Clearly, a turning point in the history of the women's movement was women joining the services of World War One (WWI). It can be seen that initially women were not invited to join the war effort or services. Later, there was a change of strategic plan and woman were called to arms. This led to further development of the women's suffrage movement - without the "war" this may not have occurred.
Source D, a highly reliable secondary source (Unknown, 2016), showed that initially women were not invited to contribute to the war effort or services during WW1. This is because women had little working opportunities compared to men at that time. They were seen as weak and they belonged at "home" to do cleaning and cooking for the children. The little work women had previous to the war was limited to domestic services like cleaners and servants or secretarial work. The women's suffrage movement faced many obstacles, particularly before WW1. As Source J explains; many politicians were unwilling to listen to a disenfranchised group. Although, over time women began to realise that in order to achieve reform, they needed to win the right to vote (Source J). WW1 was a perfect chance to prove themselves in a male-dominated society, doing more than cleaning the house and tending to the
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children. With hundreds of men going to fight, there was a large gap in employment and consequently, women planned to replace the men. (source …) In result to the departure of generations of men, women were neceded to support the war effort and contribute to the services of the war. More than one million women took the chance to join the workforce (BBC, 2018). Women had to occupy the vacant jobs left by the men, as highly reliable, secondary sources A, B, C support. Women were paid 11 shillings per week in comparison to men who were paid 26 shillings a week for doing the same quality of work (Anitha & Pearson, 2013). This dramatic price difference caused people to worry that employers would employ women over men, as they completed the same quality of work for much cheaper. This led to a turning point in the women's suffrage movement. Another massive role women played during WW1, was being nurses. As highly reliable Source G suggests, If it was not for the nurses dedication, care and sacrifice, the casualty rate would have been much higher. Highly relevant, moderately reliable primary source by Matron Wilson in August 1915 states, "Things here are just too awful for words… We found only a bare piece of ground with wounder men in pain still in filthy, bloodstained cloths, lying amid stones and thistles. As we lacked tents, beds or medicines, we could do little for our patients." Wilson purposely explained and retold how difficult and horrific being a nurse during WW1 was from her perspective. Unsurprisingly, after WW1, the women's suffrage movement was further developed.
As source B states, due to the removal of The Sex Disqualification Act in 1919, it was illegal to exclude women from jobs just because of their gender (BBC, 2018). This led to women being given the right to vote. Factual secondary source J states that NAWSA, National American Women's Suffrage Association and NWP were two significant Women's suffrage associations that made this happen. Both associations had a purpose to secure equal rights to all American citizens, especially the right of suffrage, irrespective of race, colour or gender. This was the most significant achievement for women in that era. (source
J) The day the world changed for generations of women was the day World War One began. Before WW1 women were seen as weak, cleaners and servants. However; this all changed when the men went to war. Women replaced the men in the workforce and many also became nurses and served in the war. This created a turning point in women's history. Further development of the Women's Suffrage Movement fought for women to have the privilege to vote and helped shape women to be powerful, significant people. Clearly, without the "war" this may not have happened.
Through the 20th century, the communist movement advocated greatly for women's’ rights. Despite this, women still struggled for equality.
Throughout the 1800s, women across the world began establishing organizations to demand women’s suffrage in their countries. Today, there are still women in countries fighting for their right to vote. Some countries who’ve succeeded in the mid to late 1800s were Sweden and New Zealand. Once they expanded women’s suffrage, many other countries followed. Like Sweden, countries first granted limited suffrage to women and other countries approved to the full national level. Additionally, there were quite a few countries who had taken over a century to give women the right to vote, Qatar being a prime example. Although the fight for women’s suffrage varied in the United States, France, and Cuba in terms of length and process, each effort ultimately
Before 1870 there were few bills passed to achieve much for the movement. One bill that was passed, which did not directly affect women in too many ways was one of the starting points of the campaign for the vote. This was the 1867 Reform Act. In 1832, the Great Reform Act was passed, this allowed most middle class men to vote, but not working class men. But, the 1867 Reform Act changed this. This Act lead to all men who had lived at the same address for 12 months to be able vote. This meant that many more working class men were able to vote in the General elections. After this Act, many women felt that if the majority of men, regardless of class, were able to vote, why should women not be able to vote as well.
There are countless activities involving women, but the most talked-about topics are women's rights, their suffrage, and the roles they played. In the 19th century, women began to take action to change their rights and way of life. Women in most states were incapable of controlling their wages, legally operating their property, or signing legal documents such as wills. Although demoted towards their own private domain and quite powerless, some women took advantage and became involved in parts of reform such as temperance and abolition. Therefore, this ultimately opened the way for women to come together in an organized movement to battle for their rights in such ways as equal education, labor, legal reform, and occupations.
During the late 19th century, women were in a society where man was dominant. Women did not have natural born rights, such as the right to vote, to speak in public, access to equal education, and so forth, did not stop them to fight for their rights. Women's lives soon changed when Lucy Stone, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony played a prominent role to help bring about change.
One that stands out to me the most is the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Women’s movements are led by powerful, courageous women who push to better the lives’ of women and the lives’ of others. Most familiar movements are those involved in politics, in efforts to change the roles and status of womanhood in society. Groups of women also attempt to improve the lives of others with the help of religious and charitable activities. Either it was a political, religious, or charitable women’s movement, each woman in each group has made an impact on today’s view of women and achieved greater political involvement.
On August 18, 1920 the nineteenth amendment was fully ratified. It was now legal for women to vote on Election Day in the United States. When Election Day came around in 1920 women across the nation filled the voting booths. They finally had a chance to vote for what they thought was best. Not only did they get the right to vote but they also got many other social and economic rights. They were more highly thought of. Some people may still have not agreed with this but they couldn’t do anything about it now. Now that they had the right to vote women did not rush into anything they took their time of the right they had.
In August 18, 1920, the U.S. Constitution Granted U.S. women a right. That was the right of vote. In American history women had no right to vote or be part of government. They were born to be at home and do the house choir and motherhood. They had no right to educate or go out, thus the 19th amendment was approved that gave the women the right to vote (Matthew, 2017). Having the right of votes for women was not easy. It was given to them after years of fighting and struggling, after fighting and protesting so long for their rights they were finally victorious. Women in America were finally given their rights. One of the most important freedom given to women in 19th amendment is their rights. This essay will investigate how women were given the right to be equality, the right to vote and be part of government, and also, how this amendment affected the lives of women.
It was Theodore Roosevelt, who stated that, “Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care”, conveying the idea that with no voice comes no change. In the morning of August 26, 1920, the 19th amendment was ratified, which centralized mainly on the enfranchisement of women. Today, they have the legal right to vote, and the ability to speak openly for themselves, but most of all they are now free and equal citizens. However this victorious triumph in American history would not have been achieved without the strong voices of determined women, risking their lives to show the world how much they truly cared. Women suffragists in the 19th century had a strong passion to change their lifestyle, their jobs around the nineteenth century were limited to just children, family, and domestic duties. It consisted of a very low rate of education, and job opportunities. They could not share their opinion publicly and were expected to support their male family members and husbands during the time. Women knew that the way to enfranchisement was going to be tenacious, and full of obstacles along the way. Therefore a new organization was formed, The National American Women Association (NAWSA), representing millions of women and Elizabeth Cady Stanton as the first party president. This organization was founded in 1890, which strategized on the women getting education in order to strengthen their knowledge to prepare for the suffrage fight. NAWSA mainly focused on the right to vote one state at a time. In 1917, a member named Alice Paul, split apart from NAWSA because of the organization’s tactics and major goals. Due to this split, many other suffragists from NAWSA bitterly divided into a new organization named, National Women’s ...
Nothing simply begins. Everything needs something else in order to develop and live continuously. Fire needs wood to burn, water needs heat to boil, and the women’s right movement needed abolition to begin the real fight. The women’s rights movement of the nineteenth century emerged out of abolition activism because it was not until after abolitionist groups formed and began fighting slavery that women began to realize they had no rights themselves and began their own fight.
... to stop in order to help their country flight the war. They understand they needed to helping on the home front and this was the time for them to step up and show the British Parliament how valuable they are to their country. Lobbying did take place quietly, some women suffrage groups saw this time for to show they can do the same jobs as men and contribute to the war efforts. In 1918 passed the Representation of the People Act and enfranchising women over the age of 30 who meet property qualifications. This act was the stating of women gaining equality to men. Even though, women had to meet qualifications to vote, it was a start in changing society view on women’s rights. In 1928, ten year after the Representation of the People Act, the Conservative government passed the Representation of the People Act finally giving women vote right to all over the age of 21.
Before this point in history the only people who were allowed to vote were males, but during the Progressive Era, women started to fight for the right to vote, this was called the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Women were granted to right to vote in 1920 due to the passage of the nineteenth amendment, but before the nineteenth amendment was passed there were fifteen states that had already given women the right to vote. One of these states was Wyoming, which gave women rights in 1869 (King, Cornwall, and Dahlin 1213). When women earned the right to vote and more economic independence it marked a very important time in history because it was the first step towards equality to men and it also showed that women were gaining more standing in society. Earning these rights was incredibly significant for women, but these women also did a lot of things for the community as
World War 1 had a massive effect on women in society. Their lives drastically changed in a short amount of time. In fact with this change came plenty of responsibility, and a great deal of both physically and psychologically demanding work. This responsibility is what made women more confident and self-satisfied, which later on led them to fight harder for their rights.
Women’s suffrage unlike most believe didn’t start in the united states. The first country to grant national-level voting rights to women was the self-governing British colony of New Zealand, which passed the Electoral Bill in September 1893. The British colony of South Australia granted full suffrage in 1894, giving women the right to vote and to stand for parliament. Australia federated in 1901 and country-wide women’s suffrage followed quickly in 1902. The rest of the would follow suit years after in the 1920’s.
Beginning in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century women began to vocalize their opinions and desires for the right to vote. The Women’s Suffrage movement paved the way to the nineteenth Amendment in the United States Constitution that allowed women that right. The Women’s Suffrage movement started a movement for equal rights for women that has continued to propel equal opportunities for women throughout the country. The Women’s Liberation Movement has sparked better opportunities, demanded respect and pioneered the path for women entering in the workforce that was started by the right to vote and given momentum in the late 1950s.