"We the people of the United States..." this is the first line of the Constitution. Then, looking at the first Amendment, it gives freedom of speech, religion and press. When thinking about these two lines in the most important document in our history, most people would think that this applies to all the people living in our country. Today, it does apply to everyone but think back in history, not everyone was included in this. At the time of the Constitution, it really only applied to rich white land owners. The Constitution was written by white men and was meant to be only for white men. This did not apply to women in anyway, but as time progressed since the Constitution was first written many things changed and it also was for women.
             Women were not given all the rights men received. Women could not hold all the job positions men held. The most common jobs held by women were housewives, seamstress and teachers. Many people felt that housework and childcare was the woman's main purpose and shouldn't hold any other jobs. If a women was lucky enough to get a job she was paid less then half the amount a man would for the same job. Women could not hold any government positions, such as sitting on juries. The biggest difference between men and women was the right to vote. Women had no right to vote for a very long time in history.
             There were also many schools that woman could not attend. Before the 1820's American girls had hardly any education opportunities after elementary school. Sarah Grimke in her book Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Woman, wrote "a women who knew chemistry enough to keep the pot boiling and geography enough to know the location of the different rooms in her house was considered learned enough." Many women, including Grimke felt that they deserved a higher education. Men were always the leaders in the household. When a woman got married all of her mon...