American Women 1920-1960
Throughout history, society has classified women and their roles and potential within a given society. There have been reasons in the past for this fact, which have included religious oppression and portraying of their role. The initial idea of a women’s place being in the home taking care of the children and looking after the home, this is still common in today’s society. Women now have a new found ability to fulfill their dreams and have achieved an independence that few would have perceived. Modern day society accepts the fact that sex should not determine your place within it, however, how did it get to this point? To find out, we will discuss some of the major events over time that have carved the modern day woman and the role that she plays in society.
Primarily, the progression of women’s place is in the home, to that of where it stands today was at a complete standstill and it would take numerous life changing moments in time to change this perception. While America grew over to the west, women’s roles began to change. From this point the homemaker perception of a woman’s place was still strong throughout the country. It was not until, “the pioneer women in the later part of the 19th century experienced a life in which they divided their time between farming and household” (Eisenmann, 2006). This also lead way for women to start providing for their family by producing goods such as clothing, cooking and cleaning other houses. This was a new unfounded land; the women that inhabited it had to be prepared for almost anything. With a moment’s notice, their husband could take ill and
she would be left to her own devices. This new found independence was a glimpse of the women’s potential future.
However, during the early 1900’s the United States was viewed as being one of the greatest and democratic powers in the world. There were problems that were concealed deep within its heart, “from the founding of the United States, women did not
Primarily, the progression of women’s place is in the home, to that of where it stands today was at a complete standstill and it would take numerous life changing moments in time to change this perception. While America grew over to the west, women’s roles began to change. From this point the homemaker perception of a woman’s place was still strong throughout the country. It was not until, “the pioneer women in the later part of the 19th century experienced a life in which they divided their time between farming and household” (Eisenmann, 2006). This also lead way for women to start providing for their family by producing goods such as clothing, cooking and cleaning other houses. This was a new unfounded land; the women that inhabited it had to be prepared for almost anything. With a moment’s notice, their husband could take ill and
she would be left to her own devices. This new found independence was a glimpse of the women’s potential future.
However, during the early 1900’s the United States was viewed as being one of the greatest and democratic powers in the world. There were problems that were concealed deep within its heart, “from the founding of the United States, women did not