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Preparation for marriage began long before a girl reached puberty. Mothers across China during the foot binding era began breaking and reshaping their daughters’ feet around age six, ensuring their feet would be the ideal three Chinese inches in length (Bound 2005). As many as two billion women bounded their feet and, due to the popularity of the practice, most men grew accustomed to, and preferred, women with doll-sized feet (Lim, Footbinding: From Status Symbol to Subjugation). Foot binding grew from a lifestyle only the regal participated into one embraced by multiple social classes. Girls from lower classes began binding their feet in order to elevate their social status and marry rich (Lim, Painful Memories for China's Footbinding Survivors). William Rossi, the author of The Sex Life of the Foot and Shoe, estimated that “40 percent to 50 percent of Chinese women had bound feet in the 19th century” (Lim, Footbinding: From Status Symbol to Subjugation). Foot binding’s popularity continued into the 20th century, as Zhou Guizhen, a foot binder for over 75 years, recalls “if you didn't bind your feet, no one would marry you” (Lim, Painful Memories for China's Footbinding Survivors). At the price of two permanently disfigured feet, a woman had the ability to improve her class

Beauty of a woman was very important to men because it often showed wealth. Footbinding was a cruel way to show a woman’s beauty in Ancient China, especially during the Song dynasty. It is thought that foot binding began in around 900 AD during the Tang dynasty and continued until 1911 when it was finally banned. "The practice of binding feet was originally introduced about a thousand years ago, allegedly by a concubine of the emperor. Not only was the sight of women hobbling on tiny feet considered erotic, men would also get excited playing with bound feet, which were always hidden in embroidered silk shoes” (Wild Swans) Footbinding was considered very attractive and was very common. Many times, a girl who did not have bound feet were rejected by

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.

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.

Women’s suffrage has stretched from the 1800’s to present day, as women have struggled to have the same civil and constitutional rights as men in politics and be appreciated as equals in the workforce. Groups of women known as suffragists questioned the customary views of women’s roles. Eventually our nation has evolved and realized that male-controlled societies suppress women’s rights. From the beginning steps taken in 1850 to 2013 with women earning combat roles in the military, women’s roles to society, their work ethic, and progressively public aptitude, as a whole should be allowed the right to vote, help the country grow economically, politically, and have the overall rights equal to those of men.

Since the middle of the nineteenth century, women in America have been striving to obtain rights equal to that of men. Before that time, women were viewed as physically, as well as mentally, inferior to men. Men had the upper hand, in all walks of life, including the workplace and at home. Obtaining equality among men has proven to be a difficult uphill battle for women, but, by the mid-1800 's, women began to see the fruits of their labors. It all began on July 19, 1848 when Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Jane Hunt, Martha Coffin Wright, Lucretia Mott and Mary Ann McClintock organized a convention in Seneca Falls, New York. This convention marked the first organized women 's movement in the United States of America. At the time, the rights of

In today’s society women have acquired more rights than they have had in years. Women now have the ability to do so many things that they couldn’t before, things that they had to fight for such as voting, working outside the home, making family decisions and so much more. This is a constant battle though because there are many people that constantly fight against women’s rights including lawmakers who would like to see their rights suppressed again in the form of child bearing and what jobs are available to women. Women still suffer from unequal pay in the workforce which accounts for a portion of the poverty rate in America. According to http://www.iwpr.org in 2014 women made approximately 79 percent of the wages that men did, equaling a 21 percent pay gap. When you account for the fact that many of these women are single parents supporting a family with no help, you might ask yourself how this is even ethical or right in a society such as ours. According to Utilitarianism we must do what produces the best results for the greatest amount of people. (Mosser, 2013) Since women account for a little over half of the population in the U.S, assuring that they are treated equally and fairly seems like what is in the best interest of the greatest amount of people.

In the early 1900s, it was very uncommon for women to have access to contraceptives or health education. Then one day, a doctor and a nurse tended to a women at home who was suffering from having an abortion. Just like many women in the U.S. at this time, she was wanting to learn how to prevent pregnancies so she did not have to have any more abortions. As the doctor and nurse left this woman 's house, the women begged the doctor to teach her how she could prevent her own pregnancies. To the nurses disbelief the doctor would not give the woman one once of information. This is the moment where health education would change forever. This moment released the beginning of the fight to make contraceptives

Over several centuries, women have been fighting for their rights. There has been certain changes to benefit women, but they seem to be invisible. We still live in a society where there is gender inequality in all aspects. Including the pay gap, the barriers stopping them to advance in the workforce, health care rights, and justice when speaking about violence (victim blaming). Recognized as “women’s issues” there has been little or no support from several candidates that have run for president; however, the 2016 elections seem to be different. One of the Democate candidates, Hillary Clinton has been fighting for women’s rights and has proposed to make changes for good so that there can be inequality among each other. She states that, “ issues that affect women’s lives are not just “women’s issues”—they are family issues, they are economic issues, and they are crucial to our future competitiveness.” Once, in the office, she will focus on equality and opportunities for girls and women as they are important the future just like men. This issue has been around for years. Some people argue that women will never people treated equally in a society that is ruled by men. Others contend that over the past year women have been on the “ Second Shifts”, having a job where they are getting paid and the house work job which they do not get paid. It is in all of our interest to make a change and support Hillary Clinton to enforce women’s rights. It is time that women are taken for

There were widows who ran inns, midwives delivering babies, pious women who spent their days chanting sutras, girls who learned to read with their brothers, farmers’ daughters who made money by weaving mats, childless widows who accused their nephews of seizing their property, wives who were jealous of the concubines their husbands brought home, and women who drew from their dowries to help their husband’s sisters marry. According to Giles (1902) “The two signs of the decline of women’s status in the Song period, most frequently mentioned are the pressure on widows not to remarry and the practice of binding young girl’s feet to prevent them from growing more than a few inches long” (1). Foot binding increasingly became popular in the Song Dynasty. Therefore, Chinese women were devoted to design their own beauty in Chinese

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.

Chinese mothers would bound girls feet by the age of five to eight, using long strips of cloth. Their main determination was to keep their feet from growing and to bend the four smaller toes under to make the foot narrow and arched. Foot binding was an elite practice and eventually became common in north and central China, spreading to all classes in Chinese society. Chinese women who had natural feet were able to walk easily than women who were with less mobility. Servants would bound Chinese women’s feet so tightly that walking was difficult.

Although woman had many duties at home, church and in community, they had almost not political or legal rights. Women were seen as dependents of men and without any power. They were often thought just props that enhanced the social status of her husband by making him appear as a trustworthy family man to his community. By the 1840s a great amount of people began fighting for women’s right to be first class citizens. After the fifteenth amendment was passed in 1870 allowing African American men to vote, women felt it excluded them and were disappointed that others were giving the right to vote before them. American women began a movement to gain more power as women and American citizens. The nineteenth amendment is a turning point in history because it granted women the power to vote by prohibiting any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex (PBS).

Occasionally to be heard, it takes more than one voice and the bigger the number, the stronger the message. When thinking of what a feminist advocates for people tend to think on the small scale; pay gap, equal opportunities, protecting rights. On a larger scale, globally the issues increase by ten folds. The issues, feminist focus on in the United States are miniscule compared to the genital mutilation and the normalizing of rape that goes on across the globe. These women’s organizations are working wonders,fighting to protect the rights of women, and provide safety; Isis International and The African Women’s Development and Communication Network. Providing women with better opportunities and giving them, strength is what these organizations

Throughout history, women have tried many different ways to make themselves as beautiful as possible to be accepted into their society. In the eleventh century, Foot Binding seemed to be a mandatory procedure for Chinese Women. It was an excruciating process that women would go through to please their husbands. Foot binding became popular as a means of a flaunting status because women from wealthy families who did not need them to work could afford to have their feet bound The practice became so established that a woman who did not have bound feet would have difficulty finding a husband, for most families they demanded a woman with tiny feet when selecting a wife for their son. The woman who refused to bind her feet was known to become an outcast and even punished to death. “There are a thousand buckets of tears for one who binds her feet and 5,000 more for the one who unbinds.” ( ) Many young girls did it because it was a mark of beauty and Chinese women with the smallest feet were given the best chance of living a luxurious life-style. This time in history was known to have lasted for at least one thousand years.