Women are trash, or at least that was the thoughts behind society of the late 1800’s. Prior to the 1800’s wives were generally the baby makers, the house keepers, and the prize possession. However, during the 1800’s wives and women in general began realizing that they have thoughts too, and they should have a right to speak those thoughts. At first it was a very difficult task, given that the civil war was taken place during some of the major advancements towards women's rights. Many would say the late 1800s were some of the toughest times for women, however the evidence shows the late 1800s as being a time of great growth of women's rights, or at least the foundations of women gaining rights. Women prior to the late 1800’s were treated like
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During the late 1800’s there were many women’s groups that fought for women’s rights, specifically women’s suffrage. Charlotte Gilman, a imfamous women’s rights activist and divorcee, “addressed the 1896 conference of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in Washington, DC, and testified before Congress in favor of women’s suffrage,” (Dreier). This was a huge step towards the gaining of the fourteenth amendment. Another instance of wives speaking out would be Susan B. Anthony’s speech in 1871. This speech consisted of very controversial topics of the time, such as women’s suffrage stating, “She not like him is not allowed to control her own circumstances.”(Gottheimer) In this quote she reveals that no matter how many women disagree with the votes of men, they cannot control their own circumstances, due to their lack of a right to vote. As one can see, while women did not have the right to vote, they were well on their way because they used the right they had, the right to …show more content…
Furthermore it puts to shame the mere idea that wives were viewed as worthless during this time period. Digging deeper, wives of this time period worked primarily in the job groups most associated with caregiving and morals such as, “teaching, [and] nursing”(Clinton, Cott, Delger, ect.). While it does say that, “only 4.5 percent of married white women, 30 percent of married African American women,”(Clinton, Cott, Delger, ect.) the cause of these low percentages is merely the start up of women gaining ground, this does not discount their vast advances during and surpassing this time
During the late 1800’s there were many women’s groups that fought for women’s rights, specifically women’s suffrage. Charlotte Gilman, a imfamous women’s rights activist and divorcee, “addressed the 1896 conference of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in Washington, DC, and testified before Congress in favor of women’s suffrage,” (Dreier). This was a huge step towards the gaining of the fourteenth amendment. Another instance of wives speaking out would be Susan B. Anthony’s speech in 1871. This speech consisted of very controversial topics of the time, such as women’s suffrage stating, “She not like him is not allowed to control her own circumstances.”(Gottheimer) In this quote she reveals that no matter how many women disagree with the votes of men, they cannot control their own circumstances, due to their lack of a right to vote. As one can see, while women did not have the right to vote, they were well on their way because they used the right they had, the right to …show more content…
Furthermore it puts to shame the mere idea that wives were viewed as worthless during this time period. Digging deeper, wives of this time period worked primarily in the job groups most associated with caregiving and morals such as, “teaching, [and] nursing”(Clinton, Cott, Delger, ect.). While it does say that, “only 4.5 percent of married white women, 30 percent of married African American women,”(Clinton, Cott, Delger, ect.) the cause of these low percentages is merely the start up of women gaining ground, this does not discount their vast advances during and surpassing this time