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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.

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.

People have been fighting for rights for many years now, from women to men, from blacks to whites, from animal cruelty, and the list goes on forever. At time the struggle of women’s rights extended way beyond what some may think. Women wanted the right to own property or get the chance to vote. Women had to fight for their individual right and to secure an education and the women had to plan their families and control their lives.

I The history of women’s rights is significant today because without the women having their rights, America wouldn’t be as developed as it it.

Women today face numerous obstacles, but not as many obstacles as women in past years who have paved the way for today’s women. These women fought for the right to vote, to own property, to hold public office, and even rights to their own bodies. It is hard to imagine a time when a woman got married, she gave up all control to any property to her husband. Countless women lived for a long time without having a voice of their own. There were several pioneers involved in the women’s rights movement, each moving women one step closer to equality. These women voiced their concerns over unfair treatment and stood up for change. Today women are still fighting for some of the same causes such as equal treatment and equal pay. For many reasons I believe we still have a way to go for women to have equal rights in America.

Not so long ago in our history, women had to struggle just to be able to attain jobs that once were only available to men, and the practice of law in particular was forbidden territory for women. Before the 1870s, women were seen as timid and "delicate creatures, and just like children and lunatics, lacked full legal rights" (Vago, 362). While women have made great strides in the working world and are now able to occupy positions formerly attainable only by men, there are still striking discrepancies in the pay received by the two genders. However, women lawyers are still reporting high levels of job satisfaction.

It wasn’t until the early 1960’s when second wave feminism got its start. It focused primarily on mass social change and fought some of the oppression women were and still are facing today. It brought freedom for women in regards to their reproductive rights and sexuality amongst other things. Prior to this cultural shift, the women’s role in society was set. The image of the nuclear household dominated the time, and women were not only expected but in a way forced to become housewives and child bearers. The female Beats came in like a storm, being more interested in sex, drugs, and drinking. Because of sexism, and its undeniable grasp on American society, the male Beats were seen as outcasts, but the female beats suffered even more. The Beats, both males and females, were rebels for themselves. I believe that when they were writing at that time it was more for their own freedom and individual experience then other fellow Americans. Of course, that ended up not being the case, and today, over 60 years later American youth still read their works and feel powerful, inspired, and enlightened. I could write a massive essay of the importance of the female Beat writers as a whole, but today I find it important to focus on one who is still writing, still performing, and still inspiring today; Anne Waldman.

Throughout time war has been predominantly fought by men, because the idea was that women should stay home and tend to the house and the children. Few women have made a name for themselves in history, fighting in war alongside men. The most notable woman in history that broke all the gender rules of ancient time was Joan of Arc. Joan fought for Charles VII, to take back France from the English. In the end she was captured by the English and burned at the stake. Joan is the most notable women in ancient history to fight in war. Fast forward to the year 2015 in the United States of America, a new fight has been started to open the door for women to fight alongside their male counter-parts in the field of combat. Questions have been raised on

woman may achieve nearly unchallengeable authority of a church due to age and spirituality (Leonard, 2012).

Women have been the main characters in different stories; however, in some of the works women have been included in they are not shown as they are in reality, and the characteristics that make women strong, beautiful, and intelligent. In the following works, Ourika by Claire de Duras, How We Survived Communism & Even Laughed by Slavenka Drakulic, and Things Fell Apart by Chinua Achebe, the reader can see that the characters in these stories who are women are seen as minority, people judged by society, people who do not deserve the same rights as men, and they are seen as minority compared to anyone else. Women have fought for the rights ever since, women have shown how powerful and fearless they can be. In today’s society even though is

In having two uncles who served in the Marines and a nephew who is now in the Marines, they talk about how women will act under pressure in combat. They still don’t think that women are capable. Assuming that their reasons are the same as everyone else in the military; their reason is that women physical strength is too weak to carry their male counterpart out of danger and their mental capacity to handle how gruesome war really is, as well as the woman hygiene and the hypothesis “what if the female soldier gets captured, what do you think is going to happen to her.” It is hard to convince them the qualities and beneficial that women can bring to the table as a soldier. Basically there is no reason to not have women in combat.

Before choosing sides on a controversial topic, an accurate and truthful definition of said topic should be clearly stated. According to Cambridge Dictionary, feminism is defined as an organized effort to give women the same economic, social, and political rights as men. From the beginning of time, the role and status of women throughout the world, in all societies, cultures and countries, have been that of absolute inequality. In short, women have suffered greatly because of this disparity. However, there have been streams of women throughout history who have sought to overcome this terrible burden and have made significant contributions to the rise of women’s rights. Many people today believe that the equality of women to men is no longer an issue but there are still those who feel that we are far from an equal state. I believe that while elements of discrimination still exist, women today are generally no longer bound or constrained by the weight of inequality.

Throughout history, women have fought a strenuous battle for equal rights. Many men, and even some women, all over the world believe that women do not share the same value and importance to society as men do. On September 5, 1995, Hillary Clinton spoke at the 4th World Conference on Women, on behalf of women all over the world. Clinton raised awareness on how women 's rights are being violated and why it is important to recognize women 's rights as equal to everyone else’s rights. Even today, in 2016, the words Clinton in 1995 spoke still impact the world. Hillary Clinton, a powerful, credible woman, touched the world by explaining the mental, and physical hardships that many women face every day, and how addressing this problem will

Historically women have not been provided equal opportunities in competitive and collegiate sports. In the late 1800’s, social perception was that females were weak and although they were admired by men, they were treated like objects (Lumpkin, 2013). Competitive and collegiate sports were dominated by males, with little opportunity for women to participate. Females eagerly wanted to participate, however sports were perceived inappropriate which would put their femininity in question and put their health at risk (Lumpkin, 2013). Women faced many challenges along the way, but gradually they begin to fight for their rights of gender equality and women’s rights in sports and started participating in collegiate sports.

In 2008, post the major changes in law in Nepal, which mandated that at least 33% of electoral Candidates overall were to be women, the country became the first in Asia to pass the 30% mark for women parliamentarians. Women won 197 (32.8%) of 601 seats. But it had taken a great deal of work, activism, training and lobbying.UNIFEM, in partnership with the National Commission for Women and local NGOs, boosted efforts that contributed to this historic representation of women. With support from the German government, Nepal‟s Making Politics Work with Women program supported capacity building of female and male members of the Constituent Assembly, and continuous advocacy with various subcommittees for the inclusion of gender and women‟s rights concerns within the draft Constitution. Partnerships with the UN Democracy Fund program focused on capacity-building of women candidates for office, and elected leaders, and for the training of media on gender issues, and civic education to promote women‟s participation in constitutional reform. The strategy advocated for quotas for women at all levels of government. A consensus was built with women‟s groups, political parties, civil society, and government ministries on a new draft Constitution incorporating gender equality considerations. The program publicized women‟s contribution to political and peace processes through advocacy tools, including a documentary on Women’s Role on Peace and Politics and radio jingles. Informational,