Data Based Question

Throughout the years women have been fighting for their rights. In the early 1800s women were given little rights. Women were able to start working outside of the home for the first time in America’s history, but women wanted more than that. The sermons and the ideas of the Second Great Awakening opened women’s’ eyes. The idea that everyone was created equal made the women think about the rights that they had and the rights the men had. They wanted to have a say in politics and be able to voice their opinions on certain ideas. Women were determined for the change and nothing was going to stand in between them and their goal of equality.
“The mother whom God constituted the first teacher… has been degraded by men” (Document C). Women who were not educated themselves should not be teaching the future leaders of America. Women wanted an opportunity to go to higher level schools, such as universities, so that their children have a better chance of attending universities. Some families with more money were able to send their girls off to higher schools if they so desired. At first, women only attended college for a few years but they gradually began attending colleges for several years, according to the amount of money they owned.
Women were forced to wear corsets, hoop skirts, and long floor length gowns that had many health concerns. The Market Revolution presented opportunities for women to work outside the home, causing the need for work friendly clothing. In the 1800s Amelia Bloomer created pants for women to wear as they worked. This creation was laughed at and eventually forgotten (Document E). It was not until the early 1900s when Coco Chanel mentioned that corsets and long dresses held the women back, so Chanel invented pants for women. While many women began wearing the pants, some were hesitant. Pants for women were initially designed for a safer outfit in the factories, where you would work from 5am -7pm in cramped working environments (Document B).