Woman's Rights In The Nineteenth Century

Woman’s rights were a big problem in the nineteenth century, and many people fought to equalize both genders in rights. The most popular problem at hand was the right for women to vote, but there were many others. This includes women not being able to divorce their husband even if he was abusive or a drunk, women not being able to serve their country in the military, women not being able to serve in juries, women not being able to go to college or receive as good as an education as men did, women not being able to sign important documents, women not being able to own property and even women not being able to be the head of the family if her husband died. Other unequal rules a married woman had to follow included that she could only get a job
if her husband approved and that all of her wages belonged to her husband. A wife was even considered property to her husband. On average in the 1800’s, women made a little over half of what men made for the same job. A wife couldn’t even take custody of her children if she was divorced. Light abuse was also allowed and taught to the husbands of each wife. These rules and lack of rights enraged women and even some men which caused them to rise to make a difference.