American Women In The 1800s

From the 1800’s to the 20th century, women had gained a lot more independence than they had before. In the year 1777 when voting started to become more relevant, women were decided not to be allowed to be apart of voting, unlike now in the 21st century where women are allowed to vote. From the beginning of the 18th century, women were discriminated against until the middle of the 18th century. After the mid-1750’s, women started to gain more ground on rights and things that they were more freely allowed to do. Women slowly started to gain more ground on things to do such as being guaranteed equal pay starting from the year 1872 to current present time. After about 30 years, the first state (which was Wyoming), allowed women to have a right

Stowe lived between the year 1811-1896, she was anti-slavery campaigner and a writer. Stowe and her husband, Calvin Ellis Stowe were both against slavery and temporarily involved in the Underground Railroad, where they would house runaway slaves. In the year 1833 Stowe visited a slave auction, this would go on to inspire her to write more on slavery. By 1851 she published her first article called “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” in the Newspaper. After having it be published as a book in 1952, it was a hot seller, selling over 300,000 copies. Her book was a big motivation for the Americans living in the North to become anti-slavers, in the South, however, it was extremely looked badly upon. Abraham Lincoln had also remarked that her books were a major cause for the civil war. Another lady that had a strong impact inside American history was Susan B. Anthony. Anthony lived in the years 1820-1906 and was an American suffragist and civil rights activist. Both of her parents were Quakers and were anti-slavery. Anthony had started to think of fighting the for women’s rights while she was campaigning against the use of alcohol. In 1869, Anthony alongside Elizabeth Cady Stanton had started up the Woman Suffrage Association in 1869. One of the more recent women that have achieved a great amount of political power was Betty Friedan. Betty Friedan was an American writer, activist, and feminist who had lived from 1921 to 2006. Friedan was the author of a book called “The Feminine Mystique”, the inspiration behind the book was when Friedan had thought if other women were restless from managing their homes so she went out a surveyed other stay at home mothers. “The Feminine Mystique” was a book to inspire other women to go out and to find better lives for themselves. Friedan was also one of the founders of the National Organization for Women (NOW). The purpose of NOW was for women to achieve equality with