The New Woman movement in the 19th century was a movement started by women in the 1800s who wanted the freedom to have education, choose when and if they wanted to get married, if they wanted to use birth control or become sexually active without the intent to procreate. These women also wanted the freedom to take on careers and wear less restricting clothing that allowed them the freedom to be more active.
In the 19th century America, there was certain expectations put on women both inside and outside of the family. “[The] sensible and industrious “good wife,” whose most visible characteristic was devotion to her family’s spiritual and secular needs.” (Foster, ed. 250) Woman were forced act a certain way because of a “restrictive code of …show more content…
They fought against the fact that women should not mind politics. The New Women believed in woman’s rights and wanted other women to have rights in married relationships to be able to live on their own without the financial troubles and to gain the right to have their name back when they divorce. (Barr 56, 57)
Gaining the rights to fend for themselves, women chose their own dress, relationships, living arrangements, and friends as well as chose to ride the bicycle. (MacPike 14) In The rise of the new woman,
Her…image appeared… often shown wearing what became the uniform of the New Woman: a high-collared, rather severe white shirtwaist blouse, tucked into a plain dark skirt. The skirt stopped at the ankles and was neither full and beruffled [sic] nor so narrow that it was difficult to walk. (14)
This “freedom of athleticism” and active hobbies brought about the bloomers and dress that was less restricting to bicycle along with “camping, or even climb mountains”. (Matthews 14).
These woman “[were] more likely… to [also] smoke cigarettes, use slang, travel, and be sexually active.” (MacPike 371 – 272) Woman could say what they wanted to say when if came to “sexual issues” they were able to “explore their own sexuality” (MacPike
In the 19th century America, there was certain expectations put on women both inside and outside of the family. “[The] sensible and industrious “good wife,” whose most visible characteristic was devotion to her family’s spiritual and secular needs.” (Foster, ed. 250) Woman were forced act a certain way because of a “restrictive code of …show more content…
They fought against the fact that women should not mind politics. The New Women believed in woman’s rights and wanted other women to have rights in married relationships to be able to live on their own without the financial troubles and to gain the right to have their name back when they divorce. (Barr 56, 57)
Gaining the rights to fend for themselves, women chose their own dress, relationships, living arrangements, and friends as well as chose to ride the bicycle. (MacPike 14) In The rise of the new woman,
Her…image appeared… often shown wearing what became the uniform of the New Woman: a high-collared, rather severe white shirtwaist blouse, tucked into a plain dark skirt. The skirt stopped at the ankles and was neither full and beruffled [sic] nor so narrow that it was difficult to walk. (14)
This “freedom of athleticism” and active hobbies brought about the bloomers and dress that was less restricting to bicycle along with “camping, or even climb mountains”. (Matthews 14).
These woman “[were] more likely… to [also] smoke cigarettes, use slang, travel, and be sexually active.” (MacPike 371 – 272) Woman could say what they wanted to say when if came to “sexual issues” they were able to “explore their own sexuality” (MacPike