Women In America
Inform the way women lived in the 1700s, 1800s, and Today.
Women In The 1700s
The Beginning of Women Rights
Women didn't have a lot of rights. They were forced into marriage when they were in their teens. They were determined their marriage by her stats. If a woman wasn't married, they were looked down by, walking around, people thinking that they are disgraced. Once Married, a women gave up her freedom. They don't own properties, and their husband own their owning. During the Revolutionary War, it was a change in women right. Women were hired to become spies for men. Other women stayed home and worked hard in their farms. Sybil Ludington is one women who warned the American colonial forces that the British is coming. She rode 40 miles more than Paul Revere. Also, Mercy Otis Warren was also one women who wrote Poetry and plays about the British Propaganda. Their are women who were nurses for men in the Revolutionary War. Other important women would capture British man or fight for the patriots. They gotten importation and more. It was the way they win the revolutionary war. Once the war was over, the men were impress. They given women more right, like divorcing their husband in some states. It was good because people won't look down on single women. However, once they are divorced, they can't keep their children.
Women in the 1800s
The change in the 1800s
Women don't go to school just because men believe they don't have brains like men. The girls worked with their moms. Doing household and jobs. But the Jobs wasn't really fun at all. One of the Jobs is a New England Mill Worker. White Young women works their. These women works at taxlie factories. They are either Single or divorced. In a polluted area, they work twelve or thirteen hours a day. Their was one Mill worker named Harriet Hanson Robinson worked at a mill. She saw many women who gotten hurt, and pinched. Harriet Hanson Robinson gotten so mad, she got on strike. She might of been a little girl, But she encourage other women to go on strike too. Also women didn't have a lot of rights. For example, Women aren't able to speak in public. The women lose their children once divorced or death of a husband. Also, Men are allowed to beat their wife! Lastly, they aren't allowed to vote. Until 1839, they were not able to own property. In 1848 The Seneca Falls convection took place in New York. The Seneca Fall is an origination of women from across the country who met together to make a document of Women right. It was kind of like the document of Declaration of Independence, but the women change the document into a document which talked about women rights, and being treated equally. However, some news paper thought these women are crazy. But more rights happened in the future.
Women in Today World
Present Women rights
Women today are able to vote today. In 1921, The United States allowed all women to vote. Now girls get the same education as boy. Women and men can be married, but not forced into marriage. Women can get a degree, and get the same job as them. They get about the same amount of money as men. They can be single and own property, or start a new bushiness The United States didn't give women full rights, but they have freedom, but still not treated equally. Hillary Clinton was one important women in Women Rights. Hillary Clinton went to Yale University, and was a lawyer as well. Once Bill Clinton became president, she was a major help to her husband. Later on, she ran for president in 2007, but lost. However, she agreed to join up with Barack Obama and today, she is the Secretary of State. The main difference from the 1800s to today is the women get to do more things. As women started to prove to men that they are worthy to do things like fly an airplane, and do things that men could do. Men and women should be treated equally because they have the same ability, and that is important to remember.
Work Cited
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