face bias views on how women were inferior to men. For example, women were still paid less than man but Elanor Roosevelt changed the image of how the First Lady should act because she always aided her husband, FDR. The FDIR is still used in banks today, people can still join unions in their jobs, women are not consider inferior and

The idea of women gaining the right to vote was one such of a tale. Men, and women never thought they would see the day where women were considered equal suffragists. Until August 18, 1920 when the nineteenth amendment was ratified into the United States Constitution, granting women the right to vote. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony died before they could see the day where women would become equal. Carrie Chapman Catt worked hand in hand with Susan B. Anthony, and served as the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). Alice Paul served as a role model for women. She worked for women’s suffrage while in jail, and proved to her opponents, that the day where women could vote would come. Though these women did not always work together, working towards the same cause allowed them to accomplish their true dream: women’s suffrage.

In america the rights women have gained are good, on the other hand people still think there are still some things to overcome. In most places women have had the right to vote. Some say that women remain at a disadvantage in education as well and women continue to

There has been a substantial amount of progress in women's rights since America was founded. Before women were only seen as housewives and nothing else. Now women can be anything they set their mind to. However, even though there are more opportunities they still suffer inequality.

The fight for women’s rights in America has been a long one, spanning many generations. It has been a little less than a century since women saw their first significant victory in the 19th Amendment, which acknowledged women’s the right to vote. Of course, women forged on, calling for more

I remember in the 10th grade when my English teacher had us do a class poll. He told us to raise your hand if you believed that woman's in today's world are treated fairly. I was the only student to not raise her hand. Because I knew that woman in America might have a lot of rights but in the rest of the world women are treated as Second class citizens. The 19th amendment states “guarantees all American women the right to vote”. Most countries allow women to vote but I think it's sad that it took so long for many of these countries to give women a right that they deserve. Vatican City the home of the pope is the only place a women can not vote. This brings up the fact that religion is the main reason why women do not have many of the rights

People were not only discriminated due to their race but some of their gender, which affected their political rights in a multitude of ways. To illustrate, one of the Colonies most unspoken laws, dating from Ancient Greece to 1920, is that women have no right to vote and that only the gentry could contribute in political matters according to the Governor. Additionally, a law from Great Britain in stated that if a landowning woman is to marry, she must sign a document stating she is giving her property to the husband. However, in the case of Anne Cart, a wealthy indigo farmer who was engaged, she testified to a jury that the land was worth more under her ownership and she won the right to own it. Another example is that 97% of court cases involving dark magic is directed towards women accused of witchcraft and found that 78% of the women are convicted and hung. This shows that in the 16th century, people thought women were generally inferior to men and treated them as such politically.

Government jobs and political rights were a goal for the new deal to let more Americans have access to the pleasures that any white man could have. The Shocking "grand father" laws were passed and forced Americans to take tests for the eligibility to vote. For certain minority groups, the tests would be made especially hard and a black person would almost never pass these tests. FDR spoke out against blacks being segregated from government jobs. "Black cabinets" or "black brain trust" became advisors of the president. William Hastie and Mary Leod Bethune were of the top names in this group of African Americans. They helped thousands to stay in school and learn new trades. With the help of Eleanor Roosevelt, many women took jobs at the White House. In 1936 the democratic convention declared that every platform should have an alternate of the opposite sex. The WPA hosted top jobs for women who worked in government. The most important of the women was Francis Perkins who became the first female cabinet member in the position of secretary of labor, and Florence Allen who was a judge of the circuit court of appeals.