Rights of Women in Canada Before the Industrial Revolution
Women were not considered people until 1929 in Canada. Women were basically their father’s or their husband’s property. They faced many challenges in a patriarchal system that overlooked the views of women because they were not considered a person. Women were expected to uphold domestic roles and to make life more comfortable for their children and husband. Women were encouraged to fit into the set gender roles during that time, and many things (Things that are basic human rights such as the right to vocalizing one’s opinions or the right to a higher education), went against the traditional set of morals for a woman in that time. Girls from more wealthy families went to school but …show more content…
Common jobs that women worked were in domestic services, piece work shops, and textile factories. Factory work was gruelling as they had bad working conditions. Most factories were unsanitary and construction checks were not done regularly. Some machines were dangerous to operate and yet no training was provided before operation, resulting in injury and even death. Due to the long work hours, education was put on hold. Women were expected to work equal, if not longer hours than their male counterparts and still was expected to keep up with taking care of their domestic chores and family care. Men received more pay than women, even if the women worked longer hours. Women generally did not hold high positions. Money gave women more economic independence. The industrial revolution put a shift in the way women were viewed as more opportunities …show more content…
These associations inspired women to be creative, and from this time period, many famous female authors arose, although many wrote with a male pen name. To this day, there are missing chunks of history regarding the live’s of women before the 20th century and we know what we do from the women who wrote periodicals.
Rights of Women in Canada After the Industrial Revolution
Today, women still face many issues due to patriarchal standards and societal pressure, but because of the strong women in our history and the feminist movement, we live with more rights and opportunities than we ever had before.
Women today have the right to hold any professional position they wish, unfortunately some media forms and stereotypes can affect how people treat the women applying for the various professions but we have great campaigns being led by influential people and huge franchises to reveal the biases found in the workplace.
Canada has no criminal law restricting abortion or access to any other safe contraceptives, which makes it one of the very few countries in the world that has legalized the use of contraceptives. This grants freedom for women in such a fundamental
Women were not considered people until 1929 in Canada. Women were basically their father’s or their husband’s property. They faced many challenges in a patriarchal system that overlooked the views of women because they were not considered a person. Women were expected to uphold domestic roles and to make life more comfortable for their children and husband. Women were encouraged to fit into the set gender roles during that time, and many things (Things that are basic human rights such as the right to vocalizing one’s opinions or the right to a higher education), went against the traditional set of morals for a woman in that time. Girls from more wealthy families went to school but …show more content…
Common jobs that women worked were in domestic services, piece work shops, and textile factories. Factory work was gruelling as they had bad working conditions. Most factories were unsanitary and construction checks were not done regularly. Some machines were dangerous to operate and yet no training was provided before operation, resulting in injury and even death. Due to the long work hours, education was put on hold. Women were expected to work equal, if not longer hours than their male counterparts and still was expected to keep up with taking care of their domestic chores and family care. Men received more pay than women, even if the women worked longer hours. Women generally did not hold high positions. Money gave women more economic independence. The industrial revolution put a shift in the way women were viewed as more opportunities …show more content…
These associations inspired women to be creative, and from this time period, many famous female authors arose, although many wrote with a male pen name. To this day, there are missing chunks of history regarding the live’s of women before the 20th century and we know what we do from the women who wrote periodicals.
Rights of Women in Canada After the Industrial Revolution
Today, women still face many issues due to patriarchal standards and societal pressure, but because of the strong women in our history and the feminist movement, we live with more rights and opportunities than we ever had before.
Women today have the right to hold any professional position they wish, unfortunately some media forms and stereotypes can affect how people treat the women applying for the various professions but we have great campaigns being led by influential people and huge franchises to reveal the biases found in the workplace.
Canada has no criminal law restricting abortion or access to any other safe contraceptives, which makes it one of the very few countries in the world that has legalized the use of contraceptives. This grants freedom for women in such a fundamental