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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.

Women have virtually the same rights as men. However, the fault needing to be recognized in today’s society is the way that women are treated. Even in simple areas, such as jobs, women are put on the back burner. A woman is able to become a CEO of a company, nonetheless, she will struggle twice as hard as a man would. Even as an employee, women are statistically paid less than men are.

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

The Women’s Rights Movement was a motion that clearly presented itself by women, starting in 1848. Over many generations, diverse groups of women have continuously been robbed of their civil liberties. Many basic rights, such as political representation, property, divorce, custody, education, and general respect were viewed as idiosyncratic in the eyes of many during the nineteenth century. Beliefs passionately expressed by women have not only changed the face of women’s rights during the past centuries, but have allowed the public to develop an understanding that all, as human beings, are equals. Many well known activists, such as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone and Julia Ward Howe fought to be included within the fifteenth amendment that only applied to men and for justice to be served in terms of rights and representation. This movement, occurring from 1848 to 1998, was the time period in which women fought assiduously to achieve full civil rights. Women’s suffrage is a very significant idea that was unquestionably evident in history.

Susan B Anthony once said, “Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less." For decades now, our society has been dealing with gender inequality. Most men wouldn’t care about this issue because their lives aren’t being impacted by this. Women have been, and are still facing discrimination against their gender. The inequality negatively influences a woman’s life at home, school, and at work. It also limits the things that they are capable of doing and it violates their human rights. Compared to how it was back then, there has been a great amount of change in our society, but men are still preferred over women in most situations.

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

("Women's Rights." Global Issues. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2017.) argues " Yet, despite many successes in empowering women, numerous issues still exist in all areas of life, ranging from the cultural, political to the economic. For example, women often work more than men, yet are paid less; gender discrimination affects girls and women throughout their lifetime; and women and girls are often are the ones that suffer the most poverty". Some women have to work more and harder than men do but still would get paid less than they would. Women and girls have to work harder to be recognized by people but men and boys don't have to work as hard to get recognized by the same

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

In much of today's modern society women have proved their right to their equality. Thousands of women have fought and refused to be quieted in order to get to the place we are now. Their fight has gone on for centuries and can be traced all they way back to the 17th century enlightenment. The enlightenment was a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. This enlightenment thinking was not very popular at first however it began to spread and totally revitalized the way people viewed things. One of the main subjects involved in this enlightenment was the rights of women, or their lack of.

For so long women, whether they’re of color or not have fought to have equal rights as men. For example, when men were off fighting during World War II women stepped up and took the jobs men had in order to provide for their families. Many women worked really hard, some more than others and even did the job better than some men but when the men returned women had to go back to being house mothers. Women went back to being thought of as nothing more than wives who care for their children, cooking, cleaning,and getting no recognition for their work. Too many years women have contributed their knowledge and their work to this world and continue to get taken advantage of and underestimated; another example

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.

Women rights are the prerogative for women and girls in this world. These gender clichés need to be annihilated because people are blinded by the truth that is right in front of them. Women, especially in the Western culture, are looked upon more for the gender in which they are born than for what they can actually do. Women’s abilities tend to be overlooked just because of their gender, and it is assumed that they cannot do as much as men can.

In the words of Hillary Clinton, “Human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are human rights.” However, in our society, women face discrimination, prejudice and stereotyping that impedes their success in all sectors of society. It happens in the media where women are expected to fulfill an unattainable ideal and are excessively sexualized. It happens in the workplace, where women are paid less than men for performing the same job. It happens in the government where women are not represented equally in the government. The reality is, gender inequality is present in every facet of our society and affects us all. As the next generation, we have both the immense privilege and the immense responsibility to craft our society into a place we feel proud to live in, and establishing equal rights for men and women should be number one on our to do list.