Power Of Women In The 1920's
Power to the Women
Gender equality was never a problem because it never existed. Before 1920, women and men were not considered equal. Women were considered lower ranked compared to men. Being married and tending to the children was basically a profession. Everything seemed to change when women were given the ability to vote by the 19th amendment that got passed in 1920.
From then on, women were considered equal, but with every success comes hardships.
Women were always considered naturally weaker than men. They were not able to perform the same laborious work as men. Most societies left the domestic chores to the women and the heavier labor to men. In the early 19th century, acceptable occupations for women who wanted to work was limited …show more content…
2). Sadly the rights for women weren’t passed until the 20th century. There were many woman figures throughout history following the right to vote. Edith Wharton was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for her fiction novel Age of Innocence in 1921. Jane Addams received the Nobel Prize for Peace ten years later (Women’s History 1). All these women made history and proved to men that we can do the same things as them, and sometimes even …show more content…
Men and women in America can be treated as equals and are able to get equal opportunities. Actions are being taken by women who see themselves as feminists. A feminist is a person who supports social, political, legal and economic rights for women equal to those of men.
Truly there are still people in this world who don’t take the gender equality and feminists acts seriously. Girls in this day and age are still being told they are not allowed, or do not have the capability of doing something because “you’re a girl” as if that should explain to a ten year old girl why she can’t play tackle football with her brothers. This destroys the psychological thinking of a young girl and makes her think that she has these limitations because “she’s a girl”. Limitations such as these can cause long psychological damage and lower a girl’s self esteem.
Gender inequality is said to be associated worse health outcomes. It was associated with lifetime and recent hard drug use. Gender discrimination was associated with higher odds, whereas stress was associated with lower odds. Gender Discrimination or GD is known as Type III Identity Trauma. This type of trauma comes from ongoing social violence (Pyshology_Social Col.2) Although women and men are now considered equals, you will still find more men
Gender equality was never a problem because it never existed. Before 1920, women and men were not considered equal. Women were considered lower ranked compared to men. Being married and tending to the children was basically a profession. Everything seemed to change when women were given the ability to vote by the 19th amendment that got passed in 1920.
From then on, women were considered equal, but with every success comes hardships.
Women were always considered naturally weaker than men. They were not able to perform the same laborious work as men. Most societies left the domestic chores to the women and the heavier labor to men. In the early 19th century, acceptable occupations for women who wanted to work was limited …show more content…
2). Sadly the rights for women weren’t passed until the 20th century. There were many woman figures throughout history following the right to vote. Edith Wharton was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for her fiction novel Age of Innocence in 1921. Jane Addams received the Nobel Prize for Peace ten years later (Women’s History 1). All these women made history and proved to men that we can do the same things as them, and sometimes even …show more content…
Men and women in America can be treated as equals and are able to get equal opportunities. Actions are being taken by women who see themselves as feminists. A feminist is a person who supports social, political, legal and economic rights for women equal to those of men.
Truly there are still people in this world who don’t take the gender equality and feminists acts seriously. Girls in this day and age are still being told they are not allowed, or do not have the capability of doing something because “you’re a girl” as if that should explain to a ten year old girl why she can’t play tackle football with her brothers. This destroys the psychological thinking of a young girl and makes her think that she has these limitations because “she’s a girl”. Limitations such as these can cause long psychological damage and lower a girl’s self esteem.
Gender inequality is said to be associated worse health outcomes. It was associated with lifetime and recent hard drug use. Gender discrimination was associated with higher odds, whereas stress was associated with lower odds. Gender Discrimination or GD is known as Type III Identity Trauma. This type of trauma comes from ongoing social violence (Pyshology_Social Col.2) Although women and men are now considered equals, you will still find more men