The Ratification Of The Nineteenth Century

Throughout the centuries, women's lives have inmensely changed from the way they should behave to how they live their life. Women went from being seen as housewives whose only job was having meals prepared for their husbands and taking care of the children. In the 21st century, women are allowed to vote, work, and speak out for what they believe in. There are two important events, where women highly contributed to the success of the United States. In World War One, women worked in the armed forces as nurses. Consequently, in World War Two women had been offered multiple jobs such as nurses, being able to work in factories, and as secretaries. Women's rights movements throughout the nineteenth century mainly focused on gaining natural rights,
which were being capable of sharing their opinion, and to vote in electoral periods. As women kept fighting for these civil rights; they eventually gained the right to vote, work, and the ability to do jobs like men do. Approaching the twenty first century, the women's rights movements focused primarily on gaining equal pay. If men and women worked at the same job with the same amount of work put in and the same amount of hours, it is only fair that both men and women would get equally paid.
The ratification of the nineteenth amendment market a turning point in women's history because through it women gained a political voice.
The change in woman's right did not come alone, what majorly helped was the nineteenth amendment was Susan B. Anthony’s address. The nineteenth amendment ensures that “the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied; on account of sex,” with this there was a start in the sprout in equality in both men and women (constitution). After the nineteenth amendment was passed women were able to legally vote in presidential elections. Allowing them to become politically involved in the community, which is how women's suffrage movement became
possible.
In 1873, Susan B.
Anthony addressed to the public the crime that she committed by voting in the last presidential election. In her written address, Anthony made it clear by quoting The Declaration of Independence that women should be given the right to vote just like men since it is an essential unalienable right that needs to be equally granted for both sexes. Anthoney also addressed what the democratic and republican government focuses on “based on the idea of the natural right of every individual member thereof to a voice and a vote” in this she gives of that if the government is supportive of unalienable rights it should be for anyone not just men (Anthony 1). In her address, Anthony also mentioned that the government cannot take away the rights that the founding fathers have left for the country. She expresses how from the beginning of the creation of the country it was always intended to retain equal rights. Anthony used the preamble to express how fiercely she believed in equality for all genders, “It was we, the people, not we, the white male citizens, nor yet we, the male citizens,” she sees “we” as everyone not just white males because to her the united states is not only composed of males (Anthony 1). Anthony gives to show that withoughout every one who makes up the population there would be no united
states. As the twenty first century approached women's rights continued to grow most importantly being able to work. Being able to be part of the community and being seen as more than housewives, women’s history changed by actually being integrated in the community. Despite the rights they gained women were not completely equal they still had more to fight for things like equal pay. In 1963 the equal pay act was passed “To prohibit discrimination on account of sex in the payment of wages by employers engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce” this ensured regardless of gender everyone would get paid less than the minimum wage (Commision 1). Although companies are required to pay no less than minimum wage women in the twenty first century still face unequal pay. Men still get paid more than women in jobs that both sexs perfom.
As time has passed women have fought and won on gaining rights their God given, unalienable rights. Although women in the twenty first century have more rights than those of the nineteenth century they still have more to fight for. As time passes women will continue to fight for to gain complete equality for themselves and future generations.