Women 's Rights For Women

At this time period racism and discrimination was going on, women were fighting for equal rights. However African American women had to fight double because of racism.

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.

In the earlier year’s women suffered a lot when it came down to their own voice. In the eyes of society, women were considered useless and would generally be taken for granted based on their sexual appeal. For year’s women lacked the right to vote and were paid considerably less than men for the same work. As time progressed women were on the rise against society to make themselves heard. Despite all the consequences, there are a few women notable for their contributions to the society we cherish today. Julia Harding is one woman in particular who opened The Century Club to create an organized center for work strictly for women. Julia was able to surpass the idealism men brought upon them and is just one of many women. There were various roles of Women in Pittsburgh History such as the social setting of The Century Club, the occupation of Molly Yard and the movement created by Daisy Lampkin’s that changed the acceptance of women.

In the 1800s women were looked upon as second-class citizens, depriving them the right to vote, run for office, to become educated or even to have any type of profession. After women were married they were not allowed to own their own property, wages/income, or sign contracts. After decades of intense political activities and rallies women were granted the right to vote in the year 1920. Women decided to take a stand as one and fight for equality amongst men and women, even if it meant dying for women in the future to one day cast a vote or run in the election.

Women have played a defining role in contributing to shaping Canada, as well as the classic Charter of Rights and Freedoms, mainly to promote gender equality which has become the core values in Canada today. Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms is a bill of rights fixed in the Constitution of Canada, and is the first part of the Constitution Act. Women’s rights and freedoms are protected under Section 15 (1985) which guarantees equality rights and Section 28 (1985) which guarantees that all the rights enclosed in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms apply to both genders; male or female equally. (Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 1982). Sexism has been around for a long time despite these strong regulations, and that too mainly

Sisters, a collection of biographies, has a central purpose to describe the lives of five crucial characters of the women’s rights movement in the 1800s and early 1900s. This movement began during a period when nearly no one would allow a woman to stand up as a leader, and no one approved of any woman wearing pants; it was only acceptable for women to wear floor length dresses or skirts. Along with the strict dress code women had to abide by to remain sociable, their central duty was to be a house maiden and to care for children. Even the most monumental women in the feminist movement were expected to bear children and raise them the best they could.

Women in America were not always perceived as equals to men. It took a great deal of blood, sweat, tears, and most of all time, for women reach the quality of life in todays culture. American women had always pushed feminism, but it wasn’t until the time period around World War II, that equality for women initiated to more than a vision. From the 1940’s to the 1960’s there were several phenomena that nudged society in ways that would improve women’s life and bring forth the women’s movement.

As you walk down the street today, what do you notice about the people around you? Maybe there’s a white male, an Asian female, and a Latin male. Other than visual cues, there is no indication that there are any differences between one person or another. Any one person, whether black, white, male, or female, can enter any establishment, get a job, buy a piece of land, or vote in an election. However, this has not always been the case. Most of these people at one point or another had limited rights in the United States. Specifically, in the 1800’s, women had limited rights, especially after marriage. Once a woman was wed, she was no longer able to take in her own wages, sign a contract, or own any property. What were the rights that women were lacking, and where do we stand on those issues now? Have we come as far as we think we have with women’s rights? We have a widespread misconceived notion that women have equal rights, but we still have a ways to go. On the surface, it seems that we are all equal finally. However, there are still issues that are still being argued after over 150 years of being in front of our government.

When we think of important women activists of the 19th century, we think of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, or others who took part in the fight for women’s suffrage. Lilly Martin Spencer was a silent participant. She used her art to express her thoughts and opinions on the current state of affairs. Although most women of middle-class of the 19th century relied on their husbands to support the household, Lilly had more modern views and became the “man of the household”. Her husband supported her lifestyle by taking on the domestic duties, and helping her with her work.

Once upon a time in a world dominated by men, women had been forced to comply with society 's blinding notion that they were pieces of property meant to play the domesticated role of a dutiful housewife. This was true up until the late 1840s when women began to realize their worth was so much more than a floor-moping, dinner-making, stain-bleaching slave to six children and an ungrateful husband. That may sound rash and some situations may have been different, but before the civil war these women did not have the opportunities to be properly educated like men. Courageously strong women, over time, from the early 1800s up until the 1920s and counting, such as Elizabeth Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem have all become recognized for their dedication and persistence in bringing about changes in defending the rights of women and suppressing the bias against gender equality thus paving the road of feminism. However, even in today’s world anti-feministic backlashes are still occurring in the sense of politics, workplace, and society.

Feminism continued to flourish and women were becoming more and more empowered. But the world was changing and so the feminist movement had to change too. After World War II had ended, the lives of women across the country changed drastically. Thousands of jobs became available, household appliances were making domestic life easier, but the woman’s place was still thought by many to be

Throughout history in the world of art women had a hard time getting their works represented by galleries. Women artists, motivated by the feminist movement, began the feminist art movement in the 1970s. Feminist art represented a shift in art culture, from when art made by women was put in an "other" or different class than works made by men. Judy Chicago coined the term "feminist art" and had founded the first feminist art program in the United States. One of her most famous piece is named “The Dinner Party” now in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum.

In a very real sense, a woman was an outsider, one whose meaning of life is engulfed in fear and subordination passed down from Moses (cite She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry). It was common knowledge, even biological, that women were psychologically and physically inferior to man. For this reason, woman’s place was the home, boundaries were set in stone and limitations were imposed on the minds of the female from childhood. It wasn’t until the 1900’s when woman would arise and demand equality and suffrage, it was in the 1960’s and 70’s that liberation, not equality, was demanded. A movement that started in the humble therapy groups of middle class women exploded into a bra burning, role reversing, exhilarating force that would thwart women into a new mindset. In the midst of the liberation outrage, there would be clash within the groups of feminists- the liberals, and the radicals, the two mindsets. Liberal feminists, which consisted of older women who were more prevalent in the 60’s civil rights movement, were determined to fight for women through political action, blaming capitalism as the root of male superiority. Radical feminists, coming out of college angry with the situations they were faced with as educated women in a housewife culture, chose to attack the system of our society through press, demonstrations and organizing in unaffiliated groups with separate beliefs. Political and grassroot feminists would clash on the matters of tactics and actions

American women from the early 1920s to the late 1960s ran into quite a few confrontations not only with the federal government but also with society. They were also presented with new radial opportunities that were once nonexistent before this time. The old-fashioned narrow-minded outlook upon women begin to phase out while new representations were being challenged. This is, without a doubt, the most significant and influential periods for women with the movements, organizations, and their new freedoms in modern American history.

For many years, women have aimed for gaining equality with men. They’re opportunities were taken away because of the fact that they were women. Overtime feminism has expanded and diversified in many different aspects including approach and priorities. The changes in them are result of many different social economic groups of women because of the various goals set for methods of creating change, which are implemented within the movement. The feminist movement has been trying to give equal rights to women who have been destitute of their equality and privileges that man have never given them. Feminism is beneficial to men, women, and their families because it is allowing everyone to have an equal opportunity in life to achieve all they can without any discrimination based on their sex.