Women of the late 1800’s
A short story written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a story about a depressed woman with a small baby. “The story has strong Gothic elements and a clear feminist message concerning the infantilizing and construction of women within marriage” (Sceats, Sarah). Women were believed to have their place at home and nowhere else. Women have been fighting for the right of gender equality for a long time. In many ways, they have had their voices heard, and have been granted some things they have longed for. Women have come a long way since the late 1800’s in which they were seen as submissive to the male counterpart of America due to the right to vote being denied, conditions of property ownership, as well as keeping of the …show more content…
As of the late 1800’s women were also not allowed to own property. Once a woman became married she was not permitted to own property due to them being submissive to house and home in the male’s mind. Business to be taken care of outside of the home or business to do with the property was to be taken care of by the male. Reflecting upon this, there is a great deal of inequality shown as well as unfairness. All property was granted to men if the owner was to pass away the property would have then passed to the eldest son. If there was not an eldest son or he was deceased the property would have then passed to a brother, but never a woman due to the fact they were seen as uneducated.
Last of all, women were not permitted to keep the wages they earned. “By 1890 nearly 4 million women in the U.S. worked for pay. This represented 18 percent of the female population aged 14 and over and 17 percent of the total workforce. Half the female workers were under 25 years of age, and seven out of ten were single.” (Foner, Eric, and John A. …show more content…
While a male traveler might remark on the "perfect intimacy which comes from a total lack of acquaintance," girls and women had to be more wary.” (Ayoub, Nina C.) This excerpt only begins to show how men felt about women and their actions during this time period. Proving my statement in which I said that women were seen as submissive to the male counterpart of America due to the right to vote being denied, conditions of property ownership, as well as keeping of the wages made. Today, many things have changed in effort to give women more equality although, the fight still
A short story written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a story about a depressed woman with a small baby. “The story has strong Gothic elements and a clear feminist message concerning the infantilizing and construction of women within marriage” (Sceats, Sarah). Women were believed to have their place at home and nowhere else. Women have been fighting for the right of gender equality for a long time. In many ways, they have had their voices heard, and have been granted some things they have longed for. Women have come a long way since the late 1800’s in which they were seen as submissive to the male counterpart of America due to the right to vote being denied, conditions of property ownership, as well as keeping of the …show more content…
As of the late 1800’s women were also not allowed to own property. Once a woman became married she was not permitted to own property due to them being submissive to house and home in the male’s mind. Business to be taken care of outside of the home or business to do with the property was to be taken care of by the male. Reflecting upon this, there is a great deal of inequality shown as well as unfairness. All property was granted to men if the owner was to pass away the property would have then passed to the eldest son. If there was not an eldest son or he was deceased the property would have then passed to a brother, but never a woman due to the fact they were seen as uneducated.
Last of all, women were not permitted to keep the wages they earned. “By 1890 nearly 4 million women in the U.S. worked for pay. This represented 18 percent of the female population aged 14 and over and 17 percent of the total workforce. Half the female workers were under 25 years of age, and seven out of ten were single.” (Foner, Eric, and John A. …show more content…
While a male traveler might remark on the "perfect intimacy which comes from a total lack of acquaintance," girls and women had to be more wary.” (Ayoub, Nina C.) This excerpt only begins to show how men felt about women and their actions during this time period. Proving my statement in which I said that women were seen as submissive to the male counterpart of America due to the right to vote being denied, conditions of property ownership, as well as keeping of the wages made. Today, many things have changed in effort to give women more equality although, the fight still