Women's Rights In The Early 1800s

The women’s rights movement of the early 1800s sought to gain women the right to suffrage, education and end discrimination. One of the main priorities during that time was the abolition of slavery, but women’s rights was a close second to that. After slavery was abolished, women’s rights came to the forefront of activists’ minds and is what they wanted to focus on next. In the early 1800s, women were known as homemakers and teachers for their children, but over time they wanted more freedom and respect. The people during that time put women on a pedestal, they didn’t want them going out into what they thought was a corrupt world and wanted them to stay at home and be a model to their children for what they should be. They called this

The women had a meeting at Seneca Falls in New York on July 19-20 of 1848. They decided to have this meeting after several women including Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton discussed and agreed that women should have more rights. During this convention, the women discussed and declared that women should have the right to vote as well as more employment and educational opportunities. In 1850, they had the first national convention of the women’s movement. In 1852, they had another convention where Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton first teamed up and started working together on this movement. (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica) In the beginning, some wanted to include women’s suffrage in the 14th and 15th amendments about giving citizenship and the right to vote to African Americans. This idea split the movement up, making two groups. The New York City - based National Women’s Association wanted to focus on passing a constitutional amendment while the Boston - based one thought it would be easier to convince the states to grant women’s suffrage before going to the Constitution; Due to this split, it weakened them and did not show a united front. (The American Vision 234)

“The campaign for women’s suffrage began in earnest in the decades before the Civil War. During the 1820s and 30s, most states had extended the franchise to all white men, regardless of how much money

While such factors as continuity of Labor Force experience, type of education, or on-the-job training may explain a portion of this income drift differential, it is extremely difficult, given the data at hand, to estimate accurately just what portion can be so explained, and that is of course a very crucial question.” (“American Economic Review.”)

Especially if those women had children or husbands they were almost guaranteed not to get a job. Since they were held back from education and did not have the experience, they would be blocked from growing, earning more, etc. In 1964, Title VII outlawed employment discrimination based on race or sex. (Carlisle, Rodney P., and J. Geoffrey. Golson) In conclusion, women and men strived for women’s rights in the United States of America in the early 1800s. They wanted women to have the ability to vote, achieve a formal education, and end discrimination against women. The right to vote was one of the most important because women would be able to voice their opinions. Ending discrimination was crucial so that they would not face backlash because of their opinions among other things. Education allowed women to be able to make educated opinions and also do more than just be a homemaker. All of these points aided in how women are treated, viewed, and respected today. Without these things, our economy would have suffered, we would be still