Essay On The Role Of American Women From 1865 To Present
The Role of American Women from 1865 to Present
Ursurla Waller
American History
Instructor Jessica Schmidt
2014 Jan 28
The Role of American Women from 1865 to Present
The role of women in American society changed from the traditional homemaker to modern-day breadwinners owing to the outcomes of various events that occurred from the end of the Civil War in 1865. However, this paper will analyze and discuss the various events such as suffrage, the professional barrier held by the male counterparts, and societal discrimination. In addition, the enactment of State laws that illegalized wife battery, equal payment, in addition to the decision by the Supreme Court to allow Belva Lockwood to be the first women to testify before it in 1879. These events formed the basis of the significant events that shaped the make-up of the modern women since 1985.
The households of today are painted by the 20th-century landscape. Women experienced limitations during that time. They were allowed to go to some places while they could not go to others. They were not permitted to hold some jobs. The role of a woman was to perform few employment opportunities such as a nursing, teaching, and being a social worker or clerical worker. Catholic women were advantageous since they could become a nun or join a convent. Many thought that a life of …show more content…
Belva Lockwood had neither social standing nor wealth. She also never encompassed a stable education. Her law degree was extracted from the US president and eventually became the leader of the women suffrage movement in the 19th century. From this achievement, Lockwood acquired a class and became a professional lady. After leaving the Supreme Court, she ran for the Equal Rights Party presidential candidate and qualified. She later became the most famous women in America after conquering the discrimination battle (Norgren,
Ursurla Waller
American History
Instructor Jessica Schmidt
2014 Jan 28
The Role of American Women from 1865 to Present
The role of women in American society changed from the traditional homemaker to modern-day breadwinners owing to the outcomes of various events that occurred from the end of the Civil War in 1865. However, this paper will analyze and discuss the various events such as suffrage, the professional barrier held by the male counterparts, and societal discrimination. In addition, the enactment of State laws that illegalized wife battery, equal payment, in addition to the decision by the Supreme Court to allow Belva Lockwood to be the first women to testify before it in 1879. These events formed the basis of the significant events that shaped the make-up of the modern women since 1985.
The households of today are painted by the 20th-century landscape. Women experienced limitations during that time. They were allowed to go to some places while they could not go to others. They were not permitted to hold some jobs. The role of a woman was to perform few employment opportunities such as a nursing, teaching, and being a social worker or clerical worker. Catholic women were advantageous since they could become a nun or join a convent. Many thought that a life of …show more content…
Belva Lockwood had neither social standing nor wealth. She also never encompassed a stable education. Her law degree was extracted from the US president and eventually became the leader of the women suffrage movement in the 19th century. From this achievement, Lockwood acquired a class and became a professional lady. After leaving the Supreme Court, she ran for the Equal Rights Party presidential candidate and qualified. She later became the most famous women in America after conquering the discrimination battle (Norgren,