Women's Right To Vote In The 19th Century

In London, since 1867 there were many statues of important men placed in Parliament Square. The issues we face is, there are no statue created of women in history placed there. Since April, there was an announcement of placing a statue of Millicent Garrett Fawcett there, approved by The City Council for Westminster. She was the person who campaigned for women’s right to vote. Gillian Wearing, a British artist will be sculpting Millicent’s statue which makes her also the first female sculptor to place her work in Parliament Square. The article also described in details the importance of Millicent and her fight for women rights to vote. She was an important role model to women in her time, in the 1900s. Through education and in military, she made a difference for women.
True women were to be pious (deeply religious), pure (sexually pure in thoughts & sexuality), submissive (very passive), & domestic (in the home realm). The only women with rights were the widows, and their right was to inherit some of her husband’s estates; the midwives was highly valued and her voice can be heard in court as a confessor. These rights were only granted to white women, even the white women in the days could not have any further rights legally. Over time politically women were the voice behind their husband. For example, first lady Abigail Adams was involved in her husband’s political decisions and was a deputy husband. Later, white women political duty was to raise educated citizens. Women began to take full advantage and got as much knowledge in education they can. Now, women can be leaders of education which makes them more knowledgeable to fight for women’s