What Was The Impact Of The Women's Movement

Rosalind Franklin, Hillary Clinton, Ellen Degeneres, Oprah Winfrey, and so many more powerful women left amazing impacts on the world, if the women’s movement hadn’t happened none of those women would have been able to make the world a better place. The women’s movement started as far back as 1848, and continued for over a century. America needed this movement so new ideas and viewpoints could be seen and shared, the Women’s Movement immediately changed America, with effects that will last forever. The development of the Women's movement had significant impact on America because, this movement opened up voting for all women which brought about new view points, allowed women in the workplace, and lead women ideas and thoughts to be recognized.
Women were not allowed to talk in public, nor where they allowed to divorce their husbands even if they were treated badly. The female gender also wasn’t allowed to vote. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Stanton, as well as the Grimke sisters were some of the major supporters and founders of the the women’s movement. These women had gone to a conference meeting with their husbands and where forced to sit behind a curtain in the back of the room. When Susan, Elizabeth, and the Grimke sister were forced to sit behind the curtain, it was a big eye opener for them. Arguably, this is the reason they became so involved with this movement. The first assembly for women rights took place in Seneca Falls New York. After this women continued to write speeches, but because of the lack of rights they had to get male supporters to read them in public. Anthony continued to work towards the ultimate goal at the time, voting rights. To do this she created National Women Association in 1869. Women’s rights were slowly gained through years and years of protests. Even after women gained voting rights they were still not treated equal and continued to campaign for better
Researchgate.net observes, “...but have also increased the amount of self-owned business. Nearly 10.4 million of business firms that are owned by women in the United States has contributed to the country by employing more than 12.9 million employees and generated 1.9 trillion dollars in sales (Researchgate.net).” This is important because women in the workplace or business owners hire lots of different people which opens up jobs, and also many, sales come from women owned businesses. Which not only has a big effect on the workplace but also on the economy. As Dina Mendland said, “A recent survey by RSA the executive search firm, looked at the UK life sciences industry and found that women bring empathy and intuition to leadership with nearly two thirds of respondents thing that women contribute differently in the boardroom compared to their male colleagues. (Dina Medland, 2012).” This indicates, that women bring new ideas and emotions to the workforce. This can help because some emotions are good to have to create new plans/ideas/and products. This didn’t happen immediately, but shows that Women’s suffrage had a long lasting effect. This also shows that it will keep having new effects on America in the years to come, proving that the Women’s Movement was a turning point in American History. The RSA report concludes that Women tend to understand customers motivations and