Women in Society Brandi Coles HIS 204 American History Since 1865 Professor Angela Cranon-Charles August 5‚ 2012 The role of women has changed drastically throughout history. Women were once thought to only be able to stay at home and tend the house and family. Women were isolated in their domestic sphere; however they did not stay there. Women faced many struggles during their battle to end their isolation from the idea of gender roles within the workforce to the belief that women are
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Throughout the years‚ the female sex has experienced a number of situations in which being a woman becomes a stereotype for those in less respected and important careers as well as being the only acceptable sex to take care of children and household. While women had almost no respect their husbands had extreme amount of power over them. These situations have gradually decreased over the years to a point where the woman’s role in society may be the same as a man’s but with these mental transformations‚ there
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In the 19th century‚ women suffered from gender inequality. They were considered second-class citizens regardless of their ethnicity. In this century they were not allowed to vote‚ sue‚ testify in court‚ hardly granted custody of their children and were barred from institutions of higher education. According to an article called Feminism in literature‚ women were expected to remain subservient to their fathers and husbands. The only occupations they were allowed to take part in were as domestic servants
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Mental Illnesses in Women In the 19th century hysteria was a common illness among women‚ it was even considered to be “an excessively female disease” by Sigmund Freud‚ a neurologist in late 1800s and early 1900s. During this time period many women were considered to have mental illnesses‚ like hysteria‚ but were not treated properly by their doctors and families. The US National Library of Medicine even states that due to prejudice mental disorders in women were often misunderstood and misinterpreted
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Women’s Rights Women had it difficult in the mid-1800s to early 1900s. There was a difference in the treatment of men and women then. Married women were legally dead in the eyes of the law. Women were not even allowed to vote until August 1920. They were not allowed to enter professions such as medicine or law. There were no chances of women getting an education then because no college or university would accept a female with only a few exceptions. Women were not allowed to participate in the affairs
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beliefs where one holds their nation above all others. Someone who is nationalistic feels that their culture is far superior‚ and their country’s interests are far more important than those of other nations. Nationalism developed in Europe in the 19th century with the values of self-determination‚ liberty‚ and statehood. In society‚ nationalism can play a dangerous role‚ it can be used by rulers to strengthen their position and on occasion‚ but it can also be used to delegitimize certain movements and
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The misogyny of women in art during the twelfth century is clearly relevant in art especially seen in churches. The depictions of Adam and Eve from the bible were examples seen in most of this church art as well as the Mother of Christ‚ Mary‚ and other important religious figures. As the relationship of men and women began to change from the tenth century until the fourteenth century it changed throughout the art as well depicting the role of women during each period. In this paper I am going to
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Women are important asset in one’s life even if you are living in the 1800’s‚ 1900’s or nowadays. The difference between women living years ago and now might varies‚ such as cultural‚ social‚ and fashionable differences. Have you ever wondered what women’s role in life was? Well this depends on the perspective of the person whether a male or a female‚ it also depends on the time zone. At various time throughout history‚ working women were viewed as cruel and not devoted
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Concept of marriage in 19th Century. Position of women in the 19th century was certainly different from today. But what makes it interesting is the amount of variation from now and then. Today women are equivalent to men and can perform any task‚ take up any occupation‚ they have that right to choose their husband‚ divorce them‚ they can decide whether they want to have children‚ and also have inheritance rights. But back then in the 19th century these rights were alien to women‚ they were deprived
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Compare and Contrast Many have heard the saying‚ “Nobody’s perfect” and truth is no one is. Everyone has something they want to change or improve about themselves. Society plays a big role in encouraging people to look a specific way‚ a way that is described as its version of perfect. A way that helps portray this vision of what people should look like is through advertisement. Ads are what grasps the attention of society and fights to pull them into contributing‚ buying‚ etc. their products and/or
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