Women were always expected to stay home and take care of daily chores. Compared to the men, the women weren’t treated as equally. Women were treated as property towards the men. Everything a woman owned, a man owned. I am going to discuss what has changed from the beginning of women’s rights till now. I will also talk about specific time periods and what has occurred during those periods. An example of a major contributor to women’s rights would be Susan B. Anthony. She was an American civil rights leader to women during the 19th century. A more specific time period would be sometime around the 1800’s or later. She also was involved with Women’s suffrage. Susan also made an impact on those women. Susan was a leader instead of a follower, and even though she wasn’t the most know leader or activist in women’s rights, she still tried to make a contribution to her community. She made a commitment to the women with no rights, and had the quality of a leader. Another thing she tried to do was giving. She tried to give freedom with nothing in return, and never lowered her expectations for anyone. All I think she asked for was a chance to prove that confidence was the right answer. I also think that she supported them as well as they supported her.
"The Enlightenment was a desire for human affairs to be guided by rationality than by faith, superstition, or revelation; a belief in the power of human reason to change society and liberate the individual from the restraints of custom or arbitrary authority; all backed up by a world view increasingly validated by science rather than by religion or tradition." (Outram 1995)
for the first time in human history, the pursuit of truth and reason was placed before the established norms. It was during this time, that authority was constantly questioned, and individualism was prioritised. Many believe that the application of freedom, reason, and democracy was implemented in the west during this time as well, often with dire consequences. Perhaps the main ideal of the enlightenment however, is the idea that society as a whole must move from a circular society to one where we as a people and as individuals progress. Many philosophers and historians agree on this one fact. the spirit of the enlightenment is one of betterment, and one of improvement. However, we can see what happens when we as a people attempt to question authority too much. The French Revolution, which directly followed the Enlightenment, is a good example of how not to challenge the status quo. Heads were lost, and lives were ruined. However, the Enlightenment itself was not a particularly peaceful time. The 30 years war is regarded as one of the bloodiest most scarring wars in history, fought for religious reform during the early Enlightenment. Some of the greatest influences of the Enlightenment were John Lock, Francis Bacon, and the Baron de Montesquieu. These three men helped shape the spirit and Ideals of the Enlightenment, as well as open our minds
When women are often perceived they are thought of as a complicated, uneducated, person who should only stay inside the home to prepare dinner and take care of the children, at least in the 17th century. Now women are fighting for equal rights just as their counterparts and while they are still complicated and well-educated people it was not always this way women have been fighting this same fight for countless centuries before this time trying to be known as being just as important as their male acquaintances. The first time equality between men and women was thought of was in the 18th century during the enlightenment period.
The Enlightenment was a period in history of western thought and culture, stretching roughly from the mid-decades of the seventeenth century through the eighteenth century, characterized by dramatic revolutions in science, philosophy, society and politics; these revolutions swept away the medieval world-view and ushered in our modern western world. The Enlightenment was a time of questioning, of creating new theoretical structures with which to understand the world. The Enlightenment was a spreading intellectual, philosophical, cultural and social movement that spread through France, England, Germany and other parts of Europe during 1700s. The Enlightenment gave us hope and an opportunity on how we can make our lives better. During the Enlightenment people faced many hardships and struggles while trying to create an opportunity that we as humans could finally have a chance to end a world of dictatorship and corruption and a start a new one with democracy and freedom.
Throughout the history of our world, there have been dozens of revolutionary wars. Although these wars were revolved around different people and different issues; most of them were caused by one group taking away another’s liberties. We see this in the American Revolution which was caused by the British not respecting the colonists’ natural rights. In order to prevent their new nation from following in the footsteps of Britain, they defined liberty as having the ability to make political decisions based on your place in society. By looking at certain historical documents we see the men in the society had the most freedom, while women and slaves were unable to voice their opinions.
For as long as anyone could remember, the vast majority women quietly accepted the fact that they were their husband’s property and had little to no rights, while merely performing their duty as housewives. However, in 1848, things started to change.
Preceding the conclusion of the American Revolution began a push towards equality among women and slaves. With the writing of the Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson, the words “All men are created equal” had become the motto of the people ever since. In the 15 years after the American Revolution, the idea of both Women and Slaves having equal rights as the traditional white male took off. These ideas were further publicized by the likes of Abigail Adams, the Quock Walker Case, and Thomas Jefferson himself.
Throughout history women have been regarded as inferior to men, giving them a disadvantage when it came to every aspect of life. However as time passed by, many outstanding females have shortened that gap between men and women, thus giving women a better quality of life and more opportunities of success. Women’s role has evolved throughout time as they gained and improved labor and education rights, the opportunity to influence the succeeding generations and their status in society.
Two centuries ago there was a women’s rights movement forming in order to fight an oppression. Women were poorly treated and seen as inferior to men. It is believed the women’s rights movement was “inspired-or rather provoked-by the insufferable male supremacy” (Davis 46). Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton among other women received unfair treatment at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London. At this convention they were “fenced off behind a bar and a curtain similar to those used in churches to screen the choir from the public gaze” (Davis 47). They were excluded because the men believed their view at this convention was useless. Women during this time had to live up to the standards society had of them. If they did not follow,
As we all know, Wyoming played a special role in suffrage. Wyoming, also known as the Equality State, was the first state in the nation that allowed women to vote. Eventually, almost all of the Western states gave women the right to vote. Unlike the West, all Eastern states, except Kansas, didn’t allow women to vote. Most women, before the ratification of the 19th Amendment, were expected to stay at home and take care of the things there. Men didn’t think that women should have to be worried about politics. Until in 1920, when that was changed. Most states were quick at ratifying the 19th Amendment, but others took nearly 60 to do so.
Women over the years have not been treated right with either rights or how citizens treat them. There was one certain time in history that started a time where people trend started to give women their rights. It took people a long time to see how bad these women were being treated.
The Enlightenment era was a period of questioning and new answers. There were several forces that caused the Enlightenment. One factor would be the Scientific Revolution of the 1600’s. During this time people began to question the current way of thinking. Another force would be the writers of the Enlightenment, who called themselves, philosophes. Philosophes were the men and women who would consider themselves as fixing the real problems of the world. Philosophes became so popular because they wrote on almost any topic that reached out to almost anyone in some way.
Men and women didn’t have equal rights before. This is true because women had fewer opportunities than men. For instance, women were legally not allowed to vote and they were not able to gain an education. Furthermore, married women had no property rights, and they were made dependent on their husband. The women’s rights movement begun in the year 1848, when Elizabeth Cady Stanton was discontented with the limitations women had. This reform led to women around the world to plan and organize movements to prevent the discriminations given to them and provide them with equal rights in all aspects of life that men originally have.