Document 4 shows a petition made by the London Workingmen’s Association in an attempt to, “enact that every person producing proof of his being 21 years of age shall be entitled to have his name registered as a voter.” In 1838, the time that this petition was created, it was mainly nobles and upper class citizens who had the right to vote, so it makes sense that the working men of Europe wish for male suffrage because then they have the ability to elect people whom they believe will better improve their lives. Document 5 introduces a woman activist, Flora Tristan, who wants universal working rights for all citizens in the, “universal union of working men and women.” Document 8 introduces another woman activist, Pauline Roland, who claims that, “as soon as a woman comes of age, she has the right to arrange her life as she wishes.” Women have historically been undermined in the working society through such laws as the Factory Law or the Mines Act, which left women without work or having less hours.
1849 to 1910 was an important time for America. Reforms were happening all across the board, affecting workers, African Americans, and children. It was also very crucial for women’s rights – voting rights in particular. This period saw the beginning of the women’s suffrage movement; however, it also marked the start of anti-suffrage. During this time, society was divided with one of the simplest and most complicated questions of the era: what is the proper role of women?
Consequently, this heavily impacted the Women's suffrage movement, as more women were recognised in the labour force. Inevitably, gender norms were challenged, allowing women’s empowerment to
One of the reasons women’s lives did not change in the 1920s was their lack of involvement in the government. The right to vote was given to women with the Nineteenth Amendment, but that did not alter their lives very much. Numerous women during this time voted the same way that their husbands or fathers did, partly because there weren’t many female candidates (Gorman). Women also voted in smaller
During the period between 1865 and 1920, the status of women in the United States experienced remarkable changes, setting the stage for the modern-day American woman. In my essay, I focus on the transformative impact of the suffrage battle and the crucial roles of education and industrialization in shaping women's lives. Throughout this era, women's lives underwent an unprecedented transition, evident in their united efforts in the suffrage campaign, increased participation in the labor force, and improved access to education. The suffrage campaign, spearheaded by influential figures like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, served as a primary driver for change, advocating for women's right to vote.
“Beginning in the 1880s, women’s clubs began largely as cultural organizations to provide women with an outlet for their intellectual energies” (Brinkley, 481). Women began gathering as groups to assess issues in society and this was the mark of a cultural shift. This is because prior to these groups, women had a limited voice in society and had little interaction with the public. Now, that women were more involved they began to create a voice for themselves during the Progressive Era. This then led to the battle for woman’s suffrage.
After the deaths of many of the women’s rights activists from the older generation, younger leaders began to take charge, and they often aligned themselves with the Progressives. During this time, women’s roles were viewed as homemakers, so many of the Progressive women defended their reform actions as an extension of the traditional role of women. Among, the many values held for many decades by these reformers was the right to vote for women. In her piece, “Why Women Should Vote”, Jane Adams argued how women needed this right “in order to preserve the home,” (Doc C). These views developed into the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, which gave women the right to vote.
In the nineteenth century America and Europe were a man’s world (319). A woman's role was solely to be barefoot pregnant engineering her husband a sandwich (notes). Additionally, women were seen as objects and could be beaten and her rights were that of a black slave without a vote and owned by her husband. Therefore, many female reformers began fighting for women's rights, temperance, and the abolition of slavery (319). Another, feminist movement for women's rights was the Woman’s Rights Convention at Seneca Falls.
Why did the campaign for women’s suffrage become militant between 1903 and 1914 and what, if anything, did this campaign achieve? The campaign for women's suffrage began in earnest in 1867, when Liberal MP John Stuart Mill, an influential thinker of classical liberalism, unsuccessfully attempted to amend the 1867 Reform Act. This piece of legislation enfranchised part of the urban male working class in England and Wales for the first time, but the amendment granting enfranchisement of all households, regardless of sex, was defeated by 194 votes to 73. The campaign to achieve improved rights for women continued in the late 19th century, but although some progress was made in areas of employment and education, attempts to achieve women’s suffrage
After the Civil War, women were willing to gain the same rights and opportunities as men. The war gave women the chance to be independent, to live for themselves. Women’s anger, passion, and voice to protest about what they were feeling was the reason of making the ratification of the 19th amendment, which consisted of giving women the right to vote. One of the largest advancement of that era was the women’s movement for the suffrage, which gave them the reason to start earning
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, women's suffrage movements were pivotal. They played a vital role in the fight for voting rights and women's rights. These movements both occurred in the United States and the United Kingdom, both aiming for a common goal but their advocacy efforts were distinctly different which had a significant impact on their success. This essay will explore these differences, focusing on the strategies utilized by both women's suffrage movements in the United States and United Kingdom, and look at how these strategies impacted the respective movements’ outcomes. The women's suffrage movement in the United Kingdom, also known as the suffragette movement, was a powerful and influential campaign for women's voting
To what extent were changing attitudes in British society the major reason why some women received the vote in 1918? In the middle of the C19th, women were seen as equivalent to their children in the eyes of the law and ruling men. As a result, they were denied the vote in 1867 and 1884 even as more men were enfranchised. However, by 1918 some women had gained the right to vote in national elections, an issue that was partly due to attitudes towards women having been changed drastically throughout the period.
What were the role and status of women mid-19th century, and attempts to improve them? Harriet Honson Robinson: The story told by Harriet Honson Robinson demonstrates that the women’s suffrage movement has already started, but the women who finally decided to stand out for themselves found an opposition from the people with the conservative views on women rights. For instance, Robinson talks about how her mother who “was turned away from her boarding-house” simply because her daughter was a part of the protest against cutting wages. Judging on the document assigned for the class, it was not the only instance of “small revenges” against the protesters.
Women’s suffrage was granted with the ratification of the 19th amendment in the year 1920. The fight to achieve the right for women to vote and run for political office was a difficult and long fight that took decades to win. Over the course of this long struggle for equal voting rights for women, activists faced much difficulty in attempting to have their voices heard and make a change that would give them the power to be more active in their role as citizens. Historians have approached this topic in several perspectives. Mary M. Carver’s “Everyday Women Find Their Voice in the Public Sphere: Consciousness Raising in Letters to the Editor of the Woman's Journal” provides an overview of the Women's Journal, which was published with the purpose
The outcome of the suffragettes’ protest was nearly ten years of legislation changes enabling women’s voting rights and the beginning of women in parliament. One of the most outstanding pieces of legislation passed was the Commonwealth Franchise Act in 1902 allowing all women (excluding Aboriginal women in Queensland and Western Australia) in Australia to vote. Women’s suffrage in Australia changed the social view people had on women and encouraged other countries to franchise
