Action Research: Women's Rights

Action Research: Women's Rights

"Women do two-thirds of the world's work, receive ten percent of the world's income and own one percent of the means production" (Robbins). Are women and men created equal? Many women's are not created equal. For many years, women have been unable to participate and have often been discriminated against in many situations and circumstances. Throughout history, many American has fought for their freedom in their country such as women's, they struggle to be treated and looked upon by the government as equals. Society has stereo-typed women, making it almost impossible for women to achieve her goals and desires in life. In this world women have always been treated second best by biased men. Women's have always been treated like they are never good enough for careers outside of the home. The sex of a person shouldn't determine what type of duties or what kind of job a person will have. It should be up to the person's own will not the decisions of society. In the mid-1800's, women's didn't have any rights until

the early 1900's.

Women's had it difficult in the mid-1800's. There were a difference in treatments of men and women. For example, Women's were not allowed to vote, women had to submit laws when they had no voice in their formation, married women had no property rights, they were not allowed to enter professions such as medicine or law, women had no means to gain an education since no school would accept women students, they were not allowed to participate in the affairs of the church, they were robbed of their self-confidence and self-respect, and they were made totally dependent on men. Women were under control of a man throughout their entire life. A man virtually owned his wife. Many of the women's job included raising children, prepare food, make clothing, and take care of things around the house. Their days were really full and often very tiring. There life was very rough, they basically had no rights at this time in history.

In the late 1900's, however, women in most nations won the right to vote and increased their educational and job opportunities. The women suffrage movement was coming out full force to demand the equal rights of women in the United States. They simply stated that all men and women are created equal.