Rights Of Women In The Late 1800's

Starting in the late 1800’s, women realized they deserved the same rights as men. These same beliefs carried out into the twentieth century, when the fight for women’s rights flared up again, except this time in much larger proportions, during the twenties and thirties. Women began to exercise their right to freedom of speech and other civil liberties as they initiated multiple public affairs, proving to anyone that was doubtful, that females too could be a real part of society, and make an impact. Females started to put themselves in the arts, literature, and social events, other than those chosen by the men around them. As opposed to violence, and actual fighting, women just pushed their way into the public view, forcing everyone to see what they truly were capable of doing. Women were finally beginning to prove their right to equality around them, and that just a simple difference in gender, made no difference as to what they could accomplish. In 1848, women truly began to battle for equality, with the First Women’s Rights Convention. This was the first snowflake of the gargantuan snowball known as women’s rights. By 1900, women had already been given the right to vote in multiple states, and even colored women were now getting attention from the
In 1873, the Comstock Law made birth control illegal. Of course, there were always a few women who fought for the right to use birth control, but it was never a large issue until the Depression, when families could no longer care for multiple children, and needed something to aid their prevention efforts. Margaret Sanger opened a birth control clinic in 1916, but most women did not join the fight until the twenties and thirties. Despite all of these efforts, birth control was not available to everyone until 1972. A woman fighting for the right to simply regulate her body was a very important step in the progression of