Women In The 1800s
Gender Paper
In the early 1800s, women from different races and classes have had to fight for the rights that the modern women now possess through rigorous battles against an unfair patriarchy.
As more and more people started arriving from Europe to America, the American population skyrocketed. This increased the need for land for the growing American population immensely. Led by Andrew Jackson, the relocation, and removal of Native Americans started to take place in 1930. Native American tribes such as the Cherokee were removed forcibly out of lands that their families had held for generations. This changed the roles of Native women, so they were given bigger roles that had a bigger impact on their tribes.
The society of Native Americans was always more inclusive and welcoming of women than the …show more content…
Some men mainly in the south were against this as women began submitting to God more than their husbands. But this awakening gave women a sense of community and a greater role in the community. Elite white women in the North also responded to the changes in the United States. Women’s right was a controversial issue when it was presented in Seneca Falls convention in 1848, by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. The main point of this document was that both women and men were created equal. “He has taken from her all right in property, even to the wages she earns.” (Declaration of Sentiments 173). As women were basically treated as property, they were brought up to show men nothing but obedience and act upon their every whim. Especially in the south, husbands were treated as masters to their wives in the eyes of the law. The law is completely in favor towards men and women were denied proper remunerations for doing the same job as the men. Even in school and church women were only treated as second class
In the early 1800s, women from different races and classes have had to fight for the rights that the modern women now possess through rigorous battles against an unfair patriarchy.
As more and more people started arriving from Europe to America, the American population skyrocketed. This increased the need for land for the growing American population immensely. Led by Andrew Jackson, the relocation, and removal of Native Americans started to take place in 1930. Native American tribes such as the Cherokee were removed forcibly out of lands that their families had held for generations. This changed the roles of Native women, so they were given bigger roles that had a bigger impact on their tribes.
The society of Native Americans was always more inclusive and welcoming of women than the …show more content…
Some men mainly in the south were against this as women began submitting to God more than their husbands. But this awakening gave women a sense of community and a greater role in the community. Elite white women in the North also responded to the changes in the United States. Women’s right was a controversial issue when it was presented in Seneca Falls convention in 1848, by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. The main point of this document was that both women and men were created equal. “He has taken from her all right in property, even to the wages she earns.” (Declaration of Sentiments 173). As women were basically treated as property, they were brought up to show men nothing but obedience and act upon their every whim. Especially in the south, husbands were treated as masters to their wives in the eyes of the law. The law is completely in favor towards men and women were denied proper remunerations for doing the same job as the men. Even in school and church women were only treated as second class