Women's Rights Dbq

Women play a vital role for the human population. Although women populate the earth with humans, women have little rights. During the 1500s and twentieth century, women had little rights in labor and productivity. Women often resided as housewives; caring for children, cooking and cleaning. Often, females did not receive proper education and forced to work in unsafe and sanitary working conditions, such as sweat factories or field work. In the meantime, as plebeian women worked, rich women did nothing and lived comfortably. On the other hand, men received higher education opportunities and high paying employment. Some women who received higher education were usually directly involved with political affairs but they were still subjected to

As the face of a societal female, women must set a strong impression upon future generations. In document one, by French writer, Christine de Pizan in 1404, writes in The Book of the City of Ladies, ‘[...] for where there is honour there ought to be the most perfect manners and behavior.” Pizan expresses that young women are taught to be mannerful for a man when women should act as equally honourable as a man. Women must be taught according to a mans standard of feminine honor rather than a woman's standard of feminine honor. In document five, Mary Cary, member of the millenarian Fifth Monarchy sect of the civil war writes in the 1656, The New Jerusalem's Glory, that “[...] women shall prophesie; not only aged men; and not only young men;[...] those that have university learning,but those that have it not[...].” Cary states that women will stand tall and proud above men. A strong figure shows younger generations that women can be empowering. Marianne Loir, a French artist who painted Madame du Chȃtelet in document seven, depicts her in a perfect balance. In her right hand, a beautiful flower lays elegantly between her fingers but in her left, a miniature screwdriver lays in her hand just as delicately as a flower. This shows a balance of femininity and skill. Madame du Chȃtelet is widely known for her intellectual knowledge but is seldom depicted in a feminine manner. In document twelve, Annie Steel, an Indian author writes in 1902 in The Complete Housekeeper and Cook writes that “ It is not necessary, or in the least degree desirable, that an educated women should waste the best years of herin scolding and petty supervision.” Educated women are scolded as children in order to rule stronger as a whole. Strong women set a strong example for younger generations to