1800s Women's Reform

Women’s reform efforts of the early 1800’s helped them achieve equality.Women fought for their rights in America and women have leaded reform effortsthat began to change the way they were viewed by society. Amelia Earhart andElizabeth Blackwell made a huge impact for women by their independence andbravery. Women’s reform efforts created progress towards their equality andeventually helped they gain some rights and opportunities as all men did.Women’s reform efforts of the early 1800’s helped them achieve equality forfuture progress. Women of the early 1800’s wanted to be able to haveindependence aside of marriage and also wanted to start working for a businessinstead of being home all day. Women worked and fought for their rights andaccomplished
More women began to find jobs however women’s salaries wereextremely low in comparison of men’s wages.Even though women were not given equality a women named AmeliaEarhart was the first women to fly an airplane. Emilia was homeschooled for ashort time period before she was reenrolled into a public school. In 1897 EmiliaEarhart was the 16th woman to receive her piolet’s license and was the first womanto fly across the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean in 1928. This was a bigaccomplishment for women because it showed independence and intelligence.Elizabeth Blackwell was the first women who worked as a teacher when shecame to the United States. She was the first woman to receive her M.D. Elizabethwas the first to graduate in her class. Elizabeth graduated in the United States. Inthe 1860s she had created a medical school for the women. By accomplishing thisshe opened doors for women that never existed. Elizabeth gave women theopportunity to receive a medical profession and helped women get their foot in thedoor and be needed for something. Elizabeth’s program helped women get theright to work in the work field with men. Women were also a big part in the warsafter Elizabeth’s program was opened and