Women Work Women Vote
Melanie Lopez & Emely Delcid
Then
Women began to organize societies
When it came to Jobs employers preferred to hire women as they considered them easier to control and less expensive as they were paid less than men. Women slowly began to work to gain the right to vote.
- They protested unfair laws and customs
- had militant protests
- Emmeline Pankhurts formed the Woman's social and political union (WSPU)
Suffrage organizations encouraged women to be active in politics. Women's participation resulted in both political parties becoming interested in gaining women's votes and lobbying for some of women's causes, such as equal rights legislation.
After the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, women used their voting rights to campaign for an expansion of social policies created during the Progressive Era
Now
People today have higher expectations for them. They are able to attend college and train for professions. They are working in professions that are male dominant and have also created new institutions throughout the years.
They have more educational opportunities and salaries have increased although not like men. For example: Male teachers get paid more then female teachers when going into the teaching profession.