From the 1815-1860, two events changed the role of woman in society forever. From a social, political and cultural standpoints The antebellum market revolution and the second great awakening both played key roles in changing the woman’s role in the family, workplace and society.…
domesticity”? Assess the extent to which these ideals influenced the lives of women during this period. In…
Throughout time, scholars have wanted to understand American women’s history. Gender has played a role in shaping the behaviors and ideas within societies. The gender role that women played can be looked at in a historically specific manner. In the early 1500s through the late-nineteenth century, women have had a silenced place in society and within their home. This ideology silences real women’s voices under patriarchal structures. In the time period of Early America, women were silenced through various factors such as the laws and ideas created within marriage, views of women given by society, and…
Approximately 75 years later the industrial revolution made its mark on the American economy and smashed the door wide open for females to once again wedge their foot inside the door of the male sphere of life. Women of all classes were finally given the chance…
Through the occurrences of the American Revolution and the Civil War, men and women's class roles in the home and in the industry were established. During the time frame of 1790 to 1860, gender distinctions came into play, and different roles and priorities were enforced. Women's roles especially began to change after the American Revolution. During the first half of the nineteenth century, women's roles in society evolved in the areas of occupational, moral, and social reform. Through efforts such as factory movements, social reform, and women's rights, their aims were realized and foundations for further reform were established.…
In the 1800’s women were treated less than the men which is not how they are treated now. If it would have taken place now that would have not made sense because women are not treated differently than men. Women are also very capable and can do many things nowadays. It would have been hard for the women that worked for the Agency to be good spies because they would have gotten caught as much as the men would have gotten caught. Women are seen as smart and can do more than expected.…
With the onset of the Industrial Revolution many women went to work in the factories. Also, many women also worked as domestic servants and teachers. This was the first…
During this time period more and more women start working outside the home. They begin to promote feminism, equal rights and freedom for women. Women could be found working in factories and a lot of women begin to start attending college. Many women come together to push many policies and institutions such as fire codes for office buildings and child labor laws. This was the time period when women really made their present in society. Towards the end of this time period women gained their right to vote by government passing the 19th amendment. Also women wanted to inform other women of their options on sex and marriage.…
1840-1890’s women’s activists in the intellectual, social, economic, and political spheres effectively challenged traditional attitudes about women’s place in society” Asses the validity of this statement.…
The economic “market revolution” and the religious “Second Great Awakening” shaped American society after 1815. Both of these developments affected women significantly, and contributed to their changing status both inside and outside the home. Throughout time, women’s roles and opportunities in the family, workplace, and society have greatly evolved.…
Before the Industrial Revolution, families were interdependent on the roles of each other to survive, and each family member worked together to ensure the happiness of the family as a whole. Most work occurred at home or on the land belonging to the family and there was very little distinction between the roles of women and men, or between work and home. As people moved to the cities, work began to be something that was performed away from the home. Men were considered to be more valuable workers and therefore were paid more. Women were seen as less valuable than men, and were expected to have less of a role in the public sphere.…
Women only job was to take care of children, cook, and undertake other tasks like sewing and raising animals. There was very little changed before the Revolution. Then a woman’s job changed to a whole new concept of republican motherhood. They were still in charge of taking care for the house, but now was given an actual important responsibility.They were in charge of the household and raising the children to be good Americans. This job, restricted women only to their homes and did not allow them to make money, forcing them to depend on their husbands for everything, making it impossible for them to become…
The gender roles have changed for women since the early colonial America. The women seemed to have been pressured to be at home full time. The men were shown to work all day, so they can provide for the family and keep the women at home. As, the 19th century came along, times have changed as now women work part time at home and help with bring money in the household. Work was done away from home and people were paid wages for this labor.…
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 in the early Industrial Revolution were commonly associated with domestic duties such as housekeeping, child rearing and nurturing, and household management. However, Industrialization helped create new modes of employment that allowed many young women to earn enough to marry o to support themselves independently. These new methods of work did present a lower skill set needed to work in them.…