Women's Rights In Early America Essay

The evolution of women’s rights in early America.

Feminism is the belief that men and women should be equal, in all aspects of life. Women from all different parts of the world have fought these freedoms, because women were perceived to be inferior and many brave women out there spoke their voices. In the early development of America the constitution stated all men are created equal, no one acknowledge women, while new changes were occurring in the 1860’s women saw none of it they were still seen as the weaker sex. Women became infuriated with the lack of attention and started to demand their rights. The triumph was slow but it was becoming the new formation of what feminism would come to be in America, from the industrial era to the progressive

Only one chromosome makes men and women different and one other difference. Women can bear children. Margaret Sanger was one of the first female activist whom voiced the need for contraceptives. As an activist of women she theorized that women should have knowledge of brithcontrol and access to it (VOF:92-95). Women should be given the choice to decide how many children they wanted, however lower-class women had many children because they could not afford birth control. This was not only financally troubling for the family ,but many women were malnourished and their children suffered the same consequences (VOF:92-95). Despite the bad health that these mothers suffered they had to enter the work force so that their children could have food. Contraceptives allowed women to choose to be mothers, it allowed them to focus other ambitions they may have,instead of being forced into a situation because of their socioeconomic status(VOF:92-95). Many women became mothers because the circumstances had it played out that way, not all mothers wanted to be mothers. Birth control freed women from being enslaved to a situation where there life no longer belong to them but to the caring of the children. Contraceptives gave women the liberty to choose when they wanted to be mothers. It gave them a new sense of freedom. The freedom to decide what to do with their