Wollstonecraft Women's Rights

For many centuries, women were viewed as second class citizens who were weak and insignificant. They were meant to stay and look after their homes, as well as raising kids, while the men do the hard labor. This meant they were the only source of income. Men were considered failures if their wives went to find work outside the house because it meant that the men were not enough and needed help. Women were not encouraged to pursue education or a professional career (National Women’s 2007). They couldn’t own property after marriage, and they were not allowed to vote. Women were also not allowed to serve on jury, and had no right over whether or not they wanted to have kids (McLaughlin 2014). The 1920’s was the Roaring Twenties, the Jazz Age, …show more content…
There are many women who are recognized for their achievements and support of this movement. During the 1700s, a woman by the name of Mary Wollstonecraft was “an English writer and passionate advocate of educational and social equality of women (Mary 2016).” She wrote a book called A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), which promoted educational equality between men and women. Her feminist book caused a great controversy, but it wasn’t enough to cause any reforms. Wollstonecraft is only an example of many women who had attempted to bring equality for women.
Another woman who had fought for voting rights for women was Susan B. Anthony. She “campaigned for expansion of married women’s property rights (Woman Who 2009).” She refused to join or support many movements and amendments unless they were offered for women as well as men (Woman Who 2009). She is perhaps the most famous women’s voting rights …show more content…
Not only were the women affected by it, but children were too. Abused women united and created programs, organizations, and shelters to aid women and their children out of the violence that they have been subjected to in their homes. Movements to bring awareness such as the Domestic Violence movement (Battered Women’s Movement) had been created, and they have changed “the way we think about violence in the home (History of, 1).” It wasn’t until the 1980’s did Congress finally pass a bill called the Family Violence Prevention Services Act which permitted the Secretary of the Health and Human services to make grants to states to assist in expanding and maintaining the programs, shelters, and organizations that help victims who endured this violence (History of,