How To Foreshadow Women In The 1920s

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In history, and present time, many events foreshadow women obtaining more rights and becoming equal with men. Many people think that women have not gained much power, or are losing it. I on the other hand, believe that women’s rights have not died down but progressed over time. In many circumstances, women have proved themselves, and have gained power over time. Sometimes this power was even seen as a problem. Women were given many opportunities in the 1920s and became sensitive to many human and personal issues throughout the 1920s. Women’s rights in the middle ages were very poor and unfair. In the middle ages, women could not vote, own property, and nearly all women were overpowered by men. Any man in the house could tell the women what …show more content…

For example, the child labor. They began to push forth to try and renew the government and society. They were working for better wages, hours of work, and health aspects. They became very prime for their sensitivity to these issues. Sometimes, their sensitivity turned them against their husbands. Meanwhile, the progressive movement came fully into effect in the 1920s. It was mainly the Southern women that provided assistance in the political effort. This led to a wide range of social legislation. In 1919 the Negroes were leaving the South, and many others were coming home from war, and seeing the new lives. The women’s interracial organization was formed by Jessie Daniel Ames. Prior to 1924 the women began attempting to create better lives for the Negroes. They began by improving housing, schools, and libraries. This became a new topic that they were very sensitive on. They began to tackle different dilemmas in the negro’s lives.They even set up a membership for dealing with their problems, specifically for Negroes. The women set up many different committees, and did all in their power, which by this time was quite a lot, to change the segregation that was going on at the

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