Women's Rights in America and How They Fought For Them
During the early history of the United States there was little, ifany respect for the principle of women's rights. In an intenselypatriarchal society a man "... virtually owned his wife and children as hedid his material possessions. If a poor man chose to send his children tothe poorhouse, the mother was legally defenseless to object". [1] Thehistory of the women's movements in the United States is largely a reactionto this system of exclusion and male-dominance. The start of the history of the fight for women's rights begins with atea party hosted by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, in New York. Mrs. Stantonexpressed her feelings of discontent at the situation of women in society, Stanton poured out her discontent with the limitations placed on her own situation under America's new democracy. Hadn't the American Revolution been fought just 70 years earlier to win the patriots freedom from tyranny' But women had not gained freedom even though they'd taken equally tremendous risks through those dangerous years. Surely the new republic would benefit from having its women play more
Other women who also playedan important part in the establishment of the Women's movement in thecountry were Alice Paul, the founder and leader of the National Woman'sParty, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who become a member of the Supreme CourtJustice. These included the controversial topic such as women's reproductiverights. Living the Legacy:The Women's Rights Movement 1848 - 1998. In colonial America, women who earned their own living usually became seamstresses or kept boardinghouses. [2][2] This meeting led to the first Convention on Women's Rights, which took place at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls in 1848. Anotable figure at this time was Esther Peterson who was the director of theWomen's Bureau of the Dept. Newspaper editors were so scandalized by the shameless audacity of the Declaration of Sentiments, and particularly of the ninth resolution -- women demanding the vote! -- that they attacked the women with all the vitriol they could muster. All these issues arepart of the early heritage of the first women's movement and the search forthe right to determine their own future. This bureau was started with the objective ofgathering information on the subject of women and work. Women felt that this was not onlya sexist attitude but also excluded them from access to areas of life inwhich they would be able to exercise more power and control.
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