Women 's Rights Of Women

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

Later on the dream of the National Women Suffrage Association and National Women’s Rights Convention came true. On August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment was put in place. The 19th amendment gave women the right to vote, to chose who they wanted to lead the country they were apart of. The 19th amendment was a key event that helped the women gain all the rights men had. Though race had played a part on the journey to women’s rights. Even though women did receive their rights by 1920, African women get any rights till later, forget about African man having rights by 1920. After the 19th amendment women were able to proceed in feeling connected and included

For a long time, Arabic’s women have been seen as downtrodden people on a male chauvinist community, but not always were like that. In pre-Islamic Arabia, women's status varied widely according to laws and cultural norms of the tribes in which they lived. For example, in the prosperous southern region of the Arabian Peninsula the religious edicts of Christianity and Judaism held sway among the Sabians and Himyarites. In other places such as the city of Makkah (Mecca) -- where the prophet of Islam, Muhammad, was born—a tribal set of rights was in place. The Qur’an, which is from century VII, is highly specific as to women’s rights and men’s rights as an unbroken human, independent and believer of freedom.

Mary Ali and Anjum Ali, believe that the women’s rights movement did not start in the 20th century, as most western history teaches, but rather began when God revealed to the prophet

Moreover, “the Mullahs tell of a different world of Islam.” In general, they state that “all men are superior to all women and therefore women cannot be regarded as equal to men.” The Mullahs even go as far to saying that “a Muslim man has the right to divorce his wife at will, the right to take second, third and fourth wives, the right to demand obedience and the right to beat his wife if he thinks she is misbehaving.” The worst part about these claims is that Anwar says “they say I cannot question these rules as they are God’s law.” As a Muslim woman, Anwar feels a tremendous needs to break this stigma associated with Islam and redefine these misconceptions. In fact, she believes her aim is solely to be able to once again “be a modern person person who leads a joyous and meaningful life inside and outside the home.” In order to accomplish this, she wants to allow women to feel a sense of quality to men and allow all the other women facing a similar battle to be able to continue through life with more freedom as well as a sense of dignity and

Throughout history, women have been considered inferior in many cultures. It was passed down from generation to generation as mothers taught their daughters to be submissive. In ancient Greece, women has no say in the selection of their spouse. Women were considered to be objects given by their father to the groom of his choosing. The tradition of the father “giving away” the daughter continues even to this day. The male is considered the head of the family. In Asian culture, it is still common for girls to be trained from a young age to be polite, refined and obedient. The examples throughout history are numerous and the same was true for the women in America. Although there are more women than men in the United States, they have been subjected to many of the same inequalities as a minority group. They have fought to overcome social, economic and political barriers.

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.

Numerous articles and books by prominent authors such as Malise Ruthven, Farida Shaheed, and A.Z. Hilali, address the rights, or lack thereof, of Muslim women living under Islamic law. Each author provides an in-depth look at the struggles and analyzes their causes. These accounts explain how sexist interpretations of Islam, cultural customs and traditions, and hierarchical and dominant structures within the Muslim community are utilized to oppress the rights of women and to maintain a patriarchal, political system. And, a few of these reports even address some of the advances reformers have made in resolving the legal inequalities confronting Muslim women. However, many of these accounts fail to adequately propose solutions as to how to continue to improve the social and legal status of Muslim women and how to protect women against the backlash against reforms that have already been made.

In this paper, I will be talking about how women in today’s society have more rights now, than they have ever had. We are still not to the point where we should be, and where women are as equal as men, but we are much closer than we were in 1861. Through out the last 150 or so years, there have been many changes in women’s rights. Women can now vote, own property, initiate divorce, and get an equal education as men. To many people, slaves were slaves and nothing more. They were property and they were told they didn’t deserve any rights to their freedom. What many people don’t think about is how women in slavery were treated, compared to the men in captivity. A few things women in slavery were subjected to; the workload compared to men, relations between the women and their masters, and what happened to their children.

In past years women have been inferior to men and have sat in the background and watched as men ruled. Woman we’re treated as property and were only used for things like having children, raising the children, keeping the house clean, to cook, and to obey all of the wishes of a man. The only women that men highly respected were the goddesses, like the goddess Artemis, Hera, and Eris. The men would pray to the goddess for the things they don’t have in there life. From the day a girl is born she is property, she is owned by her father at first and then her husband. Women weren’t expected and in most cases aloud to go out and make their own money, they are even aloud to own a house or sue someone. The roles of women back then were final and it was a struggle for them to even exist, sometimes even women being seen was unheard of. A mans opinion was the only opinion that matter at that time, men determined what was right and what was wrong, what was socially acceptable, and what women were and weren’t aloud to do. Men had separate rooms from the women and children that they would take company into and talk with them because they believed that women didn’t need to hear what they were talking about because they were uneducated and didn’t have the right to have an opinion. Men even decided what women did for an occupation. They chose this the women were going to be a house wife or a prostitute. Women were treated no better then a domestic slave and they struggled trying to become

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.

As a young female growing up in the United States of America, I have not quite understood why certain gender roles still exist in my home. My family instills traditional values, including the role of women and men in the house, and in society. In school we have learned about the role that men played in the history of almost everything, from Ancient Rome to the Spanish Civil War. Yet, very few of these lessons have focused on, or even spoke about, the role of women during these times. That is because women generally, international speaking have not always been granted the same rights as men. Over time, some rights have been granted to women, such as the right to vote or even to get an education, yet the voices of women in career fields dominated by men are continuously being ignored. Therefore, I question: to what extent have the rights of women in the United States of America evolved? Have the rights of women in the United States come to a “maximum” evolution? If not, then how much further do we have to go to ensure that men and women are truly equal in the United States of America? These are the questions that this essay will attempt to answer, as it explores the rights given to women in the United States, the role they play in the steps taken to receiving these rights and the importance of these steps, and how much further society needs to evolve in order to ensure that men and women in the United States are afforded the same rights and are all equal.

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.

Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, N.Y .A convention that started the push for women to fight

The introduction of Islam into the early Arab culture elevated the status of women. Women became warriors, contributors to education, and political leaders. Throughout Islamic history until present day, Muslim women have proved their importance within society through varying means of bringing the community together.