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Womens Rights In The 1800's

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Keturah Schulz 5-6-16 Mrs.Burton Creative Writing Women's rights When the women, gained women's rights were not gained till early 1900’s. Women didn’t have their rights in the 1800’s. Another time period is 2000’s is how women are so lucky to have their own income; and don't have to be married to a man. The 1800’s women were meant to have one future that was to take care of the children and do housework. The husband goes out and gets money to bring home for dinner. There was different roles that played in the 1800’s for women and men. The women is suppose to play roles inside the house and outside of the house but never have …show more content…

“Women had primary responsibility for raising children maintaining the room”(Lunardini 30). This quote from Lunardini is stating in this era, women couldn’t be educated because their duty was staying home and raising their children. Basically the women didn't get a lot of education in the 1800’s v.s. now in 2016. Women weren't able to have jobs due to men, thinking that they had to bring home the profit while their wives stayed home. The women in return had to cooked and clean also do laundry and finally take care of the …show more content…

“During the Civil War women who did domestic work or took in laundry, sewing, and ironing, a few women work in jobs providing services to other women including hairdressing, ceiling handmade goods”(Lunardini 44-45). This was really good news for the women heading out of just staying home and watching the kids while doing chores inside the house and outside. Also Women were able to have jobs; there for “In the late 1800’s, they made jobs in rounds as civil servants, inspectors, judges, clerks, and public administrators”(Treanor 61). This was very exciting news for the women because they are starting a new era with having more rights than the early 1800’s. It was more common in this time but also still happens but now there is a law about domestic abuse back in 1800’s it was okay for the husband to beat their wives. “Because married women lacked control over their own and their husband’s learning and because alcohol then as now, we known to contribute to domestic abuse” (Treanor

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