Women's Rights For Women And Equal Rights

Women between 1600 - 1877 had a tough time with having no political rights with not being able to vote and struggled economically with not being able to work or get paid as much as men did. This showed how women were not treated equally as men were, however during the Civil War men had to leave their jobs so women took their place. This was a break through and push for women’s rights. Women had never had their rights starting with the writing of the Constitution. When the Constitution was written it stated that all men are created equal, not including women in the Constitution instated that they had no rights. Martha Washington asked her husband if he would include women in the writing allowing them to have right, but he said no. Adding women to the Constitution would have allowed women the right to vote from early on, and could have changed the decision of some elections. With women being not given rights politically they could have changed the aspect of America. Women also had not economic rights either, their paychecks were ½ or ¼ of what men earned.

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 believed that they should have equal rights to everything because they are just important to the progress of the state as men are which should allow them to have a voice in what goes on (Doc F). This included the right vote and be eligible to office. Even though women put themselves into the public now to display that they wanted equality and they were no longer going to hide behind men, they were not fully accepted in society. The picture called “Bloomer costume” in Harper's New Monthly Magazine from 1851 shows a picture of women dressed in what seems to be costumes and they are being judged by men (Doc E). This goes the same with how independence was viewed, women tried to flaunt their right for independence but men did not want to give it to them and they were looked at as foolish. Besides the fact that the majority refused to give women their rights, women were not selfish and fought for things that would benefit both genders. Women like Dorothea Dix fought for prison reforms and also special care for those who are mentally ill (Doc D). This goes to show that women had as much of an impact on society as it did on them.

At first in the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s, the society had a plethora of discrimination as well as inequality. Women were treated unreasonably, and had far less rights than men. Many of those rights that women fought for excluded them from many opportunities given to men, “...married women could not own property, make contracts, bring suits, or sit on juries,” (Digital History, 2016). Women actions were based on the men’s needs. Women were restricted to work and

A number of women in the United States and Europe became frustrated with apparent prejudices against women in the 1830s. The women came together by focusing on a specific goals to help their quality of living. It made it hard for women to establish family and marriage laws because women couldn’t divorce and be included in property laws, which men had complete control over women. Rights/laws for women did not make any progress until the late 1800s and early 1900s. Divorce and property rights were at the surface of the women movement. The first right to be granted to women was nursing. Some middle and upper class women were being hears, as they began to gain access to higher education and some occupations mainly filled by men. Amalie Sieveking

As the years progressed from the 1700s into the 1800s, women started to see that they were not treated as equal as men even though they could do anything men could. During the late 1800s was when women first started to fight for more rights and equality. They started forming more and more women groups, and even went on labor strikes to protest the diversity. Although it seemed that as hard as they tried to gain this equality, the harder it was for them to obtain it. They were treated horribly and unequally to men. While African American men received the power to vote in 1870, women still did not have a chance at that right. Even though many people disagree that women were treated fairly, the studies show that they were discriminated against. The treatment of women in the late 1800s was discriminatory because they

Women had limited opportunities when it came to things such as education and freedom. For example, men were allowed to go to college and they got what they wanted. On the other hand, women did not get these options. If people did not spread the word, then the women restricted in their homes would not find out this information. At this time, women were not as educated as men were and they did not have the right to vote.

During this time, society acted against women. Women weren’t allowed to hold a political office, nor were they allowed to vote. In addition, they were virtually submissive to their husbands because they couldn’t do anything without their husbands’ permission. Also, women didn’t have as much freedom when it came to choosing a profession (most ended up being teachers or writers). “The legal status of women was essentially that of a white child or black slave” (Hippocampus). Many women began to notice what little rights they had. Margaret Fuller, a transcendentalist and the editor of The Dial, wrote, in Woman in the Nineteenth Century, about how women were beginning to question what they truly needed in life, and why they didn’t have it. The first American feminist movement soon came underway.

The history in the 1800s was really rough then now days because they had the Nez Perce war going on and at the same time, we had problems with woman not being able to vote, and the Immigrants were all looking for jobs. As I said earlier about women not being able to vote was a big step back for woman, not so much for men as they didn’t want women to vote. As the author said in the 1840s, emerging from the broader movement for women's rights”(w.i.t.p.n.). Woman were treated imperfect towards men all because they were a different gender, which is unacceptable back in the 1840s and would be now if it happened because we should all be treated the the same and have the same rights. As it says in the text “In order to earn revenue from their land

Women, normally viewed as the weaker gender, deserve equal rights for all of the hard work that they do to support their own families. While men were out doing their jobs and getting paid for them, the women were forced to stay at home to complete more difficult jobs that they were not gaining pay for. The women were responsible for the well-being of the children and for the well-being of the house. Staying at home to do all of the cooking and cleaning took a lot more effort out of the women than sitting behind a desk all day did for the men.

A woman could find an education during the Antebellum period, yet it was looked upon with scrutiny. In the 1800s, women were not motivated to find an education in the career of law or politics because that area was seen to be best fitted upon a man. Since men ruled politics and government, that initiated an era of limited representation on the women population. Moreover, women can explore into a job, but was low-pay and wasn’t plentiful for willing recipients. According to the article, “Home, Sweet Home: Gender in the Antebellum Household”,

In comparison with men, women didn’t have a lot of rights and freedom. Some argued that men and women were different species and that men were similar to gods and women were similar to animals. Men could vote but women couldn’t,

Since the beginning of the 1800's, women had been fighting for the rights that they wanted. Women should be able to vote, control their own property and income, and they should have access to higher education and professional jobs. Women also had many roles in society. Women had very important parts in jobs as they took up more responsibilities. Girls, young ladies, and women of all ages were working harder to bring home income. Most women thought the pay and the conditions were unfair. These arguments grew as women fought more and more for social equality.

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.

In the 1800’s a women was suppose to have four things Piety, Purity, submissiveness, and domesticity. These principles shaped the “Cult of True Womanhood” an idea that women were to be seen but not heard. Women had no say when it came to politics, they couldn’t own property, they were not allowed to do many jobs, and they couldn’t even speak in front of men. They had the duty to be a mother and raise their children but even thought they had this responsibility it was the husband who had the complete control and guardianship of the children. Because of these ideas it was very difficult for change to happen. When women started to receive more education they began to ask questions about why they were being denied these rights, which began the