Susan B Anthony's Contributions To Society

In the midst of the nineteenth century, women were viewed as homemakers and considered “second class citizens”.1 They were also fighting for their independence and their rights as human beings. They were considered “second class citizens”.2 It was not popular for women to get an education and go to school nor for them to have a job leaving them to just be at home, but there were maids for cleaning and cooking and nanny’s for taking care of the children so women had no sort of role in society. Women’s contributions to society, the work force, and their increasing intelligence, allowed them the right to vote. Many women throughout this time period before and after have fought for women’s suffrage in many different ways. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
If a man had voted it would have been okay and acceptable but since she was a woman it was against the law and considered criminal.5 Anthony was fined with $100, which she never ended up paying. Later in her life, Susan B. Anthony gave up her fight on women’s rights due to the lack of progress. She then died on March 13, 1906. Amelia Bloomer, the publisher of the Woman’s Rights newspaper The Lily, was another very inspirational woman who was also in the fight. She was born on May 27, 1818 in Homer, New York. While growing up, Bloomer received limited education in public school and became a tutor in her late teens. In 1840, she married Dexter Bloomer, who was editor and cofounder of the Seneca Falls County Courier. Bloomer was deeply committed to the temperance movement and with her husband’s support and help; she created her own newspaper about social issues, The Lily. Her mission for the newspaper was that “It is women that speak through The Lily. Intemperance is the great foe to her peace and happiness”.6 Elizabeth Cady Stanton also helped persuade Bloomer to write about day to day issues of being a woman. The significance of Amelia Bloomer was not only her newspaper but her adoption of a new style of clothing for women. She created a looser top and knee length skirt worn with pants underneath and the outfits name were “bloomers” after
First there was the Industrial Revolution in which women remained a major force in the growing industry. Before, women were identified by their household roles and they were economically dependent on their husbands. Their only roles were bearing and nurturing their children. The industrial revolution created more jobs for women because of the lack of men to occupy the low paying job. Many women worked in textile factories and all of the women who were now working wanted a better quality of life for themselves. Working conditions for women were often dangerous and unsanitary, they worked too many hours, usually from 6 am to 12 am, and they earned less than half of what men earned, which still seems to be a problem for our modern day society. The next war was the Civil War which ultimately put a halt on the fight to help out with the