Feminism’s Impact on Today’s Women
Before the positive effects of the Feminist movement, which dramatically changed the view society had on women and made a woman able to do actions and tasks that were only done by men and considered to be things that men did. Today, a woman has almost the same chance at being successful as men do, a major change and improvement from the late 1900's.
It is important to note that not until the year of 1920, did women have the right to vote, while men, without protesting or doing anything had that right assigned to them. Men naturally had the right to vote from the very first election in this country. The 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was granted on August 18, 1920 and granted women the right to vote, but it took three whole years for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to be introduced to Congress for the first time, and even then the Equal Rights Amendment was extremely …show more content…
This point is completely falsified after reading A Doll’s House because Nora is a mother, and whether Nora wanted to work harder or not, there were no jobs available that would pay her enough to make as much as Torvald and pay off the loan. She was desperate for a job in order to pay off the loan and get rid of the burden, in fact Nora would’ve most likely worked harder, more, and longer than a man in her situation. Mrs.Linde, also shows her interest in working, not necessarily less. A study even shows that mothers may be more productive than women without children, possibly because they are motivated to work hard for the money and to take care of the children, something women without children wouldn’t feel. Another popular ideology is that women earn less because they don’t negotiate well, this is obviously false because Nora would’ve had to been very good at negotiating to convince Krogstad to lend her the money that was necessary for Torvald’s
Before the positive effects of the Feminist movement, which dramatically changed the view society had on women and made a woman able to do actions and tasks that were only done by men and considered to be things that men did. Today, a woman has almost the same chance at being successful as men do, a major change and improvement from the late 1900's.
It is important to note that not until the year of 1920, did women have the right to vote, while men, without protesting or doing anything had that right assigned to them. Men naturally had the right to vote from the very first election in this country. The 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was granted on August 18, 1920 and granted women the right to vote, but it took three whole years for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to be introduced to Congress for the first time, and even then the Equal Rights Amendment was extremely …show more content…
This point is completely falsified after reading A Doll’s House because Nora is a mother, and whether Nora wanted to work harder or not, there were no jobs available that would pay her enough to make as much as Torvald and pay off the loan. She was desperate for a job in order to pay off the loan and get rid of the burden, in fact Nora would’ve most likely worked harder, more, and longer than a man in her situation. Mrs.Linde, also shows her interest in working, not necessarily less. A study even shows that mothers may be more productive than women without children, possibly because they are motivated to work hard for the money and to take care of the children, something women without children wouldn’t feel. Another popular ideology is that women earn less because they don’t negotiate well, this is obviously false because Nora would’ve had to been very good at negotiating to convince Krogstad to lend her the money that was necessary for Torvald’s