What Are Women's Rights In The Late 19th Century

Prior to the 19th century, women lived in a time defined by gender unbalance. Women had no legal, social, or political rights that people take for granted today. Women were denied key rights like married women could not own property, had very little control over personal property, they were rarely granted legal custody of their children in case of divorce, had no legal claim to any money they might ear, could not sue or be sued, could not testify in court, were banned from institutions and higher education and the most know no female had the right to vote. Women were expected to be obedient to their fathers and husbands. All this started to change during the late 19th century. Women where making a move to be treated equal. When where expected to stay home to care for the children and the home. They had the responsibility to clean, cook, wash clothes, wash dishes, and iron among other housekeeping duties. Women also had a
Because their jobs were not categorized as industrial jobs many labor organizations were not interested in organizing them as workers. This was even truer for non white individuals. Many labor organizations cared little for women in general and could care less for women of color. Women could perform the same tasks as men and not get the same pay. They were still expected to go home after long hours of work and maintain their homes, children and husbands.
From the beginning of American history women were denied some very important rights that men had. Women could not own property, could not claim money they earned and women did not have the right to vote. So it came to no surprise that until 1910’s most states oppressed women. Women were expected to stay home and care for the home and children. Women were not allowed to persue higher education. As time went on women vocalized their anger and dissatisfaction with how things