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Women During the Revolutionary War
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Women During the Revolutionary War
During the Revolutionary war there were very few women (Deborah Sampson) who would dress up like a man and go fight. Most of the women stayed home and took over the jobs that their husbands or support the family while men were fighting. Many women helped wounded soldiers and sent food to the Army too. I think this was a major change because it showed that women could fight, as well as men. This act led to other woman fighting. I think women wanted this change to prove they were capable of it. -
Mississippi-Married Women's Property Act
This Act gave women the right to keep income from their property and protected them from that money being taken to settle their husbands debts. Women first got this right because men could be away from home for years at a time, so they needed someone to help. -
Margaret Fuller
Margaret Fuller is an author who was part of the Trancendentalist movement. Her novel "Woman in the Nineteenth Century" is one of the first feminist books ever written. She also fought for abolition and prison reform. She was known as America's first true feminist. -
Women and Prohibition
Although women could not vote, they did have political power. With this power, many women rallied the United States in a fight against alcohol. This movement was called temperance. The government soon made an agreement with the the 18th amendment which banned the sale of alcohol. -
Women get the right to vote
In 1920, women received the right to vote in the United States because of the 19th Amendment.Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Lucy Stone were important figures in the women's rights movement. This impacted the way women were treated in all areas of America. Women were able to attend college and they were able to go in the profession thay wanted to be in. The Suffragists were for this and the Abolitionists were against it. -
Women Strike for Peace
"Women Strike for Peace" was a group of about 50,000 female activists. They used their power to bring down HUAC ( House Unamerican Activities Committee) and they organized a March Against Nuclear Weapons this was the largest women's peace protest of the 20th century. -
The Feminine Mystique
The Feminine Mystique was a book that Betty Friedan wrote in 1963. This novel questioned the role of women in Society. She interviewed other women and found out why they were unhappy with their lives as housewives. This novel has been called "the spark for the second wave of feminism." It is often reffered to as one of the most influential nonfiction books of the 20th century. -
Roe v. Wade
This decision made by the U.S. legalized abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy.Before the Roe decision, most states did not allow legal abortion. States have passed more abortion restrictions since this decision. Because of theese laws, it has impacted the lives of many familys.
