Comparing The Passing Of The 19th Amendment And The Suffrage Movement

The passing of the nineteenth amendment and the suffrage movement was not only an empowering moment for women in history, but it was also a way for them to break through social norms. Before the passing of this amendment and the uprising of the suffrage movement. From the year 1840 to 1920, women spent around 80 years fighting for their right to vote. Before the Second World War, women were not in male-dominated work fields and this only changed during the Second World War when the US saw a recession in the amount of male troops and medical staff. After this, more women were able to apply for jobs such as aviators and medical staff and many more occupations. After their contribution to the war effort, women still weren't allowed the same rights
I would say this is how the suffrage movement and the 19th Amendment were formed. Because after that, women were able to buy land and own property. They had that same power and mindset that if they could make that happen, they could surely own the right to vote. In a secondary source, it says “Women who claimed homesteads often worked outside of the homestead as well. Many pursued careers as teachers, nurses, seamstresses, and domestic workers.” The main object of the Homestead Act was to allow single women to be able to win homes without the presence of a man. From this, they were able to raise their children in peace and were allowed to take on more jobs. Speaking of jobs, this also leads to women being able to apply for many more occupations. Before the suffrage movement, there was only one thing a woman was allowed to do. A mother of two. Some women didn't want this. Just like the men in the US, they want to have an education and a better career. And live a life that doesn't need to depend on a man. This is where equality plays a part. The suffrage movement was solely based on women wanting equality because after so many years they were tired of just being seen as women. Hence, they wanted more in an interview with one of our very own suffrage movement leaders, Alice Paul, and writer Amelia R. Fry. In this interview, Amelia asked Paul “I remember that one of the arguments against the Equal Rights Amendment is that it only pertains to equality of treatment in the federal government or in state government jobs and positions and things like that. How limited is its effect, if it gets ratified?”. To which Paul replied “All legal matters; anything that's under the law.-It cannot be denied by the federal government or the state government on the grounds of sex. That is, you can have all the inequalities in a private business you wanted [pause] if that business is not an area in which the state