Gender Inequality In The 1950's

However, women gained freedom during World War II and a sense of equality between the genders grew throughout the late 1900s. Before the 1960s, few women actually made their way into college because the public thought females did not need an education to care for a family. But during the

Anne was a terrific writer, her story was told with so much detail that you felt like you were in the “Secret Annex” with her. She included important things such as her emotions, as well as the emotions of those around her. Anne’s story was told best by her and no one else because she was, in fact, a young girl hiding from Hitler’s army. Not many people can say they did this in their lifetime. Anne was so full of hope, and her hope is what I believe kept her alive for the two years in hiding, up until her family was captured.

Despite this, women were able to make a huge impact on America through social reforms. Many young women went against the beliefs of their parents. Prior to the Roaring Twenties, America was in a Victorian era. Women wore dresses that were floor-length, their hair was long and premarital sex was almost non-existent. During the 1920’s however, some women became what are known as “flappers”.

- The goals of feminism is to show the importance of women and to bring gender equity. It also reveals that historical women have been subordinate to men, which is the reason why there are still some patriarchal societies in the modern setting. - This literary piece is a great example of feminism. It shows how men and women are portrayed; how women have more in them than what meets the eye; and how genders treat and react to each other. BODY 1 (answer to question 1)

Not only was Clara born on a great holiday, but she also founded the American Red Cross. What a lady… and no I did not just spoil the whole paper. Clara spent most of her early years helping out other people as much as they needed. She was always serving other people when they were in a time of need, but for one to know what to do, they must have some sort of calling or dream. Clara first found out how much she

The need breed of woman wanted to be accepted by the older generation, who often judged and disagreed with their new lifestyle. (doc 6. Flappers Appeal to Parents) Clara Bow, a successful film star of her time and hard-partying flapper, was the first to earn the title of an “It Girl” and was also remembered for her humble and hardworking demeanor. (Doc 7. Clara Bow) Another notable female figure during the twenties was Aimee Semple McPherson, who influenced society in a much different way than Clara Bow.

The last class of society that had restrictions on freedom was women 's. They had the stereotypes of tending the home, raising the kids, and being under a dominant male in the house. Also, when they did work in the factories, they were only offered lower wages compared to the men 's. Thus there were major gender inequalities. For example, the women combated the dominant white male class by advocating the equal rights, “...She [Margaret Fuller] promoted this cause, along with her other artistic, literary, and social ideas, while she was the editor of the transcendentalist journal…” (Shi and Mayer 358).

Other women had more rights, but not as many as men. They weren’t able to go to college, they had to work at home, weren’t allowed to have strong public opinions, some were sold or even forced into marriage so their family could get more money. It was a slow-developing but nation-wide movement led by women, produced the Women Suffrage Movement and eventually, the right to vote. II. The Women Suffrage Movement has a lot of important women and without them, we still might be fighting for

In attempts to legitimize and implement the laws that had been establish organizations such as, the National Organization for Women (NOW), that was, “founded in 1966, women 's movement organizations in the late 1960s and 1970s tended to be independent of political parties and other women 's organizations. Their mistrust of the state as an economic support for women and desire to set their own independent agenda may have contributed to tension between the women 's liberation movement and other contemporary social movements. For example, women of color, lesbians, and working-class women organized their own women 's movements (Johnson-Odim 1991).” In attempt for women to earn their god given rights they had to politically and socially organize a movement, which displayed their dissatisfaction with the devaluation and oppression they were facing in

“I raise up my voice-not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard...we cannot succeed when half of us are held back.” As stated by Malala Yousafza. Kate Chopin, an American feminist of the 20th century, takes a stand against feminism and uses her short story “The Story of an Hour” to call attention to the fact that women were oppressed in their marriages in the late 1800’s. Feminism refers to a broad range of ideas, approaches, and philosophies directed toward justifying equality for woman. It is a movement that seeks to achieve social rights for women in all key areas of life including marriages. Dating back to the late 1800’s woman would not dare to disobey their husband’s authority because of the patriarchal lifestyle that many women suffered from.

Women at home and serving America This paper seeks to address where women contributed the most during WW2. Did women have a greater contribution to the war efforts through their work in factories, voluntary work or organization, or their service in the military/nursing? American women played an important role during the World War II, both at home and in uniforms. Not only did these women give their sons, husbands, fathers, and brothers to the war efforts, they gave their time, energy, and some had even given their lives. Women’s involvement in the military was a massive contribution during the war, because it was the first time that women were allowed to join the military forces in roles besides nursing.

Written by The United States Department of Labour, Women’s Bureau, this page talks about the history of Women’s Bureau but, mainly what changes occurred in America to benefit women against unsafe work environments, discrimination, work opportunities. With facts like “In 1920, women were 21 percent of all gainfully occupied persons. In 2010, they were 47% of employed persons” the Women’s Bureau has shown the improvements over time along with what roles women were mostly involved with during that time. However, compared to other texts, this only gives facts with no additional information causing it to lack additional information to work off of.

“Divorce rates increased because some educated women shunned marriage and believe only remaining single could they play roles they envisioned in the public world (Brinkley, Pg. 481).” Women of the progressive era felt they were being left out from developing careers. “So some women enrolled in new women colleges, some middle class women had become physicians, lawyers, engineers, scientist and managers. But moreover women jobs that society felted were suitable for them such as

It gave women the right to vote which had an enormous impact on American society and culture and subsequently lead to other major benefits for women. Women didn’t have many rights before the Women’s Suffrage Movement. They could not vote, couldn’t own any property after marriage, or if married couldn 't keep their own wages. Men could of beaten their wife

Propaganda was used again to persuade women to join the war effort and help supply the men overseas. Even though there was an increase in employment for women, younger women who had small children were left with very little options for employment opportunities. An American social and cultural figure was created during this time called, Rosie the Riveter, she was created to recruit women into these “male” jobs or industrial jobs during the war. As the war ended, so did the flood of women’s employment in these industrialized jobs. Women